You may have found a kindred spirit here.
I limit my consumption. Our total trash going to the landfill is less than one cubic foot per week. I don't use the Air Conditioner because of the energy it consumes and the heat it produces. I painted my roof white to reflect the heat back out of the atmosphere. I turned my half acre into half forest and half meadow with native plants and no lawn. I drive with slow acceleration and anticipation of braking to get 100 miles more per tank than the EPA estimate for my vehicle, which is 2010 and I will not have another vehicle manufactured until this one dies.
I didn't go to Woodstock, I was a musician on the road and either jammed with or opened concerts for Eric Burdon, many of the Motown acts, Four Seasons, Kingsmen, Rick Derringer, and many more.
I remember when we thought 3 billion people on the planet was too many. I drove cars with tail fins. I remember when Nixon took us off the gold standard, which started the increased inflation from about 1970 to now and forward. I've seen the well over 90% reduction of wildlife in the Everglades National Park - in ponds that used to host thousands of wading birds, you are now lucky to see 6 at a time.
I got 'fixed' after two children, and if I were young today, I wouldn't have any. The earth is overpopulated.
I was in Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and in Detroit during the Detroit Riots. Thankfully, 4F on my armed services physical, so I didn't have to go to Nam, and I got to see the USA when it was at its peak.
Although I am advancing in age, and probably won't see the trying times ahead when climate change causes the crops to fail, I do everything I can to slow the degradation.
Then I see people taking joyrides in space, polluting more in one day than I will in my entire life, and sigh, there's no hope for humanity.
Bob
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