This post on climate change and the futility of local carbon optimization channels my most pessimistic side: http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2316
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On the other hand I find it strange that he doesn't acknowledging reducing one's personal carbon footprint as, itself, a symbolic gesture.
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To wit: getting rid of your car is a symbolic bet that a big carbon tax will/should come in the same way that divesting oil stocks is.
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(nb: although I own an electric car, it occasionally gets carried around on massive, diesel-guzzling ferries. So I'm not talking about me).
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