Because of a miscommunication between me and my roommate, I will not have electricity in my apartment for the next three days. I've stopped blaming myself and my roommate and am now only blaming DTE. For most of us living in the western world, living without electricity is no small feat. It's actually not all that bad; the biggest fiasco by far is finding what to do with your refrigerated food before it goes bad. Mine is now partitioned up among other friendly fridges. The second is trying to convince yourself that you're really not all that poor as the sun falls below the horizon and you're left sitting in the dark in your living room eating dry bagel chips for dinner.
On the bright side, my eco-footprint is even smaller. Because I am a strict vegetarian, eat unprocessed foods, do not own a car—and now am living without electricity—everyone in the world could live like me and we would only need 1.1 planets*. But if everyone in the world really did live like me, we would all adopt our children and the population would decrease until everyone could live between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. Bliss.
Luckily, the rest of the world is flowing in an overabundance of electricity so I am now at a computer lab, able to entertain myself for the next few hours before bed. Maybe I'll finish the night with reading in bed with a flashlight reminiscent of so many childhoods.
*I was surprised to learn that living without any electricity only accounts for 0.1 planets when eating habits can account for 0.8 planets. I guess they don't mention global warming.
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my flying requires 0.6 planets. wow.
getting a hybrid will only reduce me by 0.2 planets; moving to ann arbor will reduce me by 0.4 (for driving) and by an additional 1.0 (for living with you and in an apartment instead of a house).
the earth wants me to live with you ;)
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