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Last time I had to go for shopping I took my car, even if I felt bad about it for not taking the bus. But it is so comfortable for me to drive rather than changing 2 buses to get to my organic shop.
What about you? what is the most difficult sustainable act for you?
The most difficult is kind of broad in a way. There are so many environmentally better options in cars, appliances,eco building products, and organic food, etc that honestly just cost too much money to purchase and sometimes it is just easier financially to take the cheaper way. I really wish the environmentally green products were not so darned expensive. It is sometimes just hard to afford them.
I know eventually their costs should come down but in the meantime they are just very elitist in price. I sometimes think that in many ways only the well to do can afford to be green. I just do the best I can.
In what world driving a bus to get a few pounds of stuff is sustainable? Most of the buses I've encountered had very few riders most of the trips, so driving a car hurts the Mother less. The entire concept of "sustainability" is a joke though, a sustainable civilization makes about the same amount of sense as salty sugar.
Last time I had to go for shopping I took my car, even if I felt bad about it for not taking the bus. But it is so comfortable for me to drive rather than changing 2 buses to get to my organic shop.
What about you? what is the most difficult sustainable act for you?
The amount of CO2 you use in a car vs a bus compared to the amount of shipping goods to shops is negligible. If you really want to make an impact, policy change is necessary.
The amount of CO2 you use in a car vs a bus compared to the amount of shipping goods to shops is negligible. If you really want to make an impact, policy change is necessary.
Not quite, businesses ship stuff in bulk by truck/train/ship loads which means very low to negligible emissions per consumer item. Driving a bus/car to pick a few retail items is the real killer energy/pollution wise.
Oh I got a good one: I love tropical fruit, but I live only a few hours drive from the Canadian border.
Earlier today I had a couple kiwi to put in my cart and I looked at the stickers and they read "New Zealand" and I was like, "Noooooooooooo!!!".
I put them back and grabbed a package of Halos instead. I actually drove right by the Halos processing plant in California this past summer... at least they're domestic...
Not quite, businesses ship stuff in bulk by truck/train/ship loads which means very low to negligible emissions per consumer item. Driving a bus/car to pick a few retail items is the real killer energy/pollution wise.
Not true. Commuting is going to have a much larger impact than shopping when it comes to individual emissions.
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