What If We All Did Just a Little Bit
source: http://nerdnirvana.org/2010/06/23/environment-what-if-we-all-did-just-a-little-bit/
I came across this composite of environmental savings. This is awe inspiring. I plan on introducing these changes into my home.
If every American switched just one light bulb to a 13 watt CFL bulb you would save $700 billion annually and 9 billion lbs of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
If 20 million homes in the US installed a timed thermostat to turn down the temperature while they are out of the house the average home would save $180/year while the combined 20 million homes would save $3.6 billion annually. This would also save 41 billion lbs of CO2 per year.
If 20 million homes reduced their water heater temperature by 10 degrees 1.18 billion would be saved annually and 14.6 billion lbs of CO2 emissions would be saved nation wide.
If 20 million people switched to low flow shower heads 401 billion gallons of water would be saved each year as well as 6.4 billion dollars in water and electric bills.
If we did these four small things we would save $12.5 billion, 64.6 billion lbs of CO2 and 401 billion gallons of water.
http://nerdnirvana.org/2010/06/23/environment-what-if-we-all-did-just-a-little-b...
If every American switched just one light bulb to a 13 watt CFL bulb you would save $700 billion annually and 9 billion lbs of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
If 20 million homes in the US installed a timed thermostat to turn down the temperature while they are out of the house the average home would save $180/year while the combined 20 million homes would save $3.6 billion annually. This would also save 41 billion lbs of CO2 per year.
If 20 million homes reduced their water heater temperature by 10 degrees 1.18 billion would be saved annually and 14.6 billion lbs of CO2 emissions would be saved nation wide.
If 20 million people switched to low flow shower heads 401 billion gallons of water would be saved each year as well as 6.4 billion dollars in water and electric bills.
If we did these four small things we would save $12.5 billion, 64.6 billion lbs of CO2 and 401 billion gallons of water.
http://nerdnirvana.org/2010/06/23/environment-what-if-we-all-did-just-a-little-b...
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