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Green Your Home
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 03:14 PM
By: Adam Beazley
Over 21% of all the carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. come from the energy used in homes.
Most of the carbon dioxide emissions are created by the local “dirty” coal burning electricity plants. In fact, your home is generally responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than your car. So, in this section we will show you what you can do to reduce your portion of those CO2 emissions and save some money in the process.
There are many different ways we can accomplish huge carbon dioxide emission reductions in our homes, from simply reducing heat loss and increasing efficiency to adapting alternative energies. Not only can you virtually eliminate your net CO2 emissions, but you can drastically decrease your monthly energy cost as well.
The benefits don’t stop there, a carbon free “green” environment has obvious health benefits which promotes a more active and productive lifestyle for you and your family. Also, taking yourself “off the grid” and living a carbon neutral existence also gives you a sense of empowerment and liberation, as you are no longer dependent on any corporate business or municipality to supply your energy needs.
The government and even the utility companies want you to increase your homes efficiency, due to the fact that they cannot keep up with the ever increasing energy consumption. The exponential population growth combined with shrinking oil and coal supply puts a huge burden on utility companies who will soon be overwhelmed by the energy demand.
It is because of this that the federal government, state government and even local utility companies are offering rebates, benefits and tax breaks to home owners who increase their home’s energy efficiency. Even mortgage companies are jumping on board offering low interest Energy Efficient Mortgages to promote energy efficiency in the home.
Carbon Neutrality should be the ultimate end goal and no matter which way you choose to get there, weather it be solar power, wind power or carbon offsets, it all starts by increasing your home’s energy efficiency.
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By Berry Tree on 03/08/2008
Main source would be letting appliance plugged after use. In my opinion unplugging appliances like microwave, coffee maker or toaster will save alot of energy and cuts down emission.
