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I'm going to say something bitchy here. If you want a ICE car, please duct the exhaust through the cabin air vents. Then you will know what I have to deal with walking along a busy road that is polluted with exhaust from vehicles. there's also the pollution of rubber particles that are killing fish ...

yes thanks for the info. i've been thinking of buying a new pressure cooker, however i don't want a china-made unit. i just don't trust that the steel won't have bad impurities that would eventually enter food cooked in it.

that's a great idea. thank you do you have a recommendation for what particular brand to buy/find? I kind of avoid metal cookware from China, because I'm not sure of the purity of metal. maybe I'm wrong about that, if someone knows better please chime in. my cookware is old American made stainless s...

thanks for that. I was surprised to read somewhere that a microwave oven is 50% efficient. A gas stove range is 38% efficient. Is that right? I just cooked a potato in the microwave in 3 minutes at 1200 watts. If I heated up the gas oven to cook it, I think I'd use much more energy. Even though that...

this is a energy use/cost question: i can't figure out whether it's cheaper for me to use the microwave or the LP gas propane stove. chatgtp says it is way cheaper to run the microwave. electricity here is .44c kwh --- LP gas is $3.75 a gallon, roughly. with a common denominator, a therm i guess, wh...

for years i've endured a condo neighbor's intensely smelly laundry fragrance in the exhaust of their dryer. If I left a window or door open, the smell would fill my condo unit, and there'd be nothing I could do about it. The university of washington did a study on these chemicals -- which are propri...

is there a way to easily compile the "best of" in the forums? seems like it would be nice to have.

some people have "tried" a whole food plant diet, but have found reasons to return to old habits. There's an enormous amount of cultural and commercial force against any sort of change in diet, so it comes as no surprise. but again, the science is there for anyone who wants to understand m...

I know! I'm sorry the acronyms suck! Whole-Food PLant Based means food that isn't turned into something that comes in a colorful box at the grocery store. it is so simple yummy, and beautiful too, but yeah I have to admit it took me a while to get it. So if you want to change from SAD to WFPB you'll...

that's great i'll check out the thread although there are gazillions of youtubers who post videos on the topic, just want to say it is better to learn from the medical doctors who have been teaching for many years. otherwise it is a morass of opinions from amateurs. john mcdougall md, dean ornish md...

has anyone tried a whole food plant based diet? It is a diet that I've been doing for a few years and my health has improved greatly. there are medical doctors on youtube who teach it for free. i think WFPB diet could be analogous to ERE, in that it does for your physical health what ERE does for yo...

I went dumpster diving for the first time yesterday at a local organic food store. It's incredible what you can find in a garbage bin: zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, dill, collard, etc. I am definitely doing this more often. I can't believe that I have never tried it before. Any other dumpster diver...

Hello! I'm a new member but a long reader of the ERE website and I've seen many videos featuring Jacob. So smart and insightful, I so wish I had this information long ago in my life. But i'm doing it now -- so grateful to Jacob and his work. This year is my first BNY. So far I've succeeded, except a...