* I am very diligent about recycling, to the point where I pick the stuff my wife forgets to recycle (juice boxes, water bottles) out of the regular garbage and throw it into the recycle bin. OK, I don’t dig through, but if it’s near the top, I grab it.
* I pay extra on my utility bill to ensure my energy comes from renewable sources (wind, hydro, etc.) rather than from fossil-fuel sources.
* I try not to waste anything. I resell everything I can on Amazon. I reuse cardboard boxes (and recycle what I can’t reuse). I avoid throwing out anything that may be of value to someone else.

All of these things take just a little effort on my part, and bring real results. None of them require extra effort by anyone else.

The one thing politicians miss is the incremental steps. Politics is about “changing the world dramatically.” Instead, it should be about making a bunch of small improvements.

Want to reduce emissions? Find a way to reduce them by 1% every two years; don’t try to figure out how to reduce them by 50% in 2050. It’s a lot easier to reduce anything by 1% today than try to predict the future.

Isn’t that what politics is really about though, lip service and wasting money in frivolous pursuits? Honestly this is some of the thinnest I’ve ever seen, and I can’t imagine what kind of dolt really thinks that this will make any difference at all.