# The antidote to fast fashion is sobriety The textile industry accounts for **between 2% and 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions**, about the same as air transport, which is massive. Most of the emissions come from the **energy cost of processing material into finished products**; transportation and material production only account for respectively about 2% and 30%. **==The real issue is overproduction and overconsumption.==** This is a recent trend: two generations ago, clothes were significantly more expensive and people used to fix them more often rather than buy new ones. **Outsourcing to low-wage countries** and **a deliberate effort to incite consumers to buy more** through the use of dark patterns led to the current fast fashion trend. **No technological solution can save us**, and giving our clothes generally results in them landing in African nature since poorer countries cannot handle the swarm of used clothes they receive. **==The only way to oppose the substantial environmental impact of fashion is sobriety.==** We need to buy fewer clothes and to take greater care of the ones we own. --- ## 📚 References - [Le Monde - Comment s'habiller sans détruire le climat et la biodiversité ?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQ9v9SD0vM)