These Bay Area Renters Are Cutting Fossil Fuels From Their Homes and Commutes

Bay Area renters are getting creative about swapping their gas appliances for electric ones, like heat pumps, solar panels and induction stoves.

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Writer Laura Fraser was interested in climate change but felt a sense of powerlessness.

“In the face of this enormous existential problem, what does recycling and riding a bicycle amount to?” Fraser said, sitting in her San Francisco apartment. “It just felt like nothing, just a drop in the ocean.”…

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