• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    How? Tell me how I am supposed to buy less fossil fuels? I am honestly in my heart of heart curious.

    I only drive my car when no other options are available, I keep it maintained, and it’s a boring economy car. No ad is going to make me consume less of these fuels or more of these fuels. Smoking is radically different and not at all comparable. Smoking is the end, you get the nicotine hit. Gas is not the end, gas is what lets you achieve your ends.

    I had a conversation like this with one of my part suppliers at work. I am not buying machine parts for fun I am buying them because I have a customer order that I need the part to go in. All the sales tactics in the world won’t influence how much I buy.

    As for the green washing sure I guess it makes us feel good that we won’t let them do it. And we all know feeling like we are doing something is as good as doing something, maybe better.