It's so easy to put the responsibilities of global warming on politicians or countries, blaming them for the existing evident problems and at the same time we ourselves abstain from any type of error having to do with it. Honestly, after all... we ALL are social justice warriors.
Global warming has to do with pollution and, at its core, over consumption. Yes. You. Me. They. Ie all of us. Instead of buying new smartphones every year despite their explosive behaviour, new cars despite not needing a new vehicle for transportation (but rather getting it to show off our social marketed status), the newest trendy device in audiovisual (HD, Full HD, 3D, LED, 4K, curved or whatever comes next), why not stopping production of unnecessary products for 2 years? Could you live with having only 1 of the following things new every 2 years?
Smartphone
Car
TV or anything audiovisual
Computer
Clothes...
Or anything really.
We. Do. Not. Need. New. Toys. Every. Year.
Not all companies can afford to produce new shiny products yearly but certainly the top brands can.
Imagine a world in which there is no need to dig for raw material, transport it to the factory, produce things out of it, transport the made things to new countries, store these in these different countries, sell them, perhaps recall them if needed every couple of month and so on...
That - i.e. we not indirectly asking the company giants to dig for raw materials - would certainly reduce the carbon impact on our planet. You think it will make the economy collapse? Well. Think it through twice. In the meantime while digging, part of the World is collapsing due to this excessive consumism. But as long as we (mostly in the West) can have our toys and claim we are the good guys, everything is fine, right? Think again. And next time you need something new, think thrice before going through with it...
