Frequently Asked Questions
What if I can't do all the pollution Solutions?
Everyone creates some pollution. Cut out as much as you can, as soon as you can.
Visit the Questionnaires page. Tackle the big stuff first.
What about the corporations?
When business leaders talk to investors, they discuss consumer "demand".
"Demand" means how much money you give them - by spending $ on their products.
When you purchase something, you are telling the company, "continue doing" what you’ve been doing.
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How much pollution do I make compared to others?
The typical African resident creates, maybe 4 tons of ghg pollution per year.
An average European or Japanese citizen generates double that; a typical American - double again.
The biggest citizen polluters (per capita) live in Australia, Saudi Arabia, the USA and Canada.
The "Carbon Footprint Of Best Conserving Americans Is Still Double Global Average."
What will it cost?
Some Solutions are free; some aren't.
It doesn't cost money to stop eating beef, or to quit flying.
To get cash for an electric car, sell your gasoline car.
Have climate scientists tried these "Solutions"?
- Kimberly Nicholas:
"cut her air travel emissions”, and "stopped eating meat.”
She wrote "a paper on individual behavioral changes."
- Kevin Anderson: "'We ... can make these changes'.”
- Peter Kalmus:
"I took the conveniences of modern ... life for granted,”
"the cheap airplane flights," etc.
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If polysilicon is made in Chinese internment camps, and cobalt is mined by children in the Congo,
how can the Solutions help?
Look Beyond the Boycott. Individuals, individually, are not going to do the trick.
Churches, health clubs, book groups - everyone has a role to play. Help make it happen.
You or I can't ban polysilicon products from Xinjiang, or revamp the electric grid, but governments can.
Corporations may respond to public pressure. Some are making batteries without cobalt, for example.
Use your own boycott success as a way to spread the enthusiasm!
How boycotts influence neighbors, or elected leaders, is similar to voting.
Lots of votes lead to changes. Get out and motivate people just like you would for an election!
When others see, or hear about, what you're doing, they'll notice - especially people who trust you.
Doesn't industry make lots of pollution?
Yes. Renewable energy can't replace certain manufacturing processes
- for making “cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia” -
all the more reason to eliminate the pollution we have alternatives for!