Editor’s Note: Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical & climate hazards at University College London and author of “Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant’s Guide.”

  • PanoptiDon@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If you did this for 1000 people, it would not make a difference. This must be changed at an industrial level or it will never work.

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      9 months ago

      If youre talking strictly about emissions being impacted, what youre saying is close enough to accurate, still, it would make a difference, only a small one. The thing is theres a long list of destructive effects of these two industries, therefore, not supporting them reduces there harm in many more ways than just emissions.