Tesla - Electric Vehicle
Article: Why Buying A Tesla is Better for the Environment
Article: Electric Cars Are Better for the Planet – and Often Your Budget, Too
Pros: fully electric, no gas, less maintenance
Cons: carbon footprint of manufacturing process, unregulated lithium mining is also becoming an issue
Review: An EV is one of the best long term investments. Although the initial price is higher, over time you will be paying less, saving money on gas and maintenance. As technology improves, the carbon footprint of Tesla's manufacturing will decrease and the price per car will lessen.
Happy Sustainable Sunday! We want to begin sharing a few practices that we began to implement to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious. Our goal is to help make us all a little bit more aware of the decisions we make and how they impact our communities and planet. We are kicking off #sustainabilitysunday with an exuberant purchase, but the ones that follow will be much more practical.
By the end of 2020, we have reduced our carbon footprint to almost net zero. Making the jump to LA, one of our biggest concerns was buying a car that goes against our activism for climate change. Our prudence for a clean and sustainable future meant we had no choice but to purchase an EV. Although EVs are egregiously expensive and not affordable to everyone, offsetting our carbon emissions is something we can all do, at all levels.
Our intentions are not to epitomize and promote overly-indulgent consumerist behavior, but rather inculcate a mentality of sustainability and consideration for our planet and future generations. Even though this car is more expensive and less available than their gas counterparts, the impact they have is immeasurable. Furthermore, it emphasizes that most sustainable alternatives will be more expensive. That is why we must continue to bring awareness to these items. We need to help grow their demand, in order to drive the cost down. And although the initial price may be higher, each purchase is a long term investment for the most dire issues our country and planet faces. Environmental justice is something we must invest in, for it will only continue to worsen and create larger social and economic disparities.
We challenge you with this: begin to question ordinary household items you use, what they are made from, where they come from, and where they end up. It’s hard to break habits and preferences that we’ve had for 20+ years. But once we challenge these norms, we soon realize the harmful impacts that some of them have. We begin to see how much else we DO just because it’s what we’ve BEEN DOING.
Any little change will help. We hope you join us on this journey to help do our part in saving the planet! 🌍
