https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/15/we-need-these-climate-change-a/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/15/we-need-these-climate-change-a/#comment-548508 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:36:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/15/we-need-these-climate-change-a/#comment-548508 well, it would help immensely if we could stop thinking of ourselves as consumers, too. I like the ad though: enough people get convinced to do something, then political action will become possible, too.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/15/we-need-these-climate-change-a/#comment-548507 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:41:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/15/we-need-these-climate-change-a/#comment-548507 Not to downplay the need for individual action, but until industry is forced to act, taking shorter showers and the bus won’t solve anything. Real change will happen when industry is heavily regulated and consumers stop feeling they have a right to cheap products.

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