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I make $66,000 per year and I can afford an electric vehicle — because...
My 2020 Chevy Bolt charging at a DCFC station in Green River, Utah during a 2,400-mile round trip road trip between Littleton, Colo. and Goleta California in Summer of 2021. [Photo by Christof...
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The ‘I can’t afford it’ excuse on the climate emergency is growing old
Yup, climate action starts here, with you and us actually doing things differently! [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]You know what? I often do not believe people when they claim — “It’s too expensive...
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$63,000+ to achieve an off-grid/on-grid dream?
My townhome in Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colo. I want to have solar installed on the roof and want to come as close as possible to electrifying ALL of my energy use inside it AND...
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We’d be nowhere on electric vehicles right now without the environmental...
True ‘grennies’ in the U.S. should be doing what this ‘greenie’ with a Chevy Bolt in Parker, Colo. is: Solar-charging an EV 🙂 I love it when some electric vehicle advocates contend, sometimes directly,...
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Fossil fuel supporters foolishly try to cast the perfect as the enemy of...
Oil and fossil fuels are on their way out. But their ever diminishing number of supporters are getting desperate — and putting forward ever more stupid and weak arguments to try and prop them up. It’s...
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Am I sacrificing my own — and kids’— health too much to reduce climate change?
The central AC unit (gray square near middle right of photo) gets very little use because I am loathe to use it due to the way it contributes to climate change. But bad and unhealthy air quality almost...
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5 reasons parking lot solar canopies just may be the best form of solar
An RBI Solar-built parking lot solar canopy. [Photo Credit: RBI Solar — https://www.rbisolar.com/]One of the most over-looked forms of solar — one that almost inevitably fails to generate any...
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VERY discouraged — again — on solar + EV advocacy
Colorado only has about 37,000 registered plug-in vehicles — out of 1.7 million total registered vehicles. One of those is my solar-charged 2020 Bolt (upper right). We need A LOT more EVs, ASAP here in...
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Solar power + batteries would reduce Texas-type power grid problems
A screen shot of the current Texas power situation taken at 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time on Feb. 17, 2021. To the right-wing folks who are INCORRECTLY claiming greening the grid caused the power...
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Climate change’s disappearing winters might feel great — but they are dangerous
Winter has been virtually non-existent along Colorado’s Front Range this year. Yes, I know, during the winter it can be rather nice to have milder and milder winters, but the long-term repercussions of...
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Yes, if being green is your thing, it DOES matter when you plug your electric...
A Chevy Volt charges with solar-generated electricity. I have long been very interested in the question of how much it (does not) matter(s) when one plugs one’s electric vehicle in, especially if, like...
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Solar-charged electric car dwarfed by SUVs and pick-up trucks parked around it
My BLUE all-electric, solar-charged 2020 Chevy Bolt (roughly in center of photo) is dwarfed by the gas hogs parked around it as viewed from the 8th floor at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo. [Photo...
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Cool electric grid mix interactive data visualization from ElectricRate.Com
ElectricRate.Com’s interactive electricity grid mix graphic is a cool way to check the grid mix where you live. You can find it at https://www.electricrate.com/viz/electricity-sources-by-state/. In the...
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Go green in your home: Replace old/aging gas home appliances with electric ones
Some key electric appliances for your home. [Graphic Credit: CleanTechnica.Com]When you need to replace a hot water heater, your furnace and/or air conditioner, your stove/oven, consider electric...
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The climate emergency has our house on fire — and we’re still barely even...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been sounding the alarm about the climate emergency for two years now. Thanks to the continued, massive burning of fossil fuels, our house, the earth, is literally...
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Doing my part to combat climate change and move toward a fossil fuel free life
I hope one day soon to replace my gas furnace with an electric heat pump. I have been doing a lot to reduce my direct burning of, and support of, fossil fuels over the past decade. However, I’ve still...
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To choose an environmentally responsible mortgage, or not to?
It can be difficult to find a bank or lender that doesn’t use your money to invest in fossil fuels. [Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Visible Hand]I am a lifelong and committed environmental activist....
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Coordinated telecommuting: A creative and new way to help keep our air clean
Traffic jams (left) like this one in Miami produce large amounts of air pollution, create tremendous social stress, and steal time away from us all. The COVID-19 lockdowns have temporarily radically...
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COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were great for clean air — while they lasted :-(
Air pollution obscures the Denver, Colo. skyline. [Associated Press Photo] For past five years, always in the spring, I have developed a consistent, irritating dry cough. I have been tested three times...
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