GeorgeOP
RF Bleachers
I turned the heater off of my house. I also turn off the Communist News Network whenever I see it.
What are you doing today...to help the environment?
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MjM
Deity
Well I WILL do something tomorrow. And I HAVE done things to help the environment in the past.
Today I walked to and from the grocery store (~25 min each way). The fruit that I purchased was grown within 400 km
How subsidised is the electricity generation; and how much is your electricity bill?
I am from Navarra, We do more than enough over there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6430801.stm
One of my twin brothers works for them and he told me that they are designing even better and taller windmills (110 m). I have some shares of that company (I think).
And the solar park in Milagro is the one that generates the most energy from the sun in the world.
Beat that...
How subsidised is the electricity generation; and how much is your electricity bill?
Urederra
Mostly harmless
Well, I am not living in Navarra right now,
, but the rest of my family are. The green electricity generation is subsidized, but I cannot tell you how much right now, (I might look up in the interbet later, if I have time)I can't tell you about the electricity bill either. The only thing I can tell you is that my parents don't complain, so is not exhorbitant.
I remember reading in the news that the first windmills they installed were expecting to get the money's worth out of them in 10 years, but the windmills paid for themselves in just 8 years or so. Now the only thing you have to pay is maintainance.
Payback in 8 years smokes the hell out of any nuclear plant plans that I've seen.
skadistic
Caomhanach
Today I didn't:
Drive
use the AC or heat in my house
use the oven
take a shower
turn the lights on in my fish tank
I did:
eat 2 meals with out cooking
used organic foods
seperated out the recycleables for the trash man
planted some seeds (grass, tulips, some other flowers)
Granted most of my actions are about saving $$ not the earth.
Drive
use the AC or heat in my house
use the oven
take a shower
turn the lights on in my fish tank
I did:
eat 2 meals with out cooking
used organic foods
seperated out the recycleables for the trash man
planted some seeds (grass, tulips, some other flowers)
Granted most of my actions are about saving $$ not the earth.
Urederra
Mostly harmless
Maybe I don't recall the exact numbers correctly, but I am sure that the payback was 2 years shorter that they expected.
The Goverment subsidizes 40 % of the Mean Reference Cost, (Tarifa Media de Referencia) whatever that means. And to tell you the truth, I think it is money well spent.
That's why most of the debate is so amusing (especially with regards to Global Warming). Most of the suggestions would save you money anyway.
skadistic
Caomhanach
I'm all for conservation on a few levels.
Narz
keeping it real
- I composted my fruit, vegetable & eggshell waste (I've done this everyday in my last two living situations).
- Ate most of my food (about 90% caloric) from California (local)
- I'm growing a vegetable garden (some little baby lettuces just broke ground
) - I peed in the shower (thus saving a flush!)
That's all I can think of for now (most days I ride my bike as well but today I drove).
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
I bike to school, and that's 10 kilometres, one way. Even on days when I'm too ill to bike, I take the bus, which is always running and hence doesn't emit any extra when I take it. We have separate bins for "normal trash", recyclable paper, and recyclable plastic at home, and so it's easy to recycle the school handouts. (Those things ramp up quickly.) All of these are daily activities. I also shower rather than bathing, and we have a "bag-bag" for plastic bags from shopping, so those are reused until they break.
Narz
keeping it real
Excellent, it's pretty flat at least I hope!
GoodEnoughForMe
n.m.s.s.
I am doing nothing and plan to continue that way.
This weekend I explained to someone how meat consumption is a more environmentally damaging way of getting our calories.
As well, my household only generated one kitchen bag of garbage(not one of those large garbage bags, but the smaller type) in the last two weeks, despite hosting a few events . A quick examining of my neighbourhood tells me that the average was about 2.5 bags. (it's garbage day). We also generated a bag of recycling, which few other houses put out.
As well, my household only generated one kitchen bag of garbage(not one of those large garbage bags, but the smaller type) in the last two weeks, despite hosting a few events . A quick examining of my neighbourhood tells me that the average was about 2.5 bags. (it's garbage day). We also generated a bag of recycling, which few other houses put out.
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