sivencl wrote:I did not succeed in convincing my wife not to use the tumble drier any more because she is handicapped, in an armchair most of the time and hanging the linen is almost impossible for her ...;
The majority of "able-bodied" do not make the slightest effort on this subject. No one will dare to blame you for trying to make your wife's disability easier.
The fact that this environmental awareness is fairly recent is no exception on your part. Myself, 5 years ago, I had a gas boiler installed because I did not know the environmental implications of this fuel.
Any awareness, even late, is another chance for our ecosystem. Do what you can at your level without sacrificing the basic needs of your wife, no one here will blame you for that.
In addition, even being a convinced ecologist, I too have my inconsistencies: I do 80Km round trip every day to go and work alone in my Picasso Diesel. I regret it, but I have no choice: already in the city center, Bordeaux, it is not top level public transport but to make "suburb" / "suburb", it is nothing.