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From white roofs to LED bulbs, find out how you can save money and the environment
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Did you know... considering how much water is required to grow, transport and process coffee, more than 36 gallons are needed to make one cuppa joe? Also, the carbon dioxide emissions from powering 15 computers are equivalent to those produced by one car.
Slide Show: 9 tips for saving money and the environment
Note: This article was originally printed with the title, "Being Green".
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Add Commentthis was very useless and uninformative, must have been written by a yuppie.
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisthis was very useless and uninformative, must have been written by a yuppie.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI don't flush my toilet every time I urinate to save water. Now my toilet is badly stained. DO you have any suggestions as to how to clean it. Bleach doesn,t
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Ho-hum. Some of your tips are America-only, I fear: you're not going to get the good citizens of Edinburgh, Scotland to paint their roofs white under any circumstances, for example. On smaller houses: isn't it true too that for an object such as a house, the smaller the object, the higher the ratio of surface area, and consequently heat loss or gain, to volume? Can you tell us how to work out where the sweet spot is, please?
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI�m not sure I understood the first tip. Is it saying that a greener alternative to cars is a scooter? And a greener alternative to them is an eletric one?
What about bicicles? Aren�t they the best choice to a sustainable or ecofriendly world?
As cited,
"...reduce their transportation costs..." - bikes don�t use fuel or energy that is produced by fossil-fuel-burning power plants.
"...scooters can help ease traffic congestion..." - so do bikes, and in a cleaner way.
And for further comparison with the above cited models:
Bicicles - Carbon dioxide emissions (gms/km): 0,000
Hydro carbon emissions (gms/km): 0,000
So, afterall, what is the most ecofriendly choice?