My Carbon footprint is 4.5 tons per year, which is less than the global average. My combustion is less than 10% of the average US citizen for goods & services, direct energy (electricity, heating, hot water, and cooking), and transportation. (no car, no cabs, no planes). I have been advocating low Carbon since 1967, and I have not sacrificed wrt to information and culture.
I reduced comsumption, re-used everything that is "disposable", re-purposed dumpster and curbside waste into inventions, repair what breaks, and recycle most of my waste stream, including composting for the garden and weekly pickup of plastic.
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