purplerabbits

"the sight of well-meaning Guardian readers each defending their own carbon footprint while happily commenting on each others' is getting old really quickly"

Having said that, there is a level of amusement in laughing at other people's hypocrisy.

"Because the planet, annoyingly enough, doesn't care whether or not you personally are in the right."

Indeed not.

I probably already cause a good deal less CO2 emissions than most people in Britain, Most of the things on the list I'm either doing already, can't do, or won't do because it would represent a decrease in my quality of life. I'm not going to replace my PC with a laptop (I don't like crappy keyboards), nor am I going to wear uncomfortable clothing (cotton is popular because its comfortable), or go vegan (I like eating cheese and meat). Nor are the vast majority of people going to do such things if they can help it; so any such effort would be tokenism by a small minority who like feeling virtuous by wearing a hairshirt, and will do bugger all to fix the problem.

"think of something you *can* do, or do some campaigning about the larger issues"

I am trying to get elected as an MSP, which will enable be to tackle these (and other) issues with more effectiveness.