17 February 2008

carbon footprint

I've been getting myself really down recently because of my carbon footprint. When I first calculated it a few years ago in the Eugene it was around 6 earths, in Oakland I had it down to 1.2, but here in Ptown it's at 2.8 with certain destructive choices that I can't help but make because of finances. Even after calculating it with my ideal choices, like buying all local foods and going vegan and never being in a car, it was still at 1.8 earths! The problem is my housing, which I don't really see as being a choice I can make. Somehow, the infrastructure of society here has been designed to be institutionally destructive. So by the mere fact of my existence, I am actively (and consciously now) making my future worse. That's quite a load to bear everyday, filled with anxiety about the future.

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