What can we do personally to reduce emissions?
#FuckCars they are literally killing the planet...
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What can we do personally to reduce emissions?
We need to get average yearly global emissions per person down to 2.1 tonnes CO2e
(CO2e = carbon dioxide equivalent = a unit for combining all greenhouse gas emissions in one measure)
Chart shown below with pink bars, title reads: Genuinely Impactful Actions with amout saved per year. X axis scale in onnes CO2e saved per year.Longest bar first reads: Drop the car (bus, train, bike, walk) [saving -2.4 tonnes]
Next bar: Take fewer flights (per one round trip trans-atlantic) [saving -1.6 tonnes]
Next bar: Purchace green energy [saving -1.4 tonnes]
Next bar: Buy a more efficient car (with better fuel economy & maintainance) [saving -1.2 tonnes]
Next bar: Switch to a plant-based diet (vegan ideal, vegetarian helps too) [saving -0.8 tonnes]
Next bar: Hybrid car [saving -0.4 tonnes]
Next bar: Reduce food waste [saving -0.37 tonnes]
Next bar: Plant a tree [saving -0.3 tonnes]
Next bar: Wash clothes in cold water [saving -0.25 tonnes]
Next bar: Reduce meat [saving -0.23 tonnes]
Next bar: Hang clothes to dry [saving -0.21 tonnes]
Next bar: Recycling [saving -0.21 tonnes]
Next bar: More efficient home heating (smart thermostats are the way to go) [saving -0.18 tonnes]
Last bar: Change change lightbulbs to LEDs [saving -0.1 tonnes]
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Information source:
‘The climate mitigation gap’ (Wynes and Nicholas), Environmental Research Letters 2017
