It's more that yes, of every person on earth turned the water off while soaping, religiously, it STILL wouldn't even be a drop in the bucket.

I acknowledge that community improvement requires everyone to chip in in ways that aren't immediately tangible.

Unfortunately the magnitude of industrial use and loss is so vast that residental budgeting on this topic doesn't move the needle.

That doesn't mean residential changes aren't ever possible.

For example improved insulation and heating and cooling tech can meaningfully reduce grid spike demand.

Flattening demand into a more consistent, distributed curve means we can transition to green energy sources with greater confidence, and decommission coal and gas power more successfully.

So that's a topic I'm all for making changes on, and I have. (Updated south facing windows, with facing window awnings, plus updated attic insulation and a mini split heat pump)

My home is more comfortable, more resilient and more aligned with future community goals.

So it isn't that I'm not willing to try (and spend) to do my part. It's that I'm very critical of green guilting to shift blame.