this is so helpful! as an environmentalist (and part-time vanlifer) I'm always paying attention to our general consumption and usage, but I loved seeing a more detailed breakdown. thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing those numbers -- absolutely fascinating! As an American living in a traditional suburb, I have no public transportation options (no train, no bus). For years, my only way to get to and from work was driving in a car (by myself) 30 minutes twice a day. That being said, I (like a lot of people) now work from home the majority of the time. It would be interesting to see a comparison of pre and post pandemic numbers. Great job on reducing your footprint; the overall numbers were both fascinating and horrifying to read.
Thanks for reading man! I truly appreciate your feedback :)
I couldn’t agree more, aside from certain cities where public transportation is decent, most of America isn’t. They designed cities in a way that would make people over reliant on cars. Business-wise, it was a great move since manufacturing cars is one of America’s biggest industries.
Anyway, pretty sure the numbers post Covid are better but again, there are more humans on earth since then, and many of them are slowly earning more, which means more travel ..
I live in a suburb of Oklahoma City and busses do not come here. As far as I know, Oklahoma has one passenger train which goes to Texas. Through work I have visited cities like Washington D.C., New York City, and Chicago and grown to love their public transportation systems. There are cities where not owning a car is possible, but unfortunately I do not live in one of them.
BYW, when I am not blogging about retro topics here on Substack, one of my "alter egos" is BigRobsVan, a vanlife project. I have a website and YouTube and all that stuff (BigRobsVan.com/links). I am not full time and never will be but it's certainly an enjoyable way to spend the time. The bad news is, by living in a traditional home and traveling in a van... I think I've expanded my carbon footprint. I'll work on it. :)
That’s amazing man! And no pressure at all, each one teach one and we try to move forward and better ourselves as we grow. Doing it at your own pace is the best way to do it, it doesn’t have to be forced though sometimes we all need a little push here and there ^^
OKC, you guys are famous now thanks to your football team haha love the way they play, don’t know if you’re into that!
New York’s public transportation system is far from perfect but it’s definitely better than most places in the us
Hello! I eat a lot of chicken because steak/pork really messes with my stomach. I heard somewhere that eating chicken is a lot better for lowering your carbon footprint than eating steak or pork. I wonder if that's true?
Yes! It’s actually 10x better than eating beef (literally 9.9 kg of CO2 per kilo of chicken VS 99kg of CO2 per kilo for beef) for instance, depending on how often you eat it though :)
this is so helpful! as an environmentalist (and part-time vanlifer) I'm always paying attention to our general consumption and usage, but I loved seeing a more detailed breakdown. thanks for sharing!
Oh thank you so much! So happy you liked it :)
Thanks for sharing those numbers -- absolutely fascinating! As an American living in a traditional suburb, I have no public transportation options (no train, no bus). For years, my only way to get to and from work was driving in a car (by myself) 30 minutes twice a day. That being said, I (like a lot of people) now work from home the majority of the time. It would be interesting to see a comparison of pre and post pandemic numbers. Great job on reducing your footprint; the overall numbers were both fascinating and horrifying to read.
Thanks for reading man! I truly appreciate your feedback :)
I couldn’t agree more, aside from certain cities where public transportation is decent, most of America isn’t. They designed cities in a way that would make people over reliant on cars. Business-wise, it was a great move since manufacturing cars is one of America’s biggest industries.
Anyway, pretty sure the numbers post Covid are better but again, there are more humans on earth since then, and many of them are slowly earning more, which means more travel ..
I live in a suburb of Oklahoma City and busses do not come here. As far as I know, Oklahoma has one passenger train which goes to Texas. Through work I have visited cities like Washington D.C., New York City, and Chicago and grown to love their public transportation systems. There are cities where not owning a car is possible, but unfortunately I do not live in one of them.
BYW, when I am not blogging about retro topics here on Substack, one of my "alter egos" is BigRobsVan, a vanlife project. I have a website and YouTube and all that stuff (BigRobsVan.com/links). I am not full time and never will be but it's certainly an enjoyable way to spend the time. The bad news is, by living in a traditional home and traveling in a van... I think I've expanded my carbon footprint. I'll work on it. :)
That’s amazing man! And no pressure at all, each one teach one and we try to move forward and better ourselves as we grow. Doing it at your own pace is the best way to do it, it doesn’t have to be forced though sometimes we all need a little push here and there ^^
OKC, you guys are famous now thanks to your football team haha love the way they play, don’t know if you’re into that!
New York’s public transportation system is far from perfect but it’s definitely better than most places in the us
Hello! I eat a lot of chicken because steak/pork really messes with my stomach. I heard somewhere that eating chicken is a lot better for lowering your carbon footprint than eating steak or pork. I wonder if that's true?
Yes! It’s actually 10x better than eating beef (literally 9.9 kg of CO2 per kilo of chicken VS 99kg of CO2 per kilo for beef) for instance, depending on how often you eat it though :)