The purpose of my comment is to point out that we all like consuming energy and carbon emissions, and that too much energy or carbon emissions is always consumed by someone else. So is a 5k sq ft lot too much to live on? A 10k sq ft lot? 20k?
In order of impact, reducing energy consumption/carbon emissions on individual level is
0) suicide
1) not having children
2) having a smaller earth surface area footprint
3) traveling less
4) buying less material things, including smaller vehicles in which to travel
At the end of the day, we can’t escape basic physics. Energy = mass * acceleration * distance. The less mass and the less distance you move the mass, the less energy you consume and hence less carbon emissions you produce.
In order of impact, reducing energy consumption/carbon emissions on individual level is
0) suicide 1) not having children 2) having a smaller earth surface area footprint 3) traveling less 4) buying less material things, including smaller vehicles in which to travel
At the end of the day, we can’t escape basic physics. Energy = mass * acceleration * distance. The less mass and the less distance you move the mass, the less energy you consume and hence less carbon emissions you produce.