By Lauren Fernandez / CTV News

  • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I know this is trotted out a ton, but those corps make those emissions by selling their product to consumers. We have a personal responsibility in this. We support those companies with our money.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, this is like the argument that it’s okay to purchase things made by slaves because it’s the evil corporations who own slaves, not me!

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      “cCompanies have customers, and therefore no responsibility to the environment!”

      Fuck off with this shit.

      The grocery store I work in tosses thousands of pounds of plastic per day directly into the landfill. But you think they can’t recycle because they have customers?

      Just because there’s demand for their product doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be doing a whole fuck of a lot more than they are.

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        1 year ago

        Completely agree, but the argument that companies are responsible makes people feel like they are powerless to do anything, or worse, that they can just keep going as-is with no modification to their lifestyle. I 100% think the companies should be held accountable and in my ideal situation should be taxed to hell to pay for the transition to renewables.

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          1 year ago

          The thing that people should do is point their fingers at companies and demand regulation. It would be so much more effective than banning drinking straws.