Bro the big oil corporations spent decades at the beginning of the 20th century creating and forcing the demand and dependency on oil. Watch “How Big Oil Conquered the World” from James Corbett.

It’s not like WE chose this to be the way things are. The people who control industry, and marketing, and media and THE GOVERNMENT, all MADE us and it all this way.

[–] kittyrunningnoise@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

right but if you keep participating in broken systems you'll just perpetuate them. gotta find ways out and take them... or make them.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I travel as little as possible, I've been attempting to grow my own food in my apartment, I've rarely bought clothes and never bought furniture. A roll of paper towels lasts me months and I eat meat a couple times a week (I sprained my ankle stretching in bed before adding meat back in)

My carbon footprint is way too large, and IDK what to do about it. All I want is to buy a mountain and fill it with fruit, but it'd take a decade of destroying the world to get there

I'm a damn good programmer, and open to suggestions... This is a constant weight for me. IDK how to not make things worse

[–] lemmyshmemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Have you assessed what makes up your carbon footprint? What gets measured gets improved