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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you know that rice produced nearly as much greenhouse gases as aviation in 2020? Are you going to call on people to stop eating rice? Same goes for fish. And shipping. And landfills. And crop burning. And a bunch more other things.

Did you know that chocolate is in the top 5 of GHG emitters for food? Now only that, chocolate is collected most often by kids in developing countries. Are you going to call for a chocolate boycott? What about people's precious iPhones and Macs? Those unrepairable things that end up on the landfill when a Apple slows then down artificially after a few years? Boycott those, right?

Aviation is a small problem. Cars are a much bigger one. Take a friggin bus, cycle, or walk more. Residential heating is a big problem too. You don't need 25C during the winter in your home. You don't need a 10-20 minute shower. All of those will have a bigger impact than skipping on one or two holidays.

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

Did you know that rice produced nearly as much greenhouse gases as aviation in 2020? Are you going to call on people to stop eating rice?

Eating is non-optional. There are no staple foods that have a zero carbon footprint, and rice is not exceptionally bad compared to other starches. Rice is roughly equivalent to aviation because there is a lot more rice-eating going on than flying.

Flying is optional for a lot of people. Most people don't need to fly, or could fly less than they do. Lower-carbon travel options are available for many journeys.

To put your figures another way- if everyone flew half as much, we'd save as much carbon as half the entire global production of rice. That's a lot.

Cars are a much bigger one. Take a friggin bus, cycle, or walk more. Residential heating is a big problem too. You don't need 25C during the winter in your home. You don't need a 10-20 minute shower.

Those are all great ideas and you should do all those things too.