Fantastic. You get it and, far more importantly, promote it. Unfortunately, so many climate activists that I know staunchly refuse to confront the consumer to use less of the products/services that have a high carbon footprint. This is very damaging. The general population is left "comfortable" continuing with their high-carbon-footprint lifestyles because "exchanging our high-carbon-footprint lifestyle for a low-carbon-footprint lifestyle can't be that important, because if it were, all those climate activists would be pleading with us to do so."
My brief version of the need call-to-action is as follows:
Sea levels were 78 feet higher and temperatures were 5°F warmer, when, 3.6 million years ago, CO2 concentration last reached our current level of 420 ppm. We need to promptly reduce our CO2 emissions to the sustainable level of 3 tons/person/year (current emissions: global 4.5, USA 17.5). Tenaciously spread the “Less Now, More Later message”. Now, embrace a “Less” lifestyle – less heating and cooling (“GreenBetween 55°F to 85°F”, https://greenbetween.home.blog/), less driving, less flying, less meat-eating, less procreation (2 children max). Later, we can embrace a “More” lifestyle made carbon-free by implementation of green technology and infrastructure. In addition to your share of the common footprint, what’s in your carbon footprint? 7 tons for heating your home above 55°F? 4 tons for driving 12,000 miles at 29 miles per gallon? 2 tons for flying 10,000 miles? 1 ton for eating one serving of beef each day?…
Fantastic. You get it and, far more importantly, promote it. Unfortunately, so many climate activists that I know staunchly refuse to confront the consumer to use less of the products/services that have a high carbon footprint. This is very damaging. The general population is left "comfortable" continuing with their high-carbon-footprint lifestyles because "exchanging our high-carbon-footprint lifestyle for a low-carbon-footprint lifestyle can't be that important, because if it were, all those climate activists would be pleading with us to do so."
My brief version of the need call-to-action is as follows:
Sea levels were 78 feet higher and temperatures were 5°F warmer, when, 3.6 million years ago, CO2 concentration last reached our current level of 420 ppm. We need to promptly reduce our CO2 emissions to the sustainable level of 3 tons/person/year (current emissions: global 4.5, USA 17.5). Tenaciously spread the “Less Now, More Later message”. Now, embrace a “Less” lifestyle – less heating and cooling (“GreenBetween 55°F to 85°F”, https://greenbetween.home.blog/), less driving, less flying, less meat-eating, less procreation (2 children max). Later, we can embrace a “More” lifestyle made carbon-free by implementation of green technology and infrastructure. In addition to your share of the common footprint, what’s in your carbon footprint? 7 tons for heating your home above 55°F? 4 tons for driving 12,000 miles at 29 miles per gallon? 2 tons for flying 10,000 miles? 1 ton for eating one serving of beef each day?…