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‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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Companies invented single use packaging - blamed the consumers for polluting the environment.
Consumers then paid for garbage disposal.
Companies did nothing wrong.
This spiral continues with everything.
Companies make people dependent on something by eliminating all alternatives, this turns out to be bad for the environment and suddenly the people are the bad ones.
Edit: there’s this thing in Germany called Rorax, which cleans your pipes. The 100% natural ingredients variant costs exactly the same as the microplastic thing. The only difference is that the natural one needs to sit at least 6 hours while the other one can do it in 2. I opted for the environmentally friendly option.
Shh, you must be wracked with guilt because of all of your sins. Think about all the privilege one enjoys in first-world countries because corporations have single-handedly solved all of the world's problems. /s