@jimray

It seems like people are pretty bitter about individual sacrifice in the face of corporate excess.

For what it's worth around 60-70% of economic activity eventually traces back to household spending.

You alone reducing consumption isn't enough, however a lot of people reducing consumption does have a measurable impact.

For example all the ebikes and mopeds are "already cutting demand for oil by a million barrels of oil a day – about 1% of the world’s total oil demand"

https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

The less oil we buy the harder time terrible dictatorships like the Saudis and Putin will have to keep themselves in power. (Cutting oil use would also probably hurt the Texas GOP too, so honestly yet more wins)