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[[File:carbon-inequality1.png|thumb|This page tells people to '''consume less stuff'''. Note that this is directed at people in '''"developed"''' countries, especially people who are middle-class or richer (i.e. the 20% of the world that uses 80% of resources). We are '''not''' telling poor people to consume less.]] | |||
'''About half''' of all [[energy]] usage is affected by '''what people buy, and how much of it.''' | '''About half''' of all [[energy]] usage is affected by '''what people buy, and how much of it.''' | ||
{{minor|<small>Pie chart will be added here soon. Mining + manufacturing + transportation of goods... adds up to half of the pie. See also: [[Why energy usage serves as a good general estimate of carbon emissions]]</small>.}} | {{minor|<small>Pie chart will be added here soon. Mining + manufacturing + transportation of goods... adds up to half of the pie.<br />See also: [[Why energy usage serves as a good general estimate of carbon emissions]]</small>.}} | ||
In this sense, we '''can''' save the planet by being '''cheap'''. | In this sense, we '''can''' save the planet by being '''cheap'''. __NOTOC__ <!-- I hid the table of contents here to help maintain readers' visual attention. --> | ||
===We can still have nice things, just replace them less often.=== | ===We can still have nice things, just replace them less often.=== | ||
{{minor|If you take a walk in a middle-class neighborhood on garbage day, you'll see the type of perfectly-good [[home waste|stuff people throw out]].}} | |||
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{{minor|If you take a walk in a middle-class neighborhood on garbage day, you'll see the type of [[home waste|stuff people throw out]].}} | |||
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