Riot for Austerity 90% Emissions Reduction Project. (reduce consumption to 10% of US average)

[Shallah Kali]

Egroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/90percentreduction/
Rules http://simplereduce.wordpress.com/riot-for-austerity90-rules/
FAQ http://simplereduce.wordpress.com/90-faqs/

Intro http://simplereduce.wordpress.com/riot-for-austerity-90-reduction-project-intro/

Welcome to the Riot for Austerity 90% Emissions Reduction Project. The goal that Miranda, Sharon and other participants have set for themselves is to cut their emissions by 90% of what the average person in the US consumes - the approximate amount people in the rich world need to reduce by in order to avoid the worst effects of global warming. The eventual goal is to reach the 94% that George Monbiot calculates would represent a fair share of the world’s emissions for Americans, but we’re starting slow ;-).

We’re doing this for several reasons. First, because it is necessary - if we want to bestow a decent world on our children, we have to cut our emissions, and much harder and faster than any government has proposed. The reason governments do not propose it is because they believe it is politically infeasible. So we want to present our leaders with as many people as possible who will stand up and say “I did it. Our nation can too.” We’re excited that people want to join us, and we invite anyone who is ready to participate!

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Monbiot’s calculations were that this was impossible without government intervention. Well, we think it is possible, and we’re going to prove it. It would be a lot easier, though, with government infrastructure changes like better public transportation, more investment in renewable energies and a transfer of subsidies away from stupid things like building new highways and paying corporate agriculture. So if you participate and succeed in any way in this, you should be extremely proud of yourself - you are doing, without help, what they said could not be done.