Comments on: Many Popular Environmental Actions Are Ineffective/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:15:57 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thomasstigwikman/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2639Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:02:53 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2639In reply to The Oceanside Animals.

Ha ha if you want to eat that go right ahead. At least it won’t be wasted.

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]]>By: The Oceanside Animals/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2637Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:00:38 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2637Lulu: “Hmm, our takeaway from this is that Mama and Dada should give the greasy pizza boxes to us dogs to dispose of.”
Java Bean: “Sí!”

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2630Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:41:35 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2630In reply to Debbie D..

I agree with you 100%. Thank you so much Debbie.

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]]>By: Debbie D./2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2627Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:34:19 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2627In reply to thomasstigwikman.

Of course, I know these are suggestions, not edicts. We only have one life, it is far too short, and enjoyment is key IMO. It’s good to find a balance between that and being environmentally conscious, though. I’m sure you do plenty to help the environment that may offset your use of airplanes, at least partially. Enjoy your skiing holiday, Thomas! 🙂

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2625Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:09:42 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2625In reply to Debbie D..

It is important to point out that I am not telling anyone what to do. We all have different needs, but it is good to know what is effective and not if you do care about the issue. We have a car too, a hybrid. It is impossible to be without one here in Texas. But we try to be efficient with it. In Sweden it is a lot easier. When I worked in Stockholm I had a car I did not use for a whole year because the public transportation was so good. Our biggest pollution (our family) is airplanes. We are going to Colorado to ski in a couple of weeks. Skiing has gotten very expensive so that is going to set us back quite a bit.

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]]>By: Debbie D./2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2616Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:28:15 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2616Interesting and informative, Thomas! Also a bit disappointing, knowing certain things we thought were so helpful are not. Hubby and I both have old 4 cyl. compact Ford cars. It would be difficult to get by without at least one, and we’d likely go for a small hybrid if we needed a new vehicle. Our last transatlantic flight was in 2018 and there are no immediate plans to fly anywhere. That’s more of an economic reality than a conscientious choice, though.

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]]>By: luisa zambrotta/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2607Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:50:18 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2607]]>In reply to thomasstigwikman.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2606Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:32:48 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2606In reply to robertawrites235681907.

Yes that is a very good point. But I was thinking that if you know the facts you can, if you so wish take those big things into consideration. You know what is big and what is small and what is questionable. For example, if you have a big SUV you know that using it more efficiently would matter a lot. Many of my collegues with big SUVs drove themselves alone to and from work every day. But they did not know how much SUVs pollute. At least those who were interested in the environment could maybe have driven their SUV with another collegue. That’s just an example.

When I was working for ABB Robotics our division was bought by another company in Sweden. The CEO ordered everyone working for our division/department to come visit him in Sweden and he asked us to bring our families. He wanted to get to know us. He was ready to pay for all those airline tickets, but did he consider the environment? Probably not. It would have been better for him to come visit us in Wisconsin and Detroit instead. I would never tell anyone what to do. Everyone have their special needs. But if you know the facts you can make better decisions (assuming you care of course).

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2605Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:18:20 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2605In reply to luisa zambrotta.

I just realized my response was a bit difficult to read because I didn’t proofread but thank you so much Luisa.

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]]>By: Jacqui Murray/2025/03/03/many-popular-environmental-actions-are-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-2604Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:41:04 +0000/?p=2208#comment-2604In reply to CarolCooks2.

I did see some with those. Mine didn’t! Sigh.

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