The Green Living Guy®: Clean Energy and EVs

Explained so you can actually use it!

The Green Living Guy® is here to give you information and practical guidance on electric vehicles (EVs), home electrification, solar, and energy efficiency — from someone who has spent twenty years doing this work, not just writing about it.

I’m Seth Leitman, The Green Living Guy®. I’ve managed over $100 million in clean transportation programs in New York. In addition, I led early EV adoption initiatives, built Drive Electric Hudson Valley and I serve as President of the Greater Hudson River Electric Vehicle Association.

As well, I’ve written twelve books on going green.

Plan Language

This site is where I put everything I’ve learned into plain language.

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Start here

Twenty years and more notably, nearly 8,000 posts is a lot to wade through.

These are the guides worth reading first:

1. [Thinking about EVs? → EV buying guide hub] — range, charging, cost of ownership, and whether it actually makes sense.

2 [Home solar, start to finish → solar hub] — sizing, financing, payback periods, and the questions to ask an installer.

3. [Electrifying your home → link to: home electrification hub] — heat pumps, induction, panel upgrades, and what order to do them in.

4. [EV reviews and test drives → EV reviews] —Tesla, Rivian, and the legacy automakers, driven and compared.

5. [Clean energy news → alt energy news] — what’s changing in policy, grid, and technology.

What I do

Author

Twelve books and counting, breaking down sustainability topics into everyday language. [See books ]

Writer.

Near-daily coverage of clean tech, EVs, solar, and climate solutions. [Read the News]

Podcast host.

Conversations with the people actually building the clean energy transition. [Listen → podcasts]

EV expert.

I test and review the cars, then explain what the spec sheet leaves out. [Latest reviews]

Consultant.

I work with businesses, municipalities, and homeowners on energy financing, microgrids, and solar through ETS Energy Store, LLC.

[Consulting services]

New Graphic Novel

Clean energy meets storytelling. The graphic novel takes everything I write about here and turns it into something my kids will actually pick up — a visual case for what a sustainable future looks like, built for the next generation.

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Why Subscribe to The Green Living Guy®?

Why subscribe

Members get more than the free archive:

1. Deep dives on EVs, solar, and electrification that go past the news cycle

2. Tools for calculating your own costs, savings, and carbon footprint

3. Early access to reviews and test drives

4. A community of people doing this alongside you

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The approach

Sustainability content tends to be either doom or homework. I try for neither.

What I write is practical, specific, and occasionally funny.

Small changes compound: driving electric, putting solar on the roof, cutting waste, conserving water, buying from companies that aren’t lying to you.

You don’t have to do all of it, and you definitely don’t have to do it perfectly.

You just have to start.

— Seth Leitman

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