I sympathize with LW. I spent a year without a car after divorcing my first husband; getting from work to daycare to home in the evening by bus took three hours. Biking would've cut it down to an hour and a half, but would've required going on roads with 40 mph speed limits and no bike lanes. Once I had a car, I could leave work, get the kid, and get home in 30 minutes. I was living a more environmentally friendly life without the car, but it was also a more stressful life, and I had no time for anything beyond the most basic household necessities.
I'm curious, though -- if Husband is really serious about the environment, has he gotten a vasectomy yet? On most sites I've seen where you can estimate your environmental footprint, having kids is the big footprint increaser.
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I sympathize with LW. I spent a year without a car after divorcing my first husband; getting from work to daycare to home in the evening by bus took three hours. Biking would've cut it down to an hour and a half, but would've required going on roads with 40 mph speed limits and no bike lanes. Once I had a car, I could leave work, get the kid, and get home in 30 minutes. I was living a more environmentally friendly life without the car, but it was also a more stressful life, and I had no time for anything beyond the most basic household necessities.
I'm curious, though -- if Husband is really serious about the environment, has he gotten a vasectomy yet? On most sites I've seen where you can estimate your environmental footprint, having kids is the big footprint increaser.