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Yeah, this is a systemic problem and it cannot be addressed easily since the whole economy is based around consumption. People have very few options to do anything meaningful living within this system. At this point, I'm convinced that it's going to take a disaster on an incredible scale to make people realize the severity of the problem. The question is whether it will even be possible to do anything by that point.
the companies have probably already worked out their biggest profits yet could come from charging us for the mess and then the subsequent "cleanup".
they've probably already calculated that the bigger the mess, the more they can overcharge us for their half-arsed "cleanup"
at this point they probably WANT it to get AS BAD AS POSSIBLE, in order to maximise profits.
unfortunately their greed will surely blind them as to where the exact point of no return actually is.
It's already happening. I was reserving a rental car and at the checkout it asked if I wanted to pay an additional fee to go towards carbon offsetting measures.
I'm sure these are exactly the kinds of discussions happening in board meetings right now.