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Two weeks ago, I moved into a bigger house. Bigger mortgage, bigger utility bills, and new, unknown expenses to be had. With the release of “An Inconvenient Truth”, I am honestly feeling quite guilty about increasing my energy consumption.

To combat this guilt, I made a deal with myself. The deal was to drive my car only 4 days a week. Ride my bike everywhere, and anytime I possibly can. After about a week of riding my bike, I realized that I can actually get by with only driving 3 days a week. I just have to plan all my “road trips” (large grocery runs, doctor appts, Home Depot stops, recycle, etc) around one or two days, and then leave an extra day for the unexpected task or two.

Much to my joy, I’m finding that riding my bike (which has two baskets on it!), is quite easy. I can still get around during the day, and run some errands. Today, I actually rode home at lunch and hung my laundry out to dry (another promise to myself…”do not run the laundry dryer until I absolutely have to.”) And, another benefit; I am not lethargic from riding in a HOT VEHICLE after work. I have energy to cook and garden. During these fantastic long days of summer, this is a blessing.

I am looking forward to seeing “An Inconvenient Truth” when it arrives here in Colorado (I’ve watched the trailer a few times). I hope it makes the world take notice, and slow our hungry energy consumption to a crawl. We don’t need it.

~Namaste