Weaning Ourselves off of Energy

There are many things we could do to try and wean ourselves off of energy; it is just a matter of sacrifice.  This is not something most of us are too familiar with, especially myself.  The first thing that we could all do (if it was remotely feasible) was to invest in electric cars; I know that electricity is a form of energy, but compared to oil, it seems to be the lesser of two evils, don't you agree?  If we can we ourselves off of oil, it will reduce our consumption by staggering amounts.  The problem? We aren't prepared to make that transition, not even close to making it;  there is no way that most of us can afford a fully electric car, and even if we could, where are my public charging stations?  Another thing we could all do to try and decrease our dependence on energy is to go natural; what I mean by this is hand wash our clothes to conserve water--hang dry our clothes to conserve electricity; how about we buy our food from farmers markets and grow our own gardens so that we can reduce the amount of transit that our food takes.  These are habits that may take awhile to root, but can make astounding changes towards our goal of being less dependent on energy.