Newsweek has a great cover story this week regarding the presidential candidates and their environmental policies and potential (I suggest everyone read it). Following that story is another with 10 fixes for the planet. I'm going to highlight a few in my blog and suggest you check out the whole story here. Seriously, you should all try a few of these, or beer prices will go up (or beer will go away in general). This is a serious fact and not an idle threat like kids at the playground used to make. You know, you better do my homework or Santa Claus will die. No? Maybe that was just my playground...LED LIGHT BLUBS - these lights really do reduce energy consumption and are WAY less depressing than fluorescents.
PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS - Plastic doesn't have to be our enemy forever. Using plastic for solar cells is reducing the cost so that one day (very soon) solar cells will be a practical purpose for the everyday home owner/renter. Go to any technology site/blog and search solar and you can see just how popular this idea is becoming. Perhaps recycled plastic solar cells are in the works!
COLD WATER WASHING - I wash all my clothes in cold water already, but I just read in the article that if everyone changed from washing laundry in hot to cold water that alone would be meet 8 percent of the United States' Kyoto targets. You know, because they're so high.
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Another easy tip: Take the train!
"According to U.S. Department of Energy data, Amtrak is 17 percent more efficient than domestic airline travel and 21 percent more efficient than auto travel on a per-passenger-mile basis. When combined with all modes of transportation, passenger railroads emit only 0.2 percent of the travel industry's total greenhouse gases."
I guess Amtrak is doing something right. Sure, the mascot looks like a doped up booger with a hat, but at least it's a good start.
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=WSArticlePage&pagename=WhistleStop%2FWSArticlePage%2FBlank_Template&cid=1173376444507&WT.mc_t=TravelGreen_04-2008&WT.mc_n=ARTEPageLink&WT.mc_r=14
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