Post #1816623
2026-04-26 19:14 UTC
It might've been invented by Big Oil, but if you keep giving money to Big Oil to buy fossil fuel you're at least partially responsible for the carbon emissions released by burning that fuel.
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@SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-26 20:23
People have trouble with the concept of partial blame, they want to _feel_ innocent. Black and white thinking, low-resolution ethics. It's a necessary suppression to underpin individualist ideologies, I think. Nevertheless, remember that the 'footprint' decisions of one oil exec outweigh the decisions of thousands or millions (or billions if you include descendants) of ordinary folk. But we do also outnumber them to that extent, so we have adequate power collectively.