PaseusReal wrote:
No
1. It’s along with most global warming a marketing lore selling good feelings like charity donation frauds
2. Plastic bags don’t do much to net carbon output… It takes energy to create and dispose of any sort of bag…
3. Carbon output globally is majority a function of standard of living of populations…
4. Other Third World countries are increasing standard of living therefore it is impossible to mitigate carbon output realistically by individual trying to cut down.
5. If everyone in the World teamed up and cut their output by 50% they would be cutting their standard of living hugely… won’t happen…
6. Any excess carbon problem will be solved by chemical engineering solutions and other engineering solutions…
Individual action won't change anything, which is why the thread is about taking political/societal/collective action.
I think that if there are actions we can take that have little to no effect on our wellbeing, like bringing your own bags to the store, then we should. So yes.