Given that sustainability festivals and renewable energy expos are powered by fossil fuels, there is no hope of ever getting to net zero.
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This argument is ridiculous. It’s like saying that we shouldn’t produce solar panels if they’re made using ‘dirty’ sources of electricity. The whole purpose of making them is to replace those dirty sources, and when there are no clean alternatives available, they can’t be made any other way.
Another favourite line of attack by climate sceptics is to accuse activists of being hypocrites by flying to conferences about global warming. Yes, those flights are causing emissions, but those emissions are minor compared with the benefits to be had by staging the conferences. Most climate activists also offset their emissions via organisations like Greenfleet, which plant trees to soak up carbon. Others use less polluting forms of transport, like rail and EVs. Greta Thunberg famously returned to Europe by sailboat after attending a UN climate conference in New York. She did this to avoid being branded a hypocrite.