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So im a very typical American. Cars, big lawn, etc. I do the best I can with a garden, fixing my own cars instead of buying new, and trying not to buy things packaged in plastic. I also want to make most of my lawn clovers and wildflowers etc because I hate the boringness of grass and want biodiversity.

Now I think the solarpunk movement is awesome, but I feel like im just a poser. Obviously I can't leave my house and go live in a grass hut. Im also one of those people with a million hobbies, so im always doing things (and by extension, purchasing things, though usually used). I've also always been a car guy, which kind of goes against the whole eco thing. Though I do pretty much only drive smaller cars. I wont buy electric until they are analog and disconnected from any sort of internet.

I feel like there's many out there like me who just feel they wont make any difference anyways so they don't get as involved. But what other things can someone like me do? I've thought about some panels on the house to potentially run small servers off of, but that's pretty much it

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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 19 points 1 week ago

The secret is that we are all posers. Do it for yourself and everything else will fall in line.

Take baby steps and do what you can do when you can do it. The consumer mentality in us says to to spend 30k on solar panels and then another 45k in an electric car. If you can't afford to change and need to just buy another $2000 car to fix up and keep on the road again, then do what you can.

I would love to go fully electric, but my lifestyle can't handle the change. Maybe if Slate makes a cheap car.

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