As pointed out, this is a rather trollish comment. I though the “significant” qualifier would be clear. Participating in a fossil fuel loving society is not enough; spending big money to systematically delay or silence climate research you know is valid, just might be.
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But adding up any one person's carbon budget over a lifetime might be fairly significant. (And if it isn't, then why should any one of us make changes to their lifestyle?) Multiply that by the millions/billions and then it's really significant.
As the oil companies have rightly pointed out in the current court case (and this may matter a lot from a legal perspective), they aren't actually the ones who are emitting all the carbon - their customers are. (That would be "you" and "me".) The coal mines and the natural gas companies can make much the same claim, except their direct customers are generally the power companies.