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I'm not changing my diet just so the rich can keep polluting more than I ever will in my lifetime
Dont sell yourself short, you pollute way more than you think.
When cruise ships stop, then I'll make changes like this.
Cruise ships make up such a tiny percentage of overall emissions. They're horrible on a individual level, but there just aren't that many of them compared to other sources.
Meat production on the other hand makes up something like 17-18% of ALL global GHG emissions.
I heard cruise ships and freighters are the biggest offenders. Nearly 40-50% of emissions.
You heard wrong.
Throwing freighters in there like that is a bit sneaky lol The amount of freighter traffic must dwarf that of cruise ships. Anyway, people on cruise ships are mostly not particularly rich. They're pretty much just water-borne holiday camps.
But you will have a shorter life span and that will make up for it
Each of us has an individual responsibility to making the world a better place and apathetic inaction like this is what allows the rich to flourish. You have more power than you think.