My 20% cut in CO2 emissions / Local cooling

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My 20% cut in CO2 emissions

So, the EU has agreed. I will do my part by

• Not flying that much anymore - I can easily cut flying down by 80%.
• Eating less fish, eating more local food (vegetables of season). In general, eating less.
• Walking to the office, and in general using only electric public transit.
• Buying less stuff — I have almost anything I need, anyway
• Taking shorter and cooler showers, maybe even less frequently.
• Later: moving to a better insulated apartment, or getting my own built.
• At work: inventing ways of running the business with less energy, or energy from renewable sources.
• Recycling more, since not all waste can be avoided.

I think I can cut my personal CO2 emissions by way more than 20% and even sooner than 2020. But I need to get more active in politics as well.

Any other ideas?

Local cooling

Nature thanks us for our good intentions. Yesterday, the EU decided to cut CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020. Today, it is -20C and sunny. Local cooling in return of trying to avert global warming.

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