What We ALL Can Do To Go Green

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

North Americans are the largest consumers of energy in the world, and the biggest contributers to C02 gas emissions. We all can have an impact on the environment and the health of our planet. Small acts that are done together can have a huge impact on our environment and will help reduce our carbon footprints.

Here are a few ideas:

  • Switch your thermostats 2 degrees, either hotter in warm climates or cooler in colder climates. This reduces your energy consumption by 2-3%.

  • Switch as many light bulbs in your home to compact florescent ones. If everyone in North America switched just one light bulb, it would save over $1 billion per/yr in energy.
  • Ensure that your tires are inflated to the right levels. Fuel efficiency is directly related to under-inflated tires. Tires that are 10% under-inflated reduces fuel efficiency by 2-3%.
  • Change your shower heads to low flow ones. They can save over 50% of the water consumed in every shower and 2-3% of your energy consumption.
  • Conserve fresh clean water by using low flow toilet plugs – they use 2 gallons instead of 4 gallons every time you flush your toilet. This is a simple change to your flush plug.
  • Front loading washers use about 50% less water and 50% less energy.
  • Produce your own power, whether that be wind power or solar power.

North Americans need to start thinking about how we can become part of a distributed power generation link to our power grid. Consuming the energy that we produce and giving back to the power grid any surplus.

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Posted by Endurance Windpower on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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