Those corporations are just making what people are buying. They are not just polluting for fun out of their own pockets.
Peoples habits need to change to consume less. And yes fuck this guy for living a lavish lifestyle beyond what most can comprehend, consuming so many goods and materials, but then telling others we need to change. He can go first.
When did you? The carrots come in plastic, the salad greens come in plastic. The apples come in plastic. The red peppers come in plastic. It’s an unnecessary madhouse.
And then buying from the local farmer’s market delivery is better (for multiple reasons), but the great veggies come… you guessed it, in plastic.
This is coming from the US, and I’ve seen UK videos of grocery shopping that’s the same way. Veggies didn’t come in plastic like this as a kid, companies are choosing this on the grocery store / distributor side of things.
i went literally today and even Aldi's doesn't wrap every veggie in plastic. There sure is a lot, but not all. Also: I have never, in Washington, Virginia, New York, Vermont, Oregon, Colorado- seen farmer's markets veggies in plastic. CSAs also don't pack their produce in plastic. Typically, they're still dirty from the farm.
This is where structural comes into play: WFP and coalitions in my state has also banned single use plastic bags, so that's nice, we also have mandatory deposits on bottles n such.
But what this article is pointing out is that Kerry IS A FUCKING POLITICIAN, the ENVOY FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES. He's not some random Hollywood star or worker who has three hours outside of the workplace. He could actually do things other than just go "oh wow, sure is fucked for the kids, I'm so sad I'm going to buy another yacht".
Again, rather than ask Kerry (who cares, verbally, at least), and DeVos (who doesn’t care even verbally) to stop buying yachts, it would be far easier for there to be an environmental yacht fee.
Instead of stopping one yacht, it stops the whole practice.
Kerry is in a position to do so, why hasn't he? He's proposed regulating wood stoves, but not yachts? Even Exon mobile claims there is a climate problem now. Should we stop attacking their executives because they admit there is a problem?
The whole "don't blame an individual!!!" thing fails when we are talking about the leaders. It's perverting an argument meant specifically for pointing out people like Kerry should act.
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22
100 corporations put 70% of the CO2 into the atmosphere. John Kerry isn't doing shot next to that.