I guess one person can become depressed because the world doesn't make sense.
Economics makes no sense. End of. That's why it's econ-omics and not econ-ology. Don't get disheartened over the idea that there's some super-smart people out there who ought to know what they're doing. There isn't and they don't. Like Art, it's whatever you want it to be.
One of the biggest PR tricks of modern times has been how the truly huge polluters such as major state resource companies, huge private/corporate resource companies and the lobbyists/media outlets/ politicians who tacitly support them have managed to flip the burden of guilt for climate change onto ordinary people about their personal life choices. This has happened to the ridiculous point that people such as yourself actually feel guilty about basic life choices due to a thing that's hardly their fault in any meaningful or measurable way. What an absurd way to live a life of unhappiness..
It completely omits the fact that companies extract fossil fuels, factories run and ships ship to supply consumer demand.
The fast fashion industry is a fairly large emitter, all because people want new outfits every week. Same goes for animal agriculture.
So yeah, it is absolutely personal lifestyle choices driving emissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-sh...