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Article #87Re: A simple, cost-free way to cut your annual household CO2 emissions by tonnes.
From: hot frog
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:04
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:04
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"Peter Webb" <webbfamily@DIESPAMDIEoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:47b91d9d$0$25392$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > > "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. Retailers are audited to check they haven't counted their GreenPower purchases towards their mandatory requirements to purchase renewable energy under Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET). http://www.greenpower.gov.au/what-accreditation-means.aspx
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