@jroper what tears me apart is the contradiction between the work I do, which is very explicitly targeted towards helping agencies think about land use as they plan for reducing transportation GHG emissions, and the fact that my wife's career (the income from which allows me to do that not-so-lucrative consulting) has brought our family to a place where we're forced to drive a lot. We have EVs, and use solar generation, and I work from home, but still... it sometimes triggers existential crises.
@colby Yeah, that's tough! I can do research partly because of my prior income in road construction, but at least it was a clean break.