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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YES. A thousand times yes. But you can deny yourself most holiday plastic and still, by buying food for your own survival, contribute to greenhouse gas emissions (ex: beef is by far the most polluting food item to produce).

So it's too easy for me to fall into guilt and what ifs. That's what I'm mostly working on - how not to feel the burden of flying to Europe and Asia to visit my parents or my aunts. How to celebrate milestones and live my daily life with ease, but without polluting too much. What to buy to make the least impact on the planet.

Overall, it bears repeating that our greatest power lies in VOTING for politicians that will push through climate change and pollution mitigation. Each of our individual efforts doesn't even register compared to what governments can do, so it's useless to guilt-trip others into leading more responsible lives. What matters is convincing them that our species will not survive that easily if we don't act now on a global scale  - and that means new legislation and enforcement.

I've become a single-issue voter - I will vote for the person who is most able to mitigate climate change.

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Plastic has nothing to do with climate change.[/quote]

Plastic is made from oil, which is almost completely responsible for climate change. [/quote]

+1 Plastic is a byproduct of the petroleum and gas industry. Did you think it grew on trees? https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuels-single-use-plastics-2565595371.html

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