If everyone thinks their changes don’t matter then i guess they don’t, if everyone thought their changes did matter then we could see meaningful progress. Just because other sources are still producing doesn’t make your efforts meaningless. There is also something to be said about secondary effects of minor changes, like inspiring others to commit to changes or inspiring new innovations or ideas to improve things.
Edit: id also like to add that new law and policy often comes with minor efforts on the consumer. Take recycling and organics bins for example. The consumer now has to sort their trash instead of throwing it all in 1 bin and I’ve met many people who think this is some big scam or conspiracy to control people or something.
If everyone thinks their changes don’t matter then i guess they don’t, if everyone thought their changes did matter then we could see meaningful progress. Just because other sources are still producing doesn’t make your efforts meaningless. There is also something to be said about secondary effects of minor changes, like inspiring others to commit to changes or inspiring new innovations or ideas to improve things.
Edit: id also like to add that new law and policy often comes with minor efforts on the consumer. Take recycling and organics bins for example. The consumer now has to sort their trash instead of throwing it all in 1 bin and I’ve met many people who think this is some big scam or conspiracy to control people or something.