(01-09-2019 11:52 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  I live in a little townhouse, though I could afford something bigger. I switched from a 6-cylinder car to a 4-cylinder that gets better gas mileage. Honestly, I don't fly much either, and that's one of the biggest contributors of CO2. I don't leave lights on in my house, or the TV, if I'm not in the room. I have the usual programmable thermostat so I'm not heating or cooling as much when I'm not there (I assume most do that). I have also donated to the Nature Conservancy, which has programs where they work with businesses to make maximum use of natural resources (worldwide), and also works on natural restoration of coastlines which take in CO2 and also help protect against storm surge.

Very nice. You've started to walk the walk. I imagine the climate alarmists who demand everyone else change as they jet-set around the world on vacation and get driven in SUVs to awards shows are frustrating to you as well.....

(01-09-2019 11:52 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  But a few people doing that won't help that much if half the U.S. doesn't do anything because they think it's a hoax.

That's the rub, isn't it? But the reason half the US doesn't do anything isn't really because they think it's so much a hoax, but the fact that those who continually tell us that climate change is an emergency do not act like climate change is an emergency.

I would imagine that many more Americans would support a leaner lifestyle in the way you live your life as long as the fat cats who tell us we me live a leaner life do so first.

Sorry, that's human nature. Most people have a negative reaction to those telling us to do as they say, not as they do.

FWIW, I also lived a leaner lifestyle in the past however in my current situation I am no longer as environmentally efficient as I once was. Basically, I have kids and a bit of money so I am going to make sure I get some enjoyment out of life. I have no interest in being an aesthetic right now but I can see myself in my retirement years living a much leaning, less impactful lifestyle. Hopefully that lifestyle might include a few solar panels, a Powerwall, a smaller house and some more efficient vehicles (my current cylinder index is very high.)