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Article #82Re: A simple, cost-free way to cut your annual household CO2 emissions by tonnes.
From: Peter Webb
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:54
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:54
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"hot frog" <short@tension.span> wrote in message news:47b83ec1$0$24086$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > 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). > Fine. > Step 2. Use the money you save on electricity to purchase accredited green > energy. > Pointless. Buying "green energy" doesn't increase the generation of green energy. It just subsidises the excess capacity that must be produced to reach the government Minimum Renewable Energy Targets (MRETs), and has no effect whatsoever on how power is actually generated.
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