> cannot be pinned on consumer choices. Which is why it would never become the locus of attention.
Can you explain your reasoning here? I think you are saying that we focus all of our environmental action through the lens of consumer choice, which is something that I also think is true.
We can encourage the public to make better individual choices, but a far better approach is to change the system so that the default choice is the best choice.
But when it comes to phones, a lot of the policy action seems to be set on forcing companies to behave in a certain way, which IMHO is perfectly cromulent if the environmental payoff is proprotionate to the effort.
My focus has been on changing the attitudes towards policy changes that broaden the choices of individuals, to allow them to even choose a better path that is not currently available, because urban planning has banned walkable neighborhoods in nearly every part of every city.
Urban planning too obviously cannot be pinned on consumer choices. Which is why it would never become the locus of attention.
I don’t know if you are right or wrong about this point. But nonetheless.