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[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It might feel good to pretend you don’t have to change your lifestyle

There's really not much that the every man can do though. Driving an electric vehicle does nothing. I have solar already but our power companies and government have made them basically pointless with battery systems being prohibitively expensive. It's businesses and rich people doing the heavy lifting of climate damage.

Also not really sure why you say aviation has a relatively negligible impact when your own link says otherwise?

Aviation is widely known for its carbon footprint, with the industry contributing 2.5% to the global CO₂ burden. While some may argue that this pales in comparison with other sectors, carbon is only responsible for a third of aviation’s full climate impact. Non-CO₂ emissions (mainly NOₓ and ice trails made from aircraft water vapour) make up the remaining two-thirds.

Taking all aircraft emissions into account, flying is responsible for around 5% of human-induced climate change.

1/20th of ALL human induced climate change isn't "relatively negligible".