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I don't get why people sometimes talk as if it's just large corporations that contributed to emissions.

It all makes a difference. There's no doubt that individual consumption contributes a lot to global emissions. Like large houses that use a lot of material, cement etc and cost a lot to heat and cool.

And those large corporations exist to serve customers. It's not like we could simply get rid of them.

But we obviously need to also look at the ways that we can work together to save emissions where possible.

It's frustrating to bother at all then hear about someone blowing 3x your annual carbon on a whim. Oh well.

Yes, but the plane fits hundreds of passengers. Isn't that much obvious?

Not to disagree that flying is very CO2 intensive, but it's not like the airline is burning fuel for fun. The passengers paid them to do it

Carbon offsets for that wasted fuel would run $500. Pay that and I will be happy.

If nothing else, it matters to the cow

At that point it's too late for the cow either way.

Stop it, you’re killing the planet!