Bryan CulbertsonApr 3, 2023

Plan to not need access to oil or gas by 2030 for your daily life

1. Do not purchase a new gas car. Don't even think about it. If you must own a car then purchase a used one for now
2. Replace most of your trips with walking, transit, biking, or e-biking
3. Replace leftover car usage with car share, and if not possible then a buy a small electric vehicle to share with neighbors
4. Replace all appliances with electric including furnace, water heater, drier, stove, and shut off natural gas line

Show threadBryan CulbertsonApr 3, 2023

You don't need to do it all at once. It will all take a while, but we all need to do this if we are going to decarbonize by the end of the decade and 7 years is not so far away

Each of us that does it is someone who can help the next person navigate the how to do it, and the earlier you do it the more prepared we will be when it becomes an emergency to decarbonize while gas is $20/gallon

Show threadBryan Culbertson

The most important thing to change is transportation

The largest share of CA's carbon emissions come from driving and we must drastically change that in only a couple years.

Apr 4, 2023 at 12:14amMegalodon
Show threadSamuel groot Wassink 🌿Apr 4, 2023
@bryanculbertson isn't the biggest poluter gas & oil companies? I mean sure they provide fuel for transportation but leaving them outs can be interpreted as it being an individual's problem because they're driving a car which in my eyes is a misinterpretation of what the problem is. Besides that, nice diagram :)
Show threadBryan CulbertsonApr 4, 2023

@samuelgrootwassink we must stop both producing and consuming oil and gas

We will never have the political will to ban oil and gas extraction if a majority of voters are still using gas cars and appliances

Show threadBryan CulbertsonApr 4, 2023
@samuelgrootwassink also, personal vehicles do produce more carbon emissions than industry. If you live in an area with alternative options to driving then your individual choices do matter
Show threadSamuel groot Wassink 🌿Apr 5, 2023
@bryanculbertson that is also true, I think what I found misleading about the diagram is that I interpreted it as something we as individuals need to change to avert a crisis. Which imo is the wrong way to go as we need solid policies and rules to avert this crisis, surely ones own initiatives help, if only to inspire others, but we need way bigger change to actually change our co2e output.
Show threadSamuel groot Wassink 🌿Apr 5, 2023
@bryanculbertson I see your point an agree with it but I believe that without solid policy that would be almost impossible to achieve and that policy needs to come from governments. We as citizens can surely signal the need for this but I believe without policy there won't be enough will for people to change as the ongoing climate crisis is way too big for people to comprehend, our monkey brains are not really made for it. Hope this makes sense :)
Show threadBryan CulbertsonApr 5, 2023

@samuelgrootwassink agreed that we need policy change to tackle the full problem but we could get half way there just by people making slightly different personal decisions, and that would enable us to go the rest of the way

Even with a bay area ban on gas furnaces after 2030 and a huge federal subsidy to switch, it will still take action and advocacy to stick to that timeline