@malte Ha! The username is a quote from congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made in regards something Elon Musk said several months back. I thought it was funny then. Might be time for a change. Sorry about the tangents. I understand the question now. After reading a couple of your toots and blog posts, we share some values and passions. Our next conversation should start off a little less knee jerky.

@malte Okay I read through your posts. First you have a huge academic advantage over me. Which is fine, it means I have an opportunity to learn from someone more knowledgeable than myself. Your question and explanations seem to me to be academic best answered by a fellow academic. I have no real answer to your question in regard to the hypothetical situation you describe. It does seem like it would be a different number depending on the physical environment a person was living in. Also what population are we supporting? Has the world depopulated in your scenario? Again, good luck. On the other hand, I will be following your work regarding sustainable agriculture. I’m assuming you have looked at indigenous agricultural technologies. Wish I had made better choices when I was younger. My lack of formal education frustrates me. I am also curious about the climate change psychology thing.

@malte Curious as to why you would think that.

@malte Absolutely not.

@malte Oh I’m admitting to missing your point! Hence my continued engagement! I will read.

@malte @20000lbs_of_Cheese Kudos on the gardening! Okay I’m reading your profile and I can kind of see where you are coming from. What I don’t understand is your concern over the numbers as far as what changes an individual can make that will get the world to maintaining a 1.5 degree temperature rise over preindustrial temperatures. ZERO petroleum consumption would be the ideal. That isn’t going to happen with the petrochemical industry controlling media and governments. They want the countries that aren’t hitting that threshold you mentioned to exceed that point. By a lot. I wished you luck earlier because it seems like the numbers you are looking for are on par with tilting with windmills. I don’t mean to frustrate you. My perspective isn’t yours and I want to better understand your perspective.

@malte @20000lbs_of_Cheese This isn’t about how an individual can fix the climate situation. Any thinking in this direction is a result of greenwashing. Grounding private aircraft would be a much more effective than cranking our heat down a couple of degrees in the winter. Not making war around the world would help even more. Don’t worry about numbers. Find some local people doing community gardening. Organize repair fairs. The most effective thing an individual could do would be to DUMP capitalism and break our addictions to consumption. Good luck.