Is having the latest technology a want or a need?
How often do you get a new cel phone or mp3 player? Did you really need a new model? Do you consider the environmental impact of these purchases? If you are addicted, how can you break your addiction?
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Indispensable Emissions
I have to drive to school every day, I could take the bus but that would mean waking up 20 minutes earlier. Anyways I am talking about the people that don't have a bus. Some of them come from Concord or Livermore and that is an hour drive to get to school every morning. This would contribute massively to their footprint. Who are they suppose to limit these CO2 emissions when it is the only way they can get to school. As well as for buying clothes. Most people will have at least some emissions because we need clothes and some people grow a lot in a short period of time so they need to buy a lot of clothes in a short period of time, however, how are they suppose to buy fewer clothes. It is not like they would be able to go to school without clothes. I believe that some people have higher footprints because of when they grew and where they live which are things you cannot really control.
I can see your point here, which really does seem true. Although, you also have to count how much they use technology, water usage, and electricity usage as well. Driving and Clothes can seem like two big factors in this, but you never know what people do in their normal lifestyle. I do agree with you on natural growth and change though because people are different genetically, and can cause them to use up more clothes.
I agree you can't control how you grow or the bus transportation, but I think you can control how you deal with that for example you said there there a people that live in concord or Livermore, it would not be perfect but they can try to arrange a carpool. People that get new clothes they can decide what clothes to get. Some clothes help the environment and some are mass produced in factories. It is up to them to decide where they buy it from. There are ways to make the best of things.





