Re: A simple way to increase your annual household CO2 emissions by tonnes.

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From: Sir John Howard
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:17

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John Henderson wrote:
> hot frog wrote:
>
> > Here is a simple, cost-free method most households can use to
> > reduce their CO2 emissions, literally by tonnes.
> >
> > Step 1. Replace any incandescent light bulbs in your home,
> > that are left on for several hours a night, with compact
> > fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
> >
> > Step 2. Use the money you save on electricity to purchase
> > accredited green energy.
>
> That's excellent advice.  I replaced my household incandescent
> bulbs with CFLs back in the late 1980s, when they first came
> out (they were heavy, with iron-core electromagnetic ballasts
> back then).  One of those first CFCs (Philips SL13) is still in
> daily operation.
>
> About 15 years ago, I started having cold showers instead of
> warm (all year).  This saves water as well a truly enormous
> amount of energy/electricity/gas, as there's no incentive to
> linger too long.  And I've never been healthier - no infections
> requiring antibiotics since then.
>
> Transportation is another major energy consumer for most of us.
> http://envirofuel.com.au/ is a good site for information.
>
> John

I think this is all pretty stupid. I have all, high wattage
incandescent bulbs in my house and I have them on all night. Same with
all the outside lights.

And I make sure we all have long, hot showers every night.

Fuck global warming. I was the sea levels to rise enough to drown the
Maldives!

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