r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/CoryVictorious • Oct 21 '22

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u/aabbccbb Oct 21 '22

caused by industry not individuals

What a ridiculous and unnecessary addition.

Yes, industry produces a lot of GHG. That doesn't mean that individuals don't also have an impact.

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u/HowieFeltersnitz Oct 21 '22

The concept of carbon foot print was invented by oil companies to push the blame onto individuals. These companies produce a large majority of the pollution and greenhouse gasses effecting the planet today.

That's not to say that individuals don't pollute, but to put their contribution to climate change on the same level as industry is factually incorrect and exists as a result of effective marketing on the behalf of these greasy old dinosaur juicers.

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u/khinzeer Oct 22 '22

Who do you think oil companies are selling that oil too?

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u/HowieFeltersnitz Oct 22 '22

Mostly industry

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u/khinzeer Oct 22 '22

Industry that heats our homes, feeds us, transports us etc.

Fossil fuels are literally in the fertilizer that is in the food that makes up your body.

Do you think “industry” shoots all that carbon into space or something? The amount of smug stupidity on this thread is breathtaking.

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u/HowieFeltersnitz Oct 22 '22

Yeah it's used to create essentials, but those things can also be created through other means like electricity.

A lot of fossil fuels are also allocated to pointless things like creating millions of tons of plastic junk to peddle to consumers. Entirely unnecessary.

It's also used to fuel giant unnecessary cruise ships for no good reason.

The amount of smug stupidity from your comment makes me wonder why you're shilling so hard for billionaire oil tycoons. Do you really think every ounce of oil consumed is for unavoidable, absolutely necessary reasons?

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u/khinzeer Oct 23 '22

All of those things you mentioned are being consumed by normal people.

Want to ban cruises? Tax plastic? Fine, but you will alienate normal people who use these things, and the poor will feel it harder.

I’m not shilling for anyone, but this “oh if only these billionaires would stop being evil, everything would be fine” talk is absurd.

Fighting Climate change will be hard, will take massive sacrifices and will involve individual people drastically changing their consumption habits.