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