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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Almost all pollution is by industries and not your parents, so...

If anything you could criticize them if they voted to keep the pollution going.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Buying a big SUV, shopping at h&m, eating red meat multiple times a week, and flying to the other side of the world during summer, are all worse than voting for climate change. Companies don't pollute for the sake of it.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Check out the EPA's stats on ghg emissions at this LINK. 28% of emissions total are from non-agriculture/shipping transportation, and if you break that down then 57% of the 28% are light duty vehicles, all larger road vehicles are 23%, and aircraft are 9%.

Since 2005 emissions carbon-equivalent total of the USA has fallen about a billion metric tons thanks to awareness and federal programs to reduce and eliminate emissions, almost exclusively in the Electrical Power sector.

So even if you cut out all consumer non-business transport you're left with 72% of emissions. A person who votes to curttail polution does more good than a person who drives a hybrid.

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Hybrids don't reduce CO2 emissions that much anyway. Better to go all electric and vote for climate protection.