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Says he who has 3 motor vehicles.Lame and pointlessly negative.
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I don't like it when people rip apart something without providing a clear alternative.
Going car free.I don't like it when people rip apart something without providing a clear alternative.
so what's your suggestion?
Not live off the land. But if my wife and I can reduce the use of the Jeep or ANY motor vehicle we may own in the future, no matter how good the fuel mileage, yes we would sell it and go car free. I do not car if the car got 100 mpg. If we could reduce the use enough we would sell the vehicle.Planning on selling that Jeep, and living off the land?
My wife and I do not have any kids. We have a modest single story home that is only 1504 sq. feet. This inlcudes the main floor and the basement. We have had it insulated and had a new heating/cooling system installed a few years ago. We are now working on replacing windows and doors to energy efficient ones. We have old growth oak hardwood floors with area rugs in 90% of the main floor. Linoleum tile in 5% and wall to wall carpet in only one room of the main floor. Thus reducing the need to operate an electical vacuum cleaner all the time.I think that having a lot of kids, or living in a really large home, is bad for the environment.
I don't own a Jeep. But I will be double the size of my garden this year, and coordinating our planting with my neighbors so we don't all end up with so much squash and zucchini.Not live off the land. But if my wife and I can reduce the use of the Jeep or ANY motor vehicle we may own in the future, no matter how good the fuel mileage, yes we would sell it and go car free. I do not car if the car got 100 mpg. If we could reduce the use enough we would sell the vehicle.
How about you?
I don't know but bet you can find the answers somewhere in this list of resources here:but what about the entire shipping and trucking trade?
I don't know if we are going to try and grow a garden this year or not. In past years we have not had much luck with a decent yield from the garden. We have tried a garden in the back yard and what is called a container garden on our patio. The dog ruined much of the container garden befroe we put a fence around it. Other critters ruined much of the garden in the yard. Having a dog helps control that. I lost count of how many rabbits she trapped and killed who were trying to get into the garden. The garden in the yard was out of the dogs reach, but she was able to get the rabbits if they were within reach. The birds are a differant story.I don't own a Jeep. But I will be double the size of my garden this year, and coordinating our planting with my neighbors so we don't all end up with so much squash and zucchini.
Cars are not inherently evil, and it's foolish to think that this country would ever survive without them. It's the irresponsible use of them that's the problem. An SUV was never designed to be a single passenger vehicle, but that's how they're used quite a bit. Carpooling, ride sharing, and city planning can make a much bigger impact than complaining on the internet.
We can't survive with out them? Really? Then how did we ever manage to survive, just fine, mind you, before they were invented for the first 200+ years we were a country?Cars are not inherently evil, and it's foolish to think that this country would ever survive without them. It's the irresponsible use of them that's the problem. An SUV was never designed to be a single passenger vehicle, but that's how they're used quite a bit. Carpooling, ride sharing, and city planning can make a much bigger impact than complaining on the internet.
do you also want to subscribe to the same living standards?We can't survive with out them? Really? Then how did we ever manage to survive, just fine, mind you, before they were invented for the first 200+ years we were a country?
Depends on what you mean by living standards. There would have to be certian mandatory exceptions.do you also want to subscribe to the same living standards?