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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :confused: Considering it can take hundreds of years for disposable diapers to degrade in a landfill, you would think there would be more interest in keeping diapers out of the waste stream.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    We have a local church charity Thrift Shop that I frequent. I don't mind buying used stuff if I can use it. A big percentage of the Thrift Store profits go to local charities. Somethings I might buy an item that turns out does not work correctly but I'll just consider that a donation to our...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :old I, and all my siblings, grew up with cloth diapers. When you visited another person's house, you could tell if they had babies as soon as you walked in. That's about all I remember. I did a few rotations in Maternity as a nursing student. We only used disposable diapers. I don't remember...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Our local recycle/transfer station has some of those separate bins. You can drop off batteries at one place, electronics at another, not sure about paints, mixed recyclables (paper, glass, metal, plastics) in a bin, but most other household items are either tossed in burnable or non-burnable...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    That is good news.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ⚠️ At Home Sustainability Efforts I have made a conscious effort to see how much stuff I can reuse at home and reduce the amount of "garbage" we send to the landfill. It has taken us a number of years, but I am happy to say that I have not brought one garbage bag to the landfill in almost 3...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Looks like those battery packs are lasting much longer than anticipated. You have almost 100% range after 5 years, the Tesla owner I talked to had 85% battery health after 10 years - sounds like those batteries are holding up much better than expected which probably means that a used EV value...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ⚠️ Alternative Pallet Site Saved My Trip! :hit Since I had to sell my old Ford Explorer to the junkyard for scrap value, I have not been picking up pallets as much as before. That car was perfect to toss in 5 or 6 pallets each time I went to town. I can't do that with the family SUV's because I...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :clap I wonder if we will soon get to the point where we have different tiers of used EV's for different consumers? Maybe someone needs to get that full 300 mile range in their EV. As the battery pack ages and it gets less range, maybe they buy a new EV. I would not mind buying a used EV with...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Heating my house with electricity only makes sense if I can do it on the off-peak 6.5 cents per kwh rate as opposed to the normal rate of about 13 cents per kwh. I have a printout from the electric company that shows me what I would have to pay for propane at my off-peak rate. If you look at the...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Our off-peak rate is 6.5 cents per kwh, about 13 cents per kwh for regular rate. *************** The Off-Peak Program is a load management strategy that offers significantly reduced electric rates—about 44% lower—in exchange for allowing the cooperative to temporarily interrupt power to certain...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ...company uses renewable sources of energy. A few years ago, we were at about 30% renewable. I just checked to see what the stats are us now... ************************ Yes, your Electric Cooperative uses renewable energy. Their power mix includes approximately 43% renewable sources: 34% wind...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Yes. But if you need to confine your flock to the protection of a chicken run, you can bring the free range to them. I cut my grass and dump all the grass clippings in the run. All my leaves get mowed up and dumped into the run. When I pull weeds from the gardens, they go into the run. Just...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :caf Since you are interested in battery technologies, here is something you might want to consider.... ********************** Sodium-ion batteries are more tolerant of full charge-discharge cycles, while lithium-ion batteries degrade faster when routinely cycled from 0% to 100%. This...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Good news on that issue, too... ***************** Yes—some EVs currently use sodium-ion batteries, including the BYD Dolphin and upcoming budget models from Tesla and CATL. These batteries are emerging as a low-cost, sustainable alternative to lithium-ion. Here’s a detailed look at what’s...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :caf It varies from state to state. But this summary will give you a good overview of extra fees accessed to EVs to help maintain the roads.... ********************** Yes—many states are now charging EV owners through higher registration fees, mileage-based taxes, and proposed charging station...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ...but one lady charges her EV from their rooftop solar panels. I looked into the cost of charging EV's. For my situation, here is what I found... ************************** If you have to rely on charging stations, gas wins out every time in terms of speed... ***************** EV...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :caf What I read was surprising to me. But let me copy and paste some of what I read and see if that makes sense to you... ************************** EVs can emit more particulate matter (PM2.5) from tire wear due to their heavier weight—up to 2.5 times more in some driving scenarios compared...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    All my cars have oil pan heaters. I put my heater cord on a timer, so it turned on and warmed up the oil a couple hours before I was going to start the car. That was enough time to get everything warm enough, but I did not have to pay for all night heating. Over time, it saved some money. But...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ...:caf FWIW, I did look online to see what the loss in battery capacity is on the EV's. Here is what I found that may be interesting for you... ******************** EV batteries lose significant range and charging efficiency in cold weather—especially around -20°F. Range can drop by up to 40%...
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