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Cool AC Savings

May 16, 2020 Comments Off on Cool AC Savings

Keep your AC unit cool.  Loosely cover the condenser or window-mounted unit (don’t restrict air-flow, which will increase electricity use); put an awning over it; or plant a tree that will shade the unit.  Any of these measures can save energy and up to 10% on your AC costs.

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Once You’ve Unwrapped Those Gifts….

December 21, 2019 Comments Off on Once You’ve Unwrapped Those Gifts….

DON’T BURN THAT GIFT WRAP IN YOUR FIREPLACE!  The metals and ink in much of the paper cause many fires each year and send harmful particulates into the air we breathe.

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[For more easy, money-saving, Earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Germ-Crusted Dishes?

October 21, 2017 Comments Off on Germ-Crusted Dishes?

Air-dried dishes (rack or open dishwasher) are in no greater danger of gathering germs than  heat-drying them in the machine.  Yet heat drying can use at least an extra 25 kilowatt hours a year.  (If you’re really concerned about germs, avoid that dish towel that’s been reused and sitting around.)

[For more easy, money-saving, Earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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It’s More than Air and Water

February 4, 2017 Comments Off on It’s More than Air and Water

Bad water.  Sickening air.  That’s what comes to mind when we hear that we should “go green.”  But the problem is larger.

This chart lists the major environmental issues we are facing and need to address.

 

Something to think about…and act on.

 

 

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Suspicions re: Air Traffic

April 26, 2013 2 comments

Call me suspicious. Or jaded. Or weary. I’m glad that Congress is speeding a sequester-necessitated bill through to switch funds so that all air traffic controllers can get back to work, meaning the end to flight delays and cancellations. Travelers can give a sigh of relief. But what if the situation affected only travelers? What if business were not being affected, like delays in transporting goods and important people? Would the speed of the bill be closer to 20 mph than 150 mph?

 

 

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