It makes more sense when you view it as a prisoner's dilemma.
I already have a relatively low carbon footprint compared to many. I don't commute to work, I don't have a boat or a camper or a snowmobile or a quad or drive a big truck. I don't fly more than a couple of times a year. I don't even have a gas lawnmower. I also don't have kids, which is arguably one of the biggest extra carbon consumers a person can introduce into the world.
I'm not going to cut my carbon usage down to pre-industrial levels while other people could cut their carbon usage down to my level with a lot less impact to their quality of life.
At some point people who are extremely cutting their own carbon usage are just subsidizing the lazy usage of others.
No serious person is asking for you to personally cut your carbon footprint through individual action. That won't work and is a waste of energy.
We need to be working to make green energy cheaper than fossil fuels, make electric cars cheaper than gas cars, and begin exploring extreme solutions like dumping iron in the ocean as a backup plan. These are government policy level solutions, and the only ones that should be taken seriously.
I already have a relatively low carbon footprint compared to many. I don't commute to work, I don't have a boat or a camper or a snowmobile or a quad or drive a big truck. I don't fly more than a couple of times a year. I don't even have a gas lawnmower. I also don't have kids, which is arguably one of the biggest extra carbon consumers a person can introduce into the world.
I'm not going to cut my carbon usage down to pre-industrial levels while other people could cut their carbon usage down to my level with a lot less impact to their quality of life.
At some point people who are extremely cutting their own carbon usage are just subsidizing the lazy usage of others.