💬 Climate Friendly Idioms 💬
Do you ever use an idiom, only to pause and realize what it really means?
Fossil fuel lingo and references sneak up everywhere, but with the tide turning (😉🌊) towards clean energy, you might be looking for alternatives. So here’s a roundup of some of our staff favorites. Enjoy!
🚫 cooking with gas
🍳 cooking with coils
🚫 where the rubber meets the road
🛰️ where the sun hits the solar panel
🚫 cool your jets
❄️ reverse your heat pump
🚫 lightbulb moment
💡 LED moment
(so you can conserve some energy for acting on your epiphany)
🚫 running on fumes
🔋 running on millivolts
🚫 hit the road
🚇 hit the public transit system
🚫 put it in the parking lot
🚴 put it in the bike rack
🚫 put it in the parking lot
🚴 put it in the bike rack
🚫 carrying coal to Newcastle
☀️ selling solar to California
🚫 my way or the highway
🚌 my way or the express bus lane
Created by Tiernaur Anderson for our June 15, 2023 issue of Legally Speaking — sign up using the form above!