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Since 2000, my cost has been approximately steady at less than 5% of my income, mostly because my gas use has dropped at about the same rate as the price increases. This drop in gas use is due to better driving habits, less miles driven, a more efficient vehicle, and vehicle mods.
The same has been true for electricity costs: I'm paying much less for electricity now than in 1980, when I bought my house, due my energy savings improvements far exceeding the increase in electricity costs. And with regards to both driving and home comfort, I am just as happy with my life now, maybe more so, than at the start of these time periods. So improved energy use does not mean extreme sacrifice or hardship. Most of the energy most of us use is just purely wasted and contributes little to improving our lives.
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