The fact that a global pandemic will only cut carbon emissions by single digits illustrates how “people focus way, way too much on personal footprints, and whether they fly or not, without really dealing w the structural [sources]" as @ClimateOfGavin says grist.org/climate/the-wo…
Don't forget that while "the concept + name of the carbon footprint derive from the ecological footprint concept, which was developed by William E. Rees and Mathis Wackernagel" ...BUT "the carbon part was popularized by a large campaign of BP in 2005." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fo…
And here's what the CEO of Shell had to say about individual responsibility last year thetimes.co.uk/article/shell-…
The above are two out of the 90 corporations that are responsible for an estimated 2/3 of all heat-trapping gas emissions over the entire Industrial Era. sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/j…
So does this mean nothing we do matters? NO, not at all. Please see:
