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minus-squarelewdian69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-211 months ago“That’s not what I was saying at all.” Oh that’s too bad. Good that both things can be true. “Increasing energy efficiency of housing really would do a lot to lower emissions, but ending car-dependency of housing would do even more.” And yet still be a drop in the bucket.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months ago And yet still be a drop in the bucket. That’s not true. Housing and (car) transportation are a large fraction of total greenhouse gas emissions.
“That’s not what I was saying at all.”
Oh that’s too bad. Good that both things can be true.
“Increasing energy efficiency of housing really would do a lot to lower emissions, but ending car-dependency of housing would do even more.”
And yet still be a drop in the bucket.
That’s not true. Housing and (car) transportation are a large fraction of total greenhouse gas emissions.