Our only salvation is to get away from the kind of living that demands that we either do these things, or comply with someone else choosing to. That is difficult if not impossible today for most of us.
I mean, is it better for me to TIG weld up a recumbent bicycle to get around using discarded scrap steel, or pay a company to do it for me out of factory steel? Should I walk? So many questions...
It's one of the harshest lessons of environmentalism. There are no free rides, only informed, hard choices.
As an example, think about natural lime plaster as a building material? 5% of the Earth's CO2 emissions come from lime kilns. No kilns, no lime plaster.
The steel I am building all the things I need came from a corrupt culture that holds us all hostage, as did the technology to bring our words to each other. But even as I am held hostage to this culture, I have some freedom to make better choices, like using discarded materials when I can. For me, bringing the consequences home to me as much as possible, talking about my choices with honesty and candor, and weighing the options using the wealth of information available to me as a privileged member of an industrialized nation is how I cope. It's using the privilege I have to make my tiny little corner of the world better as best I can, without seeking fanfare or glory for greenwashing the real cost away.
There are no simple answers, but there are honest, informed choices.
Re: God protects fools and children
Our only salvation is to get away from the kind of living that demands that we either do these things, or comply with someone else choosing to. That is difficult if not impossible today for most of us.
I mean, is it better for me to TIG weld up a recumbent bicycle to get around using discarded scrap steel, or pay a company to do it for me out of factory steel? Should I walk? So many questions...
It's one of the harshest lessons of environmentalism. There are no free rides, only informed, hard choices.
As an example, think about natural lime plaster as a building material? 5% of the Earth's CO2 emissions come from lime kilns. No kilns, no lime plaster.
The steel I am building all the things I need came from a corrupt culture that holds us all hostage, as did the technology to bring our words to each other. But even as I am held hostage to this culture, I have some freedom to make better choices, like using discarded materials when I can.
For me, bringing the consequences home to me as much as possible, talking about my choices with honesty and candor, and weighing the options using the wealth of information available to me as a privileged member of an industrialized nation is how I cope. It's using the privilege I have to make my tiny little corner of the world better as best I can, without seeking fanfare or glory for greenwashing the real cost away.
There are no simple answers, but there are honest, informed choices.