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A lot of us are trying, making decent sacrifices to reduce our already relatively negligible impacts on the environment. While those with money make significantly more of a negative impact instead of mildly inconveniencing themselves. Sure, refuce your impact, use less plastic, buy less shit. But none of that is really going to matter if people like Bezos are around.
I agree. Which is why the yoghurt cup example is so bad - it's hardly a personal sacrifice and it's very obviously low impact compared to vacation planerides. The issue is that things like plane vacations and other polluting consumer goods are actively promoted, and made even worse for the environment just to shave off tenths of percents in profits, by the ultra rich.
The yoghurt cup example is excellent, I would argue, for the same reasons. The yoghurt cup example is the sacrifice of a small amount of time and effort for no gain for yourself - in exchange for a gain for society.
How many of those private jet owners could've sacrificed a small amount of time and effort in taking commercial flights in exchange for a massive gain for society's environmental health?
The issue is that the yoghurt cup is only a tiny sacrifice, but it's also only a tiny gain (as long as the alternative isn't 'just dump it in the river'). I suppose regular people don't have a lot of opportunities to do a small sacrifice that will actually have a big impact compared to the effort, once they took the hurdle of not being a complete asshole.
I fly at most 2-3 times a year, not privately. I have a feeling that these people are flying significantly more than that. So not only do they pollute more per flight they fly more frequently
Exactly. Think about how many times a year Taylor Swift takes a plane somewhere while on tour. That's why I can't fw her. And her music. Her music too.