HiloJulie - You seem quite adept at telling EVERYONE else specifically what THEY should do, and yet, I find you to be very nonspecific as to what it is YOU have done.
I already did this here, but can rehash for those slow on the uptake. If you have any questions about choosing to have fewer kids, or limiting driving to once a week or less, or not flying to the mainland for 5+ years, or choosing local fruits & veggies & limiting meat consumption (especially beef) or using off-grid solar, or buying used like clothes by the pound at Redemption, or washing clothes and hanging them on the line during sunny days like today, or tending goats & gardens, or repurposing & recycling, I'd be happy to discuss further.
All that said, I recognize that I have a background and skill set that allows me to live a particularly low-carbon lifestyle in Puna, with features that may not be possible for everyone. However, anyone can limit their number of kids, reduce unnecessary travel, eat less meat, contact their representatives to push for removing fossil-fuels from the electrical and transportation system, and support actions to address climate change like the youth advocates winning their decarbonization lawsuit, if they want to.
HiloJulie - I wrote the CEO's of both the insurance company and the medical center about not only the unnecessary cost the insurance company paid but the carbon footprint needlessly wasted.
Letter writing is a great first step. If it doesn't accomplish your goals, hopefully you'll keep trying additional tactics. Please let us how it goes and how to help.
kalakoa - I reduced my carbon footprint by leaving Hawaii. My new house is walking distance from downtown. I hardly drive anymore.
Oh no, it sounds like you've fallen into the trap of a 15-minute city! Do we need to send in the lifted-trucks to roll coal and sneak you out under the smog to preserve your freedoms? ;) More seriously, it makes sense to live as near as possible to where you want to be, so it doesn't require lots of energy to travel. I sincerely hope you're happy where you've landed kalakoa.
Punatang - At least our betters are scarring and distracting the kids with fear and settled science (oxymoron) so that they don't focus on the massive debt we are saddling them with. If they wake up to that, it's pitchforks.
Um, the pitchforks & guillotines are constantly discussed actually, and it's not just in regards to monetary theory. As I said, you should be glad that as a group the youth are pretty empathetic, but they do have their limits. You've heard of inter-generational justice right?
So Punatang, you've asked for a lot of info and I think have been given it. I'd be interested in your reply to your own question - "Is switching our power generation from oil to LNG, for a day or longer, going to retard climate change. Yes or no. please =)"
I already did this here, but can rehash for those slow on the uptake. If you have any questions about choosing to have fewer kids, or limiting driving to once a week or less, or not flying to the mainland for 5+ years, or choosing local fruits & veggies & limiting meat consumption (especially beef) or using off-grid solar, or buying used like clothes by the pound at Redemption, or washing clothes and hanging them on the line during sunny days like today, or tending goats & gardens, or repurposing & recycling, I'd be happy to discuss further.
All that said, I recognize that I have a background and skill set that allows me to live a particularly low-carbon lifestyle in Puna, with features that may not be possible for everyone. However, anyone can limit their number of kids, reduce unnecessary travel, eat less meat, contact their representatives to push for removing fossil-fuels from the electrical and transportation system, and support actions to address climate change like the youth advocates winning their decarbonization lawsuit, if they want to.
HiloJulie - I wrote the CEO's of both the insurance company and the medical center about not only the unnecessary cost the insurance company paid but the carbon footprint needlessly wasted.
Letter writing is a great first step. If it doesn't accomplish your goals, hopefully you'll keep trying additional tactics. Please let us how it goes and how to help.
kalakoa - I reduced my carbon footprint by leaving Hawaii. My new house is walking distance from downtown. I hardly drive anymore.
Oh no, it sounds like you've fallen into the trap of a 15-minute city! Do we need to send in the lifted-trucks to roll coal and sneak you out under the smog to preserve your freedoms? ;) More seriously, it makes sense to live as near as possible to where you want to be, so it doesn't require lots of energy to travel. I sincerely hope you're happy where you've landed kalakoa.
Punatang - At least our betters are scarring and distracting the kids with fear and settled science (oxymoron) so that they don't focus on the massive debt we are saddling them with. If they wake up to that, it's pitchforks.
Um, the pitchforks & guillotines are constantly discussed actually, and it's not just in regards to monetary theory. As I said, you should be glad that as a group the youth are pretty empathetic, but they do have their limits. You've heard of inter-generational justice right?
So Punatang, you've asked for a lot of info and I think have been given it. I'd be interested in your reply to your own question - "Is switching our power generation from oil to LNG, for a day or longer, going to retard climate change. Yes or no. please =)"