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		judge2020 on Oct 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry... Isn't there consensus that the industrial sector's carbon footprint is multitudes greater than residential so even a net-0 residential would barely put a dent in reducing carbon impact?

bombcar on Oct 7, 2022 [–]

Residential energy use accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1922205117

So it could do something, but it's not everything.

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