> It's the overwhelming number of people who want to say they're green, but still own two cars, never take public transport, eat meat daily, live in big houses, and buy buy buy.
The car and the "buy, buy, buy" are the only real problems. Cut those two out and the big houses and meat aren't a big deal (or are at least workeable).
Probably the biggest thing you could do to help the environment is not buy any kind of mobile device and to run your computer into the ground.
I don't know about all meat but the deforestation for cattle ranching and feed, methane produced by the beasts themselves, and other factors seem to be fairly significant. The much greater energy requirements to light, heat, and cool big houses should not be discounted so easily either.
>The much greater energy requirements to light, heat, and cool big houses should not be discounted so easily either.
Heat and cool, yes. Light, no, not any more. Lighting is really pretty insignificant now thanks to LEDs, and getting constantly better as the older incandescents get replaced.
The car and the "buy, buy, buy" are the only real problems. Cut those two out and the big houses and meat aren't a big deal (or are at least workeable).
Probably the biggest thing you could do to help the environment is not buy any kind of mobile device and to run your computer into the ground.