This chart shows expansion plans (not current extraction) Area chart showing oil and gas expansion plans in terms of emitted CO2 by country

  • neanderthal@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Almost everything you buy is produced using fossil fuels to extract the raw materials, transport the materials to a factory, power the factory, and transport it to you.

    Buy less stuff. Buy stuff used, that is recyclable, or sellable/donatable.

    Buy quality. E.g. pima cotton shirts, 50 year shingles or metal roofing instead of 25 year shingles, mid-high end compute devices. Quality costs a little more up front but will save $$$ and GHG in the long run. It also works better. I have found the biggest bang for buck is building materials. When I replaced my roof, 50 year shingles over 25 only increased a 5 figure project cost by 500 dollars and cut in half the cost of roof replacements over time. If 25 year roofs were eliminated, we probably cut the GHG from shingle production by some double digit percentage.

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      10 months ago

      Compute devices are a bit of an outlier. They age due to software and if you do not need specific high demand programs, but just a general office computer, just go with Linux. The other big one is to buy second hand or just get stuff second hand from other people. If you live in a rich country it is easy to get some really nice stuff for nearly free, especially if you have some skill fixing things.

      That being said a lot of it does not come down to consumer choices, but is about large scale political decisions. Quality urban planning allows for car free living in a relativly small flat, a green electricity grid reduces emissions by a lot, district heating can provide green heating for cheap, right to repair laws make products last longer and so much more. Generally speaking you can about half your emissions compared to the regions average you are in with relative ease, more and you have to really push.