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Dear People that Love The Environment:

I am tired of seeing your hemp or canvas bags with the "recycle logo" printed on the side sitting at your desks next to your half empty cup of Starbuck's Coffee, your half empty and abandoned plastic bottle of water, and your space heater cranking out the BTUs while you sit in your T-Shirt and complaining about how cold the office is.

That is all.

I live approximately an hour outside of Fairfield, California. I have just taken a position located in Redwood Shores. I accept that I am likely going to have to rent a room, or a motel, or some other closet-away-from-home arrangement, but I wanted to make certain that the commute was intolerable first. My results with notes:

I live off the electric grid. I get the bulk of my electricity from solar and store it in batteries. I also rely on a diesel generator to fill in the gaps when the solar can't fill the load or the batteries are being finicky. What I have learned about diesel generators in the six years I've been here is that they're loud, they need maintenance, they're heavy, and they're hard to move.