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And guess what ... most of the people who 'did what they could' just kept driving their cars. 'What choice did we have?' None.

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago (12 children)

So, realistically, what can a rando do?

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Nothing. It's not our individual fault. It's going to keep going no matter what you or I do (short of terrorism) until the whole thing crashes down around us.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Corporations might be largely at fault but regular people can keep voting with their dollars. Corporations have to adjust to demand.

Most of the top polluters in the world are fossil fuel producers. Want to slow them down? Stop driving ice vehicles, take public transit, bike, walk, move closer to work, or unionize and put work from home in your contract. Reduce in home energy waste, if you own a home: improve insulation, check heat loss around the edge of windows, look into solar panels. Most of these things improve you life anyway, lowering your monthly costs makes your life better.

Lobby, get involved in your community, organize.

While it's true that large corporations are major polluters, our continued actions (and inaction) give them the money and power to keep polluting.

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