Contributions

Common people, too, contribute to the tragedy of the commons. While it would be nice to blame the large industries that contribute towards the destruction of our environment/climate, we cannot let the blame fall on them. Society is comprised of individuals, all of who have a "choice" to contribute or not to contribute to the problems of climate change. Many of the actions that the common people do support the large industries that we'd like to blame. The oil industry, for instance, is nasty and devastating to the climate, it is, however, the every day person who uses a car, instead of walking, to go one mile up the road. It is the common person who refuses to protest against the oil industries and it is the common person who refuse to support other sources of energy to power cars. It is the common person who eats meat and thus supports the meat industry that contributes to 20% of the worlds greenhouse gas (methane, produced by cows, is a very powerful gas).