Co₂ Burner Exercises Part 2


Day 1
In order to reach our reducing Co₂ goals, we have to know how much we produce it. Keeping track and record would give clear outlook. Read your electricity and car mileage daily, record them diligently on a chart and soon you’ll know that:
  • One gallon of gasoline adds 20 pounds of Co₂
  • A kilowatt-hour of electricity produces 1,5 pounds of Co₂
  •  Every 100 cubicfeet of natural gas emits 12 pounds of Co₂
                         
Day 2
At night before you sleep, turn off your around -the- clock air conditioner, open a window and let birds wake you up at five with its chirping


Day 3
Change your home appliance to energy savings ones. In fact, those with energy star label from EPA are more efficient and you may get rebates and tax credit when you buy them. Refrigerators washing machine, dishwasher and other appliances consumed half of a household’s electric bills.
A typical kitchen set these days has five to ten 75-watt light spot and that wasting big money. You can replace them with CFL (Compact fluorescent) bulb. The comparation:

     
            Incandescent Bulb                                                
60-75 cent / bulb
15 years of electricity $80-$90
1000 – 2000 hour life




                                         
                          CFL
       $4 / bulb
       15 years of electricity $20 – $22
       6000 – 12000 hour life

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