Tracking and improving your own household’s carbon footprint is useful, because individual change adds up. As millions of people replace ICE vehicles with EVs, the overall impact becomes significant. Or, switching away from a car entirely and getting around with alternatives like biking, micromobility, and transit can have an even bigger personal impact to add to the stack.
But, no matter how many anti-carbon levers you pull in your family’s household, not all of the levers are in reach. Even the best, most vegan-friendly grocery stores still have plant-based food showing up in the back of diesel trucks. Many transit systems also show up at bus stops and train stations belching out nasty particulates.
While stories about the small EVs and e-bikes you might have in your own garage tend to…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.