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