I have a multi-talented comedic friend who answers his admirers: “just the result of hard work and self-denial.” The “self-denial” part is always good for a laugh.
It is another funny when the “green” lobby exhorts us to lower our standard of living in the futile quest to “stabilize climate.” Consider “Firms’ Green Efforts Target Users” by Saabira Chaudhuri in the Wall Street Journal (March 30, 2021).
The online version title is Companies Ask Their Customers to Help Them Cut Emissions . The article begins:
Take shorter showers, do laundry at cooler temperatures and turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. Those are messages the world’s biggest makers of shampoo, detergent and toothpaste are pushing as they try to reduce carbon emissions linked to the use of their products.
While consumer-goods companies tout their success in cutting emissions in offices and factories, they are struggling to reduce what they say is the biggest source of emissions associated with their products: consumer use.
The slow progress threatens companies’ ability to meet their voluntary targets to cut overall emissions and risks undermining broader environmental pledges that are increasingly a part of how they sell themselves to shoppers, investors and potential employees.
A side bar discussion:
Measuring progress is a challenge across the industry. Companies often rely on third-party data about countries’ energy mix and modeling about typical consumer use. “It’s difficult for me to go and see if you are actually having a two-degree-colder shower or not,” said Alexandra Palt, chief corporate responsibility officer for L’Oréal, which is aiming to cut consumer-use emissions by 25% between 2016 and 2030. “You have a lot of estimation.”
You get the idea ….
Stephanie Osmanski recommended these lifestyle changes in her GreenMatters article, “Is Humankind Completely Liable for Global Warming?:
Some ways to start include installing solar panels or using clean energy providers, using LED light bulbs, washing your laundry with cold water, laying clothes out to dry instead of running the dryer, buying an energy-efficient shower head, washing dishes in the dish washer, and using biodegradable, non-toxic laundry detergent.
Abiding by a vegan diet is also thought to be the most effective way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, as per the Guardian. Using public transportation instead of driving, and compositing food scraps helps, too.
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