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[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not a myth. Most of your actions in this world are generating carbon.

More accuratly, it was a PR campaign to shift blame from big oil.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

PR campaign to shift blame from big oil

They aren't drilling for the fun of it. They do it because you pay them to do it.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

Damn, you're right, I'll just take the train to work instead to avoid having to use my car and thus pay for gas, so simple!

What's that? Car and oil companies lobbied hard as fuck to ensure public transit in the US wouldn't be good enough, forcing people to use alternative means of transportation?

Well, shit

[-] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Car and oil companies lobbied hard as fuck to ensure public transit in the US wouldn’t be good enough

I thought the lack of transit had more to do with everyone wanting their own suburban home with a yard, two cars, boats, campers, etc.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Me as an end consumer buys a relatively tiny % of oil directly from Shell.

[-] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Well, "generation" of carbon usually requires fusion of He atoms in a star.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

"Carbon dioxide footprint" is less punchy.

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