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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I know a lot of people who tried, and lots without cars (myself included) or who have a car they use sparingly (we live in the city proper though).

But the "limit travel" is, in my experience where the UMC folks step off. They're not willing to sacrifice that, and at the end of the day, any other changes you're making, basically everything on your list, is dwarfed by two or three round trip cross-country/european plane trips. [/quote]

Amen. Zero UMC people I know are willing to change their travel. But they all preach about plug in vehicles and composting. It’s exhausting. [/quote]

I guess we must be outliers. We're limiting ourselves to one flight every three years. It's not easy, but it's necessary given where things are apparently headed.[/quote]

Thank you for doing this.

I'm curious -- have you gently tried to encourage friends or neighbors to take the same approach?

I've been too nervous to encourage friends/neighbors to reduce their emissions, recognizing the likely reaction. But I'm curious if others have tried and what their experience has been.[/quote]

It's really difficult not to say something when family members are taking their fifth flight of the year, but I've found it's much better to just do what I think is right and let others make their own decisions. They're all very intelligent and have read almost as much as I have about what's happening to the planet, and gentle coaxing isn't likely to nudge them any further along.[/quote]

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