+1 A few other things that we could all do to help:
1. Insulate your house - I just had insulation pumped into the external walls because the original homes were not insulated in the walls, only the attic. Keeps the house warmer without heating. We use gas heat, not electric, but it still burns, so less usage is good. 2. Moderate temperature control - I tend to keep the heat around 68 F, which is fairly easy on the heating system in San Diego. Cooling is far more important to moderate. 3. Turn off lights you are not using - This one drives me crazy. My wife believes in the global warming thing, but she leaves on practically every light in the house. Fewer lights means less electricity used, which (most likely in the U.S.) means fewer fossil fuels being burned. 4. Cars - Drive less. Drive a more fuel-efficient car. I'm guilty on this one right now. I drive 27 miles each way to work. But I am trying to start doing one day a week at home. Until this past year, though, I've averaged about 8,000 miles a year for the past decade. Not great, but not bad. I'd love to work near my house, but like most people, I don't really have that choice. I still need an SUV (or something similar) to haul my gear, but I'll buy a hybrid SUV next time around. I'm not going to put this on the list yet, but supplemental power through solar is starting to look attractive, especially in southern climates that get lots of sun (and heat) in the summer. On 2/14/07, Russel wrote: > > If you are that convinced that CO2 is the PRIMARY cause of the climate > change then drive out to those desolate swatches and PLANT A FEW F*ING > TREES. You can live your life thinking the sky is falling because a > politician makes a movie about it. > > I'm from Louisiana. We learned years ago that politicians lie. You can > even tell when they lie, thier lips move. If a politician or political body > says it, then it is a lie. I will not live my life concerned about a lie. > > When given solid, valid scientific evidence to the CO2 causality of > climate change then I will support this movement. Don't ask me to believe a > politician or a political group. > > termine' -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
