Consider the environment when
you make major decisions
You will reduce stress and save weeks of your life spent commuting,
while achieving a major reduction in your carbon-dioxide emissions
for years to come.
- When buying a house, buy a house no larger than you need.
Larger homes and cars are responsible most for our increasing energy
use in recent years, and a major contributor to global climate change.
If you can afford more, put your money in energy-efficiency, not
size.
- Buy the most energy-efficient home you can afford.
Super-windows and super-insulation can not only save you money
in the long-run, they can reduce your up front cost by reducing
the size of the heating and air-conditioning system needed - they
can even eliminate the need for air-conditioning even in hot climates!
- Web sites for more information
Buying a car
"The choice of vehicle that you drive has a greater effect on the
environment than any other choice you make as a consumer." From
the Union of Concerned Scientists
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Buy the right size of car for your everyday needs
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Buy the most fuel efficient in its class -it
often uses 50% less gas than the most efficient
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Support new technologies when buying a car -
consider a hybrid gasoline/electric car like the Toyota Prius
or the Honda Insight that get over 50 mpg.
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Don't buy an SUV!
Driving an SUV puts over 8 tons of CO2 per year into the
atmosphere, if you drive the American average of 9,000 miles
per year-twice as much as the average car. Larger cars and
homes are the major contributors to our increasing energy
use in recent years.
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