• SizeGeek@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    Electric cars, if you’re going to have a car, do help with this. You just leave the air conditioning on.

      • ewe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Of course all of this just adds more to emissions. Which is all of the problem….

        ^^ from above

        how about we shift that attention into laws and infrastructure that penalize this behavior by corporations

        Completely agree, this is what we should be focusing on. YOUR CAR isn’t doing shit. ALL OF OUR CARS collectively are doing shit. You can change your behavior and feel better about yourself, but this problem was caused by laws, oil money lobbying, and the resulting policy. Laws and policy are the way out of it, not making people feel bad about their “choices.”

          • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            But, 35% of global emissions come from commercial energy use and direct carbon production. The problem is not Jim-Bob in his F-350 (though that’s an entire other issue that should be regulated). The problem is Eric Moneybags and his 15 million dollars of carbon credits who gets to ignore EPA regulations because he has deeper pockets.

            The problem is things like the CAFE regulations that essentially subsidize Jim-Bob’s F-350 by exempting it from the same requirements that govern regular cars, and (from your previous comment) the zoning codes that prohibit density and literally displace you outside of walking distance from your grocery store and work.

      • SizeGeek@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah that’s what sucks right now. It does kinda feel like your responding to something I didn’t say though :-/