Global Warming - 10 Simple Ways To Lower Your Carbon Emissions

Today the global warming situation has been getting aenergy. Another way to reduce your global warming
ton of media coverage. Many scientists from all overimpact is to unplug the extra refrigerator or freezer
the world have agreed that the planet has beenyou rarely use. This can reduce the typical carbon
getting warmer due to many environmental factors.dioxide emitted by a family by nearly ten percent. 6)
This article will show you a few ways in which youWrap your water heater in insulation material. You will
can lower your impact on the environment. 1) Replacesave approximately one thousand pounds of carbon
Regular Light bulbs. Replace a regular incandescentdioxide a year with this simple action. You can save a
light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb. Theselot more per year by setting the thermostat one
light bulbs use significantly less energy than a regulardegree higher than normal during the winter. 7) Move
bulb. This simple switch will save a couple thousandyour refrigerator and freezer to another location.
pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Think about this, ifPlacing them next to the boiler will consume much
every household in the United States replaced onemore energy than if they were standing on their own.
regular light bulb with an energy saving model, weIf you put them in a hot cellar room with a high
could reduce global warming pollution by more than atemperature, energy use is almost doubled and causes
couple billion pounds over the life of the bulbs. You willan extra amount of carbon dioxide emissions. 8)
be doing your share to cut back on heat trappingDefrost old refrigerators and freezers continuously. An
pollution and save money on your electric bills. 2) Installeven better option is to replace them with newer
a manual programmable thermostat. Programmablemodels. These will have automatic defrost cycles and
thermostats will automatically lower the heat or airare generally up to two times more energy efficient
conditioning at night and raise them again in thethan their previous models. Not only will you have a
morning. They can save you $100 a year on yourcleaner appliance, but the newer models will tend to
energy bill. A great tips is to move your thermostatuse less energy. 9) Replace single glazed windows
down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer 3)with double glazed ones. This requires a bit of money,
Clean The Air Conditioner. Clean and replace filters onbut will reduce the energy lost through old windows
your furnace and air conditioner. Cleaning a dirty airand pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the
filter can save about 400 pounds of carbon dioxide amarket has to offer, you can even save more than
year. 4) Choose energy efficient appliances whenhalf of the energy lost. 10) Cover your pots while
making new purchases. Look for the Energy Star labelcooking food. Doing this will not only save the energy
on new appliances to choose the most energyused to cook the food, but can also keep the area
efficient products available. These particular productscleaner. It has been shown that you can save over
will help you to save energy on your bill and also help70% of the energy used on the stove doing this. Keep
keep the environment clean. One great point in if eachin mind that global warming is based on many different
household in the United States replaced its existingfactors. The sun has been getting hotter for the past
appliances with the most energy efficient modelshundred years and our neighboring planets are
available, we would save billions of dollars in energyexperiencing this too. If everyone did their part to lower
costs and eliminate a great deal of heat trappingtheir impact on global warming, we would all be better
gases. 5) Stop leaving appliances on standby. Use theoff. God luck and keep the environment clean.
on and off function on the machine by itself. AFor more information visit these two websites: Global
television that has been switched on for many hours aWarming Articles and Living in Poverty. You can get
day will use significantly more of its energy in standbymore information on the global warming situation and
mode. In standby mode, the item is still on and burningworld poverty.