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Eco-authenticity: advocating for a low-carbon world while living a high-carbon lifestyle

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imageMuch of the U.S. was built around the automobile, with greater distances to be covered than in places like Europe, making Americans' daily lifestyles higher in energy than elsewhere.johnkay/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day.

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