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: GLOBAL WARMING
With such a huge problem, you're probably thinking, what can one
person do to help?? Besides spreading the message, here are a few
simple things that you can do to help reduce the trend.
1. Drive less. A third of U.S. greenhouse emissions comes
from transportation.
2. Buy and use cars with high fuel efficiency. Every gallon
of gas we burn emits 21 pounds of CO2 into the air. SUVs
are much less efficient than other cars and should be used only
when necessary.
3. Eat less meat! Meat production is very energy intensive.
If you eat less meat, you also prevent much water pollution; it's
healthier too!
4. Insulate your house! Close storm windows, chaulk-up cracks,
put plastic on your windows. You'll be a climate hero and you'll
save money!
5. Use your AC as little as possible.
6. Switch from oil to gas. Oil produces much more CO2
per unit of heat produced.
7. Buy a front-loading washing machine. You'll save plenty
of water, detergent, energy, and have cleaner clothes.
8. Buy energy-efficient appliances. Find out more about
product availability and energy savings from www.epa.gov/energystar.
9. Replace your light bulbs with efficient compact fluorescent
light bulbs. While fluorescent buls cost more than incandescent,
they use one-quarter as much electricity for the same amount of
light, last ten times longer, and can save as much as $40-$60 over
their lifetimes.
10. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Producing new paper, glass,
and metal products from recycled materials saves 70-90% of the energy
and pollution that would result if the product came from virgin
materials.
adapted from http://www.massclimateaction.org/action.htm
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