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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

That's really my biggest problem with most green parties / organisations. There is an emphasis on individual action that is just unreasonable. Climate change won't be affected by individual change, since it really is a systemic problem. No amount of green consumption or efficiency will do as much as a dent in the problem of global warming.

Our energy and supply chain transport infrastructure needs to be overhauled which will cost a lot of capital investment and strip off a lot of planned profits from the books. These are the issues that need to be addressed. Whether Joe Blogs drives a SUV is inconsequential.

You can't use your wallet to vote against the financial incentives that keep the polluting infrastructure running.