Just curious, but how does renting in a big city lower your CO2 footprint? If you're this far into things, what's holding you back from boycotting modern society?
Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019
by allendoerfer on Thursday January 09, 2020 @09:40AM
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Living in denslier populated areas makes you use less energy, because your commute is shorter, you need less energy to heat, you are sharing all the infrastructure with more people, so footprint/person decreases.
I don't think I am very far along. If you have a lifestyle like I do, you get most of the benefits almost for free. Improving upon that is very hard.
On the other hand, I think someone living in a (first world) village, could be way more conscious about these things than I am and would still have a hard time to come close, just because he or she is sharing his house/car/roads/infrastructure with less people.
I don't commute to work. I use carsharing if I have to use a car (every month or 2).
I spend 8h a day working for my current client, whose success directly lowers CO2 emissions.
I am slowly optimizing my buying habits for groceries etc., one item at a time to reduce waste. I try to buy the most expensive, high-quality stuff (for everything) and stick to it as long as I possibly can.
I don't know how I could improve my lifestyle further, without totally boycotting modern society. Maybe I am missing something, but I think from my position you can only marginally improve. From here on it's on politicians.