We can do better than “same, but electric”

Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by igetspam on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:08AM (#30842052)

I'll give on a lot of stuff but not space. We've cut down plastics, we compost, I'm the only one eating meat and then only fish, our scraps go to our pet pigs (anything not salted) and we've only ever had a heat pump. We recycle way more than we trash. I upcycle all kinds of things. But I also have a couple acres and the freedom to choose how I live, that comes with it. We've rescued a lot of animals and we couldn't if we shared walls in a box of boxes.

My zero turn mower, like most of my tools, is electric and I only use it when and where I have to. Nature takes care of most of it.

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by jeromegv on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:11AM (#30842078)

That's fine for you. We aren't talking of YOU, this is about societal changes so that the only choice encouraged by planners and tax policy is to own a home in a suburb. There should be a way to have more density in cities that doesn't involve living in a shoebox. Right now it's suburban houses or small apartment, there is a missing middle.

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by igetspam on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:37AM (#30843093)

Except we are. We're talking about all of the "you" here. My point is that we don't have to all cram ourselves together to do make positive change. We can course correct AND be happy.

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