Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: EV charging infrastructure

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Jul 1, 2025, at 8:39 AM, R Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> My general impression is that consumers are definitely in favor of combating 
> climate change by converting to alternative, non-fossil energy sources … 
> provided that it doesn’t cost anything.  Cornerstone has yet to test itself 
> on this, so I don’t know where we stand.

I think the major problem is that non-fossil energy is marketed as reducing 
carbon or stopping climate change. That is too abstract for most people to 
consider when they are paying the bills each month or deciding what their 
children really “need.” Even for people who are able to think in terms of 
future benefits, it is too absract. The projection of one degree in temperature 
or one ton of an invisible substance is not enough to trust. Will my sacrifice 
this month really mean anything? 

For many cohousers it is rewarding to be able to say they use non-fossil fuel 
energy, but the household has to reach some level of economic security or 
self-education to believe that their actions might change anything.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Riderwood Village, Silver Spring MD