Personal Responsibility on Climate Change With respect to preferences and habits, Figure 31 shows that although the top endorsed action was to adopt Step Code, 75% of respondents are ‘not likely’ to purchase a new, higher energy standard home in the next 5 years. On the other hand, 43% of respondents are either ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to do home energy retrofits within the next 5 years. On transportation, 67% of respondents said that they’d be likely to walk or cycle regularly once a week in the next year, but 65% are also ‘not likely’ to use public transit at least once a week in the next year. 44% are ‘not likely’ to purchase an e-bike, escooter, or other micro e-mobility device in the next year. Lastly, there was a roughly equal split on whether the respondent would purchase an electric vehicle in the next 5 years. How likely are you to… Buy an Electric Vehicle in the next 5
Buy an e-bike/escooter in the next year
Cycle/Walk once a week in the next year
Retrofit/improve home energy efficiency in the next 5 years
Buy an energy efficient new home in the next 5 years
Use public transit at least once a week in the next year
Figure 31 – Personal Responsibility on Climate Change
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