| Today the global warming situation has | | | | your global warming impact is to unplug |
| been getting a ton of media coverage. | | | | the extra refrigerator or freezer you |
| Many scientists from all over the world | | | | rarely use. This can reduce the typical |
| have agreed that the planet has been | | | | carbon dioxide emitted by a family by |
| getting warmer due to many environmental | | | | nearly ten percent. 6) Wrap your water |
| factors. This article will show you a | | | | heater in insulation material. You will |
| few ways in which you can lower your | | | | save approximately one thousand pounds |
| impact on the environment. 1) Replace | | | | of carbon dioxide a year with this |
| Regular Light bulbs. Replace a regular | | | | simple action. You can save a lot more |
| incandescent light bulb with a compact | | | | per year by setting the thermostat one |
| fluorescent light bulb. These light | | | | degree higher than normal during the |
| bulbs use significantly less energy than | | | | winter. 7) Move your refrigerator and |
| a regular bulb. This simple switch will | | | | freezer to another location. Placing |
| save a couple thousand pounds of carbon | | | | them next to the boiler will consume |
| dioxide a year. Think about this, if | | | | much more energy than if they were |
| every household in the United States | | | | standing on their own. If you put them |
| replaced one regular light bulb with an | | | | in a hot cellar room with a high |
| energy saving model, we could reduce | | | | temperature, energy use is almost |
| global warming pollution by more than a | | | | doubled and causes an extra amount of |
| couple billion pounds over the life of | | | | carbon dioxide emissions. 8) Defrost old |
| the bulbs. You will be doing your share | | | | refrigerators and freezers continuously. |
| to cut back on heat trapping pollution | | | | An even better option is to replace them |
| and save money on your electric bills. | | | | with newer models. These will have |
| 2) Install a manual programmable | | | | automatic defrost cycles and are |
| thermostat. Programmable thermostats | | | | generally up to two times more energy |
| will automatically lower the heat or air | | | | efficient than their previous models. |
| conditioning at night and raise them | | | | Not only will you have a cleaner |
| again in the morning. They can save you | | | | appliance, but the newer models will |
| $100 a year on your energy bill. A great | | | | tend to use less energy. 9) Replace |
| tips is to move your thermostat down 2° | | | | single glazed windows with double glazed |
| in winter and up 2° in summer 3) Clean | | | | ones. This requires a bit of money, but |
| The Air Conditioner. Clean and replace | | | | will reduce the energy lost through old |
| filters on your furnace and air | | | | windows and pay off in the long term. If |
| conditioner. Cleaning a dirty air filter | | | | you go for the best the market has to |
| can save about 400 pounds of carbon | | | | offer, you can even save more than half |
| dioxide a year. 4) Choose energy | | | | of the energy lost. 10) Cover your pots |
| efficient appliances when making new | | | | while cooking food. Doing this will not |
| purchases. Look for the Energy Star | | | | only save the energy used to cook the |
| label on new appliances to choose the | | | | food, but can also keep the area |
| most energy efficient products | | | | cleaner. It has been shown that you can |
| available. These particular products | | | | save over 70% of the energy used on the |
| will help you to save energy on your | | | | stove doing this. Keep in mind that |
| bill and also help keep the environment | | | | global warming is based on many |
| clean. One great point in if each | | | | different factors. The sun has been |
| household in the United States replaced | | | | getting hotter for the past hundred |
| its existing appliances with the most | | | | years and our neighboring planets are |
| energy efficient models available, we | | | | experiencing this too. If everyone did |
| would save billions of dollars in energy | | | | their part to lower their impact on |
| costs and eliminate a great deal of heat | | | | global warming, we would all be better |
| trapping gases. 5) Stop leaving | | | | off. God luck and keep the environment |
| appliances on standby. Use the on and | | | | clean. |
| off function on the machine by itself. A | | | | For more information visit these two |
| television that has been switched on for | | | | websites: Global Warming Articles and |
| many hours a day will use significantly | | | | Living in Poverty. You can get more |
| more of its energy in standby mode. In | | | | information on the global warming |
| standby mode, the item is still on and | | | | situation and world poverty. |
| burning energy. Another way to reduce | | | | |