So you gave your buddy a high-five when
'An Inconvenient Truth' won some Oscars -- that's a good start. Too bad some of your favorite gadgets -- not to mention the TV you used to watch the Academy Awards -- use up a boatload of energy, even when you think they're turned off. That said, some technologies can actually help you save energy and use fewer natural resources. The
convenient truth is that taking proactive steps towards living a greener life is easier than you think. Here are just a few.
Upgrade Your Lightbulbs
Don't be scared off by the high sticker prices of GE's fancy compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs). CFLs use up to 75 percent less energy than incandescents (25 percent less than halogen), last up to 10 times longer and cost between 50 and 80 percent less to use. Only candlelight is cheaper -- but that's a fire truck on your front lawn waiting to happen.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael @ Apr 20th 2007 3:19AM
While flourescents DO save energy and thus money, there is a serious darkside to them...
They are TOXIC !!!
Mike Shaw @ Apr 22nd 2007 11:43AM
My Invention will be the new soultion for the drought! Turn your roof into a spring!!!!
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Save our Mother Earth
Peace
Mike
Mike Shaw @ Apr 22nd 2007 11:46AM
Happy Earth Day!
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The Drought Buster Easy connect!
See it and buy it at
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Turn your roof into a spring
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Thanks
Mike Shaw
EcoBroker
Michaela @ Apr 23rd 2007 7:03AM
recicling trush:biodegradable trush,metal,aluminium, plastic,glass,use water,solar and wind energie,more trains for the comun transportation.The cars can works with the solar batteries(we have here a lot of sun here.The sun,the wind,the tide water is a real source of energie.Bio degradable trush can offer calloric energie too.In the stores introduce cotton bags,not more one time plastic bags(this is oil too).Educate correctly the students in school,beginning with kindergarden to learn how important is to protect the natur.The industrie must have special filters to retaine the noxe.No more chemicals to kill the dandy lion and other:all of this will go in the soil,in the water. Make economie to using water,a lot of people in Africa South America they don't have water.The same in Europe,the people make economie of the water and are conscieus abauthow they can protect the naturWe all must do something we have this obligation for our children and for theire future.All of this is in our hands and we must do it.We all must think about....Please,do it
ben @ Dec 5th 2007 2:25PM
Here's a great place for CFLs, LEDs, etc, as well as water consrvation products: http://eartheasy.com/shop/lighting.htm
Great selection, but not too big to be confusing.
quintin bullis @ Apr 26th 2008 8:20PM
cfl's are fine but now coming into the market are led's which use only a 1/3rd. what cfl's use, and if you really want to experiment, try using solar landscape lights instead of cfl's i buy them from lowes, or home depot, cost about 44.00 malibu, 3 spot light type, mount the solar panel in a window anywhere's north, south west east, just needs sunlight, and not direct although best direct, mount lights where needed the most, like over a sink, or in the bathroom, or your fav. reading spot, they automatically come on at dusk or just before dusk, stay lit all night, on a full charge, save so much elect. i drop my electric from 200 mth to 125.00 just in these lights, and try using the solar table lamps at home depot, have to take out doors or angle out a window, my entire house now is solar lights, i can't afford to go out and buy solar panels, but the money i'm saving soon i will .