This is a kindergarten level understanding. Do you think evil megacorps overfish the ocean because they just feel like it? Or deforest millions of acres to graze cattle just because why the fuck not?
Sorry but this is not true at all. Your regular average citizen demands products whose production, transportation, and disposal is responsible for massive amounts of emissions.
If you buy cheap Chinese shit off Amazon, or Big Macs, a new phone every year, you're part of the problem.
I also recently went to Debian from Fedora. It's hard to explain but Debian feels like "original Linux" from back in the day. Maybe it's the lack of corporate interference and dedication to software freedom.
Leave the last for Karl