Voting is among the highest-impact actions you can take when it comes to greenhouse gases

Image comes from this paper

Americans can achieve even more by helping to get others to vote

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That l's just because no one did a paper on molotov cocktails thrown at oil barons and politicians and their impact on climate
- You're seriously underestimating the kinds of things that academia generates
  Edit: and yes, the whole thing is meant as a joke. If you're actually using sabotage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, turning around and selling social permission to pollute is just plain silly.
  
  I love science
This presumes that a vote has an impact.
- In the US, right now, who holds power is still decided by who gets the most votes in elections. Even non-swing-states have congressional races, races for state legislature, and elections for local government.
  If you're in a spot where you think your local vote won't be close, you can volunteer to turn others out to vote
  
  In the US, right now, who holds power is still decided by who gets the most votes in elections.
  But a vote doesn't have an impact.

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