gulfcoastguy
Veteran Member
No doubt you would make a higher impact by getting fuel oil out of your house. Fuel oil is basically diesel with a higher permitted sulfur content and it is burned with no emissions after treatment. Then you have to decide if you want to go with natural gas or with some form of electric heat pump. Personally if I lived in an area subject to winter power loses I would go for natural gas with at least some fireplaces or wall heaters that work without electricity.
I made essentially the same choice(allowing for different climates) with my house, increased insulation and installed a reflective white metal roof plus a high efficiency air source heat pump. Then came transportation with VW forcing the decision both ways. First they never came up with a promising emissions fix for my manual Sportwagen leading to a 4 year stint in Mazda purgatory then they released an electric vehicle that checked most of my boxes while being cheaper than a Tesla.
I made essentially the same choice(allowing for different climates) with my house, increased insulation and installed a reflective white metal roof plus a high efficiency air source heat pump. Then came transportation with VW forcing the decision both ways. First they never came up with a promising emissions fix for my manual Sportwagen leading to a 4 year stint in Mazda purgatory then they released an electric vehicle that checked most of my boxes while being cheaper than a Tesla.