> To people in general, what improvements are you making (not your country, but you personally)?
2019 was a great year for limiting my spent resources:
- I went fully plant-based in January, quit meat, eggs, dairy etc
- I joined a local gym that I can ride my bicycle to (or run in the warmer weather)
- I started working from home 4/5 days of the week
- I walk up the block and take a bus to work on that extra day
I also turn off my heat during the day when I'm home, and use a little space heater rather than burn natural gas keeping the whole house warm, since I'm in my office 99% of the time anyway.
Things I'd like to change in 2020 or beyond:
- My "daily driver" is still a large Dodge Ram - though I rarely ever drive it and certainly not daily, but occasionally I need it. It's an '09 so I've had it for quite a while. I want to replace it with something less ridiculous, but our lease on the Honda HRV is up so that'll take priority. Something electric if possible though our house is old and there's nowhere to install a charger.
> - My "daily driver" is still a large Dodge Ram - though I rarely ever drive it and certainly not daily, but occasionally I need it. It's an '09 so I've had it for quite a while. I want to replace it with something less ridiculous, but our lease on the Honda HRV is up so that'll take priority. Something electric if possible though our house is old and there's nowhere to install a charger.
I've heard that replacing your gas guzzler with an electric car can actually generate more carbon by virtue of the carbon emissions associated with the manufacture of electric vehicles, and consequently you're better off driving your gas guzzler til it dies before going electric. I'd be very curious to hear from people who know more about this. Intuiting about emissions is really hard, unfortunately (which is why I'm curious about carbon offsets as a solution).
According to the video, average electric car is in the green after 4.8 years. If you already own a Prius that could be true, but a Dodge Ram is unlikely.
2019 was a great year for limiting my spent resources:
- I went fully plant-based in January, quit meat, eggs, dairy etc
- I joined a local gym that I can ride my bicycle to (or run in the warmer weather)
- I started working from home 4/5 days of the week
- I walk up the block and take a bus to work on that extra day
I also turn off my heat during the day when I'm home, and use a little space heater rather than burn natural gas keeping the whole house warm, since I'm in my office 99% of the time anyway.
Things I'd like to change in 2020 or beyond:
- My "daily driver" is still a large Dodge Ram - though I rarely ever drive it and certainly not daily, but occasionally I need it. It's an '09 so I've had it for quite a while. I want to replace it with something less ridiculous, but our lease on the Honda HRV is up so that'll take priority. Something electric if possible though our house is old and there's nowhere to install a charger.