> It's ironic that the solution would lie in the hands of common people (change their consumption, become active), but prefer to blame rich people, left and right. Billionaires don't drive billions of cars or eat billions of beef steaks, the "average Joe's" do.
Most people in America who drive a car don't have a choice, because it's they're in a situation where they either have reliable transportation or starve.
Nobody forced employers to expect their employees to have transportation, and nobody forced manufacturers to engage in unsustainable practices or to manufacture products that pollute to the extent that they do.
Meanwhile, commercial transportation is responsible for the majority of transportation carbon emissions, and industrial and commercial carbon emissions are more than four times as high as residential emissions.
Most people in America who drive a car don't have a choice, because it's they're in a situation where they either have reliable transportation or starve.
Nobody forced employers to expect their employees to have transportation, and nobody forced manufacturers to engage in unsustainable practices or to manufacture products that pollute to the extent that they do.
Meanwhile, commercial transportation is responsible for the majority of transportation carbon emissions, and industrial and commercial carbon emissions are more than four times as high as residential emissions.