Re: A simple, cost-free way to cut your annual household CO2 emissions by tonnes.

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From: Rifty
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:31

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Peter Webb <webbfamily@DIESPAMDIEoptusnet.com.au> wrote:

> "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.
 
Absolutely right.  This idea simply means a transfer of responsibility
for the pollutants and won't make a bleedin ounce of difference to the
actual amount in the air.

Rifty
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From: rifty@tpg.com.au (Rifty)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:31:25 +1100
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