“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to make a dent in global warming.”
Yes, there is. An action based on a false premise is inherently wrong. Whether the action is stupid or immoral, or both, depends on the particular false premise and the action chosen.
As for the various actions assumed by the commenters above to be good, please explain. Why is an opening window ‘better’ than air conditioning? Why is the use of an apparently non-renewable resource wrong? I have never found anyone able to reason from a discrete set of assumptions to either conclusion. The reasoning has always, always been circular.
Of course opening windows are better because ……….opening windows are better. As for the oil, please do not trot out the needs of your future generations or I will trot out my list of ‘non-renewable’ resources that are either now useless (flint) or in gross over-supply (iron ore).
