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It's not so much overusing as wasting. Capitalism has lead to an overproduction of low quality garbage that ultimately ends up in landfills. Fast fashion brands that produce more low quality clothing than they can sell, just for unbought good to end up in landfills. Food that is thrown away because there's a surplus that can't be sold because it doesn't meet particular standards despite being perfectly edible.
We could optimise processes, make waste and overproduction the more expensive alternative. We don't, however, because it'd lead to lower profits and we hold up profits above all else.
The average person doesn't really need to travel less. A family of 2-4 people commuting by jet with another ~100 passengers once or twice a year is going to have way lower emissions than say, Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, or fucking Linus Techtips.
Sure, individuals can change their habits, and in large swathes it will make things better. But it won't fix anything, because the problem was never the average person. The problem lies with corporations and the mega rich. They're the ones that need to go.
Nice find with the LTT jet :)
But I agree and disagree. One Elon is "worth" 1000s of people in terms of consumption, but also, there is only one Elon and there are millions of people for every Elon who cannot afford shit.