A New Years Climate Diet

[guido]

Opinion | A New Year’s Climate Diet - The New York Times

How many tons of emissions can we trim in the new year?

[ides1056]

Let me tell you, it doesn't matter one bit what I eat. Emissions happen.

[Drew]

Let me tell you, it doesn't matter one bit what I eat. Emissions happen.

rofl

[Blue Jays]

"...Emissions happen..."

How DARE you!

[mzilliox]

Opinion | A New Year’s Climate Diet - The New York Times

How many tons of emissions can we trim in the new year?

my climate diet is similar to my real diet. It is all about habit, not diet. change your habits, eat real food, mainly vegetables, meat is ok but not too much of it.

for the climate, ride when you can, walk when you can, take the car when you need, share a ride, skip a trip. eat less meat, lots less meat. see, parallels

[thollandpe]

I classify and quantify greenhouse gas emissions using the following three scopes:

Scope 1: direct purchase and combustion of fossil fuel. Gas in my car, oil for heat and hot water in my house.

Scope 2: emissions from another source that produces the energy I use, electricity generation.

Scope 3: all other indirect emissions from my activities, from sources that I do not own or control. Like food, solid waste, water/sewer, air travel. These can be affected primarily by using less. Recycling, composting, and diet changes go here.

Most people's emissions are primarily Scope 1 and 2. Scope 3 emissions are usually somebody else's Scope 1 or 2, and that's where it gets interesting. Also, it doesn't take many air miles to make Scope 3 significant.

This year, I'm going to offset my Scope 1 and 2 emissions by supporting this project:
Honduras Coffee Growers Clean Water Project - Native Energy

[zetroc]

I ride my bike and take the bus or train pretty much everywhere that's feasible. But there will never be mainstream acceptance of the carfree lifestyle. One time I told a bartender that the bus was the best way to get from Oakland to SF and his response was "The bus? What am I, poor?"

Yet another time, my mom's next door neighbor related that whenever he wants coffee, he drives 20 minutes to a town 15 miles away to get it.

Until we get around the expression of American individualism that is the personally driven vehicle we're not going to make a dent in the climate crisis. How can anyone make riding the bus seem like anything but a huge personal sacrifice?