I’m a keep biking to work

Biking (e-bikes are great if you can afford one and greatly increase range and decrease effort in many environments)

Installing solar (I’m currently renting but my state is debating a new law which seems likely to pass modeled on the Utah law - and others which started in Europe - which allows small solar systems to be plugged directly into a home outlet to supplement energy needs with minimal cost)

I was thinking to switch my hot water heater to run on biofuel. I’ve got quite a few annoying neighbours.

I already have solar panels on the roof, but I’m waiting for plug-in panels to become legal and available. I have a lot of space in my west-facing backyard I can fill with panels. I’m also waiting for sub-30k EVs to become available in my area of the world.

I fucking wish.

I live in the suburbs where if you need to get to the city(which you do, often) your only option is a highway with no sidewalk or bike lanes. Public Transit is a fucking joke that is also unreasonably priced.

I looked to buy an ev, but where I live EVs are still expensive and the second hand market is small, so I just couldn’t find anything even near my price range.

At some point I decided that it is fucked up to have a 1000 kg piece of metal carrying a 70kg human ,as I drive alone 99% of the time. I decided to switch to a motorcycle for the environment and convenience. The motorcycle ev market is even less developed so literally nothing that I could find.

Honestly, the whole idea that we should all own cars is fucked up and unreasonable. Public transit + short range small vehicles(scooters, ebikes, etc) should be the default.

I’m already practically speaking living free of fossil fuels -

• For transportation, I only really bike and take transit
• The heating in my apartment is district heating
• The electricity grid in Sweden is all but entirely free of fossil fuels

So there’s not really that much more to be done.

I’m hoping that there will be a government scheme for solar panels, batteries, or the like soon and I’ll put up what I can

Ive already done most of the obvious things I can think of for my current living situation (I dont own a car for one thing, and I’ve quit using the gas kitchen appliances that came with my apartment in favor of an electric hotplate and toaster oven, which are big enough for my purpose, and Ive stopped eating meat, which isn’t a direct reason to personally buy fossil fuels but given it’s less efficient for the calories gained it’d use more fuel to make than plant’s Id think).

The biggest use I have left is heat, that’s gas in my current place, moving somewhere newer is probably out of my price range if I still want to be able to walk to work, and I cant exactly remodel a property I don’t own to change the heating system. Ive looked into window unit heat pumps before, and they seemed too expensive for me to do easily at the time, but I suppose it has been a couple years so there’s a chance cheaper ones have come to market.

I’d really love to try some of that balcony solar I’ve seen talked about recently, if weren’t for the fact that I don’t have a balcony to mount it on in the first place and that I’ve heard it poses some risk of overloading wiring, which given the age of my apartment I’m not sure I trust.

Note to all, Harbor Freight sells solar panels. If they can make it profitable for them, I think telling yourself that it’s just too expensive isn’t exactly as valid anymore lol.

I wish it made sense in my case:

• I’m too far north for solar to provide anywhere close to enough power for 5 months of the year, even if I have it overbuilt to x4 of what I need in the summer
• no net metering available, net billing rules suck
• grid is at capacity, so getting new solar connected is problematic and even if you manage that it won’t accept your output through most productive months of the year
• my car is a relatively new hybrid (but not a plug-in one) - I’m not replacing it until I run it into the ground
• tl;dr; my auto consumption will be low, grid won’t accept extra power greatly extending the break even period

At least I’m using biomass for heating - wood or sunflower shell pellets.

My family rides bicycles.

I guess I could build that gasifier that I downloaded plans for years ago.

I did my part already. Solar panels, small battery storage and EV.

Even in my country there is not too much sun - 1kWp produces 1MWh per year, since end of Feb, it produces more electricity than my car consume

My electricity comes from hydro, wind, solar and nuclear. I do have a petrol engine car but luckily its a Peugeot so the engine is broken and I have no plans of fixing it. My city has excellent public transportation. I have a bicycle. Also my grocery shop is 2 minute walk away.

I’m pretty lucky.

We’ve been leasing an EV for a few years and have saved quite a bit. Even better currently. The only problem I have with it is unsolicited opinions from other about how shit EVs are, like I haven’t been driving petrol or diesel for 20 fucking years

We have the answers. It’s just getting the politicians all on board with it and shutting up the lobbyists for fossil fuels.

Hijacking this post to ask for some communities that focus on renewable energy & environment

Six years of driving an EV

Haven’t thought about the cost of moving from A to B in 5 years, it’s a rounding error pretty much.

Working from home more is my plan if it keeps getting worse.

I am stuck in Alabama-Stan. Our presumed next governor is a MAGAt. We bought an EV last year (used VW id4) to get my wife something to get the kids everywhere in. I have taken her old car (a 2006 VW Jetta TDI) and am using it as my commuter car for work, 60 miles a day. It has drastically lowered our footprint, as they replaced our primary family and commuter vehicle, my old Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. My wallet appreciates the lower costs of both cars to get around, CO2 per mile is substantially less, and even having our local utility company screwing us on rates, it’s still cheaper and greener.

No, I really don’t have plans this year, but

• This past year I replaced an air conditioner with heat pump in my addition. It is a great heat source for shoulder seasons, but gas is cheaper when it’s cold
• The year before I replaced gas range with induction
• The year before that I bought an EV and installed a level 2 charger

I’ve been getting rid of gasoline power tools, I have electric versions of all lawn and garden tools. I may trade a vehicle or two for an EV in the next few years.

Already bike to commute, to groceries and to school to drop the kids but we have a decent infra.

When buying I sometimes choose organic products to cut on fertilizers, buy local products, and vote for people that encourage “green” policies as all others don’t seems prone to look for alternatives.

Gonna build a nuclear powered windmill on top of my house. I have a little Thor action figure which I’ll glue to it, so that’s the Thorium part taken care of. And I need a fan blade from my desktop fan. Beyond that, I should be good to go!

I have an uh…single portable solar cell. So I guess my plan is to overheat my tablet for warmth during winter.

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