Carbon Footprint BS

That's "beautiful soulism" not bullshit...Graham makes a very good point here:

I took one of those “carbon footprint” quizzes, and not only was the answer obviously ridiculous, it wasn’t itemized. That made it worthless, because you couldn’t decide “If I just stopped doing X, that would help the earth so-and-so much, so maybe I’ll stop.” Nor could I see things like “by not eating meat since age 7, you’ve helped the earth so-and-so much.” Instead, the motive seemed primarily to make you feel like crap. But that’s useless without specific carbon footprint advice.

The trouble is, environmentalism often wants to attain the perfect attitude, and nothing else.
Update: Graham responds here.