I am worried, but it is not despair. I have been involved in lobbying on environmental issues forever with some success. The U.S. position is deeply diaappointing.

Big items that on all the time include my refrigerator (363 KWh/year), my computer (531 KWh/year). The next biggest items which are ones less often on are the TV (assume 3 hours/day = 100 KWh/year], After that lighting maybe another 70 KWh/year.

That a top priority is to increase the use of e-bikes in cities & that there are significant ways to decrease the GHG emissions from airplanes

There needs to be closed systems within communities -- importantly, making materials flows and waste more apparent to all -- and I believe, reducing waste of materials and energy. 

Starbuck's , Kohl, Panera, Walmart -- it's really a mixed bag. Moral: everyone has things on which they can still improve -- i.e. drawdown more!

A sustainable community can support itself entirely on resources where it is situated with minimal outside resources. In our world there are likely to be some outside resources coming into a system, but there would have to be a huge paradigm shift to make this common place.

There are a lot in the greater Milwaukee area, but not as many in the suburban areas nearby where I live and work. I found it interesting that there aren't more connecting public transit options since everything is so close together here and it would be incredibly easy and efficient to have something like a train or similar option.

Time and convenience mostly, but I think there would have to be a lot that would change for me to take public transportation, unfortunately. One major thing is that I am 20 miles away from where I work and there is no form of public transit available to me.