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I've moved to stainless steel for basically everything. Including plates, bowels, cups, etc. So no more microplastics there at least. I've tried to find environmentally friendly soap and detergents where feasible.
I started cooking bulk slow cook meals at home to reduce waste in my food, i got energy efficient everything. My dishwasher, washing machine and dryer (heat pump dryer) are near the top of ESR. I installed solar ( self consumption not grid tie) and in the summer with my batteries can almost meet 100% of my power needs. Winter varies but can sometimes still offset 60% i also use heatpump hot water and room heating. All my lighting is custom high efficiency led strip lights running on the 48v if the solar batteries directly.
I drive a tiny smart fortwo which as far as I can tell is one of the least polluting non-hybrid vehicles the road, I would like to eventually get an electric car to compliment my solar but that's a purchase for later. I feel as though I've done all that I can do without unreasonably disrupting my life I just feel sad knowing that it's basically worthless in the grand scheme of how much companies are polluting
Why stainless over cheap regular ceramic plates or drinking glasses?
I decided part of reducing waste was getting myself something that's basically guaranteed to last me the rest of my life, I can use these dishes as footballs for a family football game or to practice my hacky sack throwing and never worry about them getting damaged.
Yeah, I guess your only options for any further impact are to persuade as many other people to do some of what you've done. The least intrusive changes will obv be the easiest ones to persuade people to make
All of this is incredibly impressive. I don’t own my own place yet or have a car, but I’m hoping to buy an electric vehicle in the next couple of years and then find an apartment. I’ll be chuffed myself if I accomplish even a quarter of what you’ve just described. You say it’s worthless - it has inspired me. Years from now maybe I’ll describe my setup and inspire another, and you’ll have played a part in that.
I'm glad that it has inspired you, but when I say it's worthless I mean that honestly even if a majority of people did everything I've done it would still barely make a dent. The major polluters are not people that is just a lie that's been sold to us the major polluters are major corporations. It's nice living more sustainably I genuinely find many of these changes to be nicer than what I had before them I think they can be used to improve one's life when done correctly. But in terms of helping the climate change process? Despite everything I've done I'm still a Doomer because I know that the people can't fix it
If possible don't buy a car. Cars, even electric ones, have a huge environmental cost. It's not always possible but we should be using public transportation and bicycles way more than we use cars.
I'll be buying a second hand electric car and it will afford me a great deal of independence that public transport cannot. And when I can use public transport, I will.