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Cake day: August 13th, 2023

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  • For my part, I live in a rural area and raise my own chickens for meat and eggs. I buy fresh meat and veggies from local farmers. My whole household works from home which helps reduce my car footprint but I still drive a gas vehicle once or twice a week because we don’t have mass transit and biking is unsafe due to lack of infrastructure and big US trucks. There are a good 4 months a year that I don’t use AC or heat in my house and just open the windows. I don’t leave things on when I’m not using them. For work I use a raspberry pi and/or a tablet instead of a monster gaming pc.

    I’m not going to feel guilty for my lifestyle, I do a lot more to reduce my impact than the average person.

    Ideally we would all live in tiny, energy efficient capsules and work within a mile of our residence while consuming responsibly farmed foods. That way the entire population can suffer in order to offset the pollution caused by unregulated industry.


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    The average person hasn’t ignored it. Most people have made major changes to their consumption over the past 20-30 years without noticing it.

    • LED lighting instead of incandescent or CFL lights.
    • TVs are flat panel instead of tube (same for computer monitors)
    • Electric cars are way more prevalent
    • Most electronics use rechargeable batteries instead of single use
    • Consumer goods contain fewer harmful chemicals

    Change is being made, it’s just going too slow because individuals have very limited options while a handful of corporations are responsible for the vast majority of pollution. We’re not ignoring it, we lack the ability to make reasonable change to the situation.