None of this stuff really matters for climate change. The big items for us as individuals are: - how much & how clean we drive & travel - how much & how clean we heat & cool our homes (and we should heat and cool as much as we need to be safe) - the carbon intensity of what we eat - do we vote
Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
I would say what matters most is how quickly we can take the power and control away from the criminal fossil fuel companies that purposely lied for decades about this mess.
❌ paper or plastic ✅ how far did you have to travel and how did you get to the store
Oh, you care about the environment? How are you reading this comment, then? Case closed.
When they first ran that story they said that books were the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter among all industries, and the fact that it ran like that tells you a lot about the editorial process at NPR and whether they have their brains engaged at all.
my bikes are all me powered. but would love to see the impact more ebikes would have on the mindset and infrastructure in more car dependent areas.
I would argue that making people worry about trivial things like books actually makes them give up on climate action. We need to vote, we need to talk to people about how their vote matters and we need to encourage people to do what they can about getting around and heating their homes.
I don't own a car, live in a 550-sqft apartment in a new-ish building with good insulation, and don't eat meat (except fish, roughly once a week). I am going to buy all the books I can read and not feel a shred of guilt about it.
this is why we have to take on state DOTs and AASHTO 😡
going vegetarian or vegan is one of the things we all can do to reduce our carbon footprint.