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Originally Posted by suntrack2
1. change a light, replacing one regular light(bulb) with a compact fluroscent bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
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But adds mercury to the environment if the bulb breaks or is not recycled properly (something most folks either don't realize or don't have access to the necessary infrastructure to do.)
It's a trade-off. I can't recycle these bulbs from here, and fluorescent bulbs cause me other forms of grief, so I'm sticking with my own stock of incandescents for now. A better option will turn up sooner or later.
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4. avoid products with lot of packaging, you can save 1200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
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Tell that to retailers who insist upon wrapping everything in layers of clamshell packaging MacGuyver couldn't get open with the Jaws of Life and explosives he mixed from old bubble gum, and something labeled 1997 he found growing in the back of some fridge.
The most important thing you can do to help the environment is to support modern nuclear energy and research into improved fission and ultimately, fusion reactors.
Brian Dunning had a very good Skeptico podcast episode on that subject on the... hmm... 19th? Well worth listening to.