There is no doubt in my mind that Kyle Madsen has stated a few concerns that many readers like him would generally have when reading my essay "Why Bother?" His concerns are indeed valid, yet too general and textbook like. I would like to comment of his statement; "This intense angle of vision may leave out some readers. For example, I am left wondering why gardening is more effective than say, converting to solar power." Initially, one could see that maybe converting to solar power is more effective than gardening, but then I'll have to quickly say that you are comparing two completely different elements of society. One produces energy, the other one food. These two topics are on completely different magnitudes, and gardening is something that can be achieved at an individual level. Using solar power is something that we have no access of creating alone, and probably lies in the power of the government and electrical companies to decide upon.
Moreover, Madsen clearly doesn't understand my emphasis on gardening and why I actually took the liberty in doing so. It's not merely to create your own food supply and hope that your efforts alone reduce your carbon footsteps, and with that, slowly make a big impact on the environment. Instead, my goal is to create a sense of good habits that will in turn, generate a chain reaction amongst other people that will collectively make a change in our lives for ourselves, instead of being "passive, delegated, dependent for solutions on specialists."
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