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What do you do to help the environment?
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Written on: 30 September 2009 [21:33]
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Yardonn
 
registered since: 22.08.2007
Posts: 160
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Driving: Using a "more than 2000 mpg" vehicle for my personal transport (look at thread Alleweder ) Working hard to have my wife accepting a car with less horsepowers (from 90 to 68...) and a little bit smaller than the previous station van. Success.... Heating: Wood, what else  ?Light: energy saving Lamps and LED-Lamps whenever possible... Food: Some foot from our own plants, but otherwise quit regular  .Future Plans: New House with very good insulation, heating and warm water from wood and thermal solar collectors. Probably we will finally move in in 2010 (working on this Project for many years)... 3kW peak Electric solar panels on the Roof and a 2 kW peak wind generator.# Perhaps i will be able to produce more electric Energy than my family needs (including electric vehicles !). Alleweder 4
http://www.akkurad.com allmost full weather protection for one person at 0 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km CityEl as secondary E-Car |
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Written on: 01 November 2009 [20:23]
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Yardonn
registered since: 22.08.2007
Posts: 160
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Just got the calculated figures for energy consumtion for heating of the house i am building. I am not able to reach a passive heating, because i have to use breathing insolation due to a square framed work construction of the outer wall. But i am getting down to peak enery use of only 6 kW (at -20° Celsius, not very common here...). for 120 m^2 livingspace this will lead long period of purly solar powered Heating (solar.thermal system on the roof...) and very moderate use of wood for the oven. Even thought wood is regenerative Energy, it is important to use not to much because of the polution created when burning wood and the limited production of wood per year. Alleweder 4
http://www.akkurad.com allmost full weather protection for one person at 0 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km CityEl as secondary E-Car |
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Written on: 21 January 2010 [07:45]
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lwalth
 registered since: 09.01.2010
Posts: 16
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Hello, I want to thank all of the people who are trying so hard to help. Recycling is huge, saving energy is also big, sharing rides or getting a very good auto, electric is best, Hybrid is next, then cars that get high gas mileage is good. Then one thing no one is talking about "planting Trees" every tree we plant helps the world it removes Co2, it helps cool, stops bank erosion, gives critters and birds places to live. Please Plant trees, they help us to be carbon Zero. lwalth http://electricdemise.blogspot.com/ Lee A Walth
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Written on: 23 January 2010 [13:25]
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lwalth
registered since: 09.01.2010
Posts: 16
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I would like to say that I feel that cars can make the greatest change to our climate and the National Dept. First by removing gas burning cars from the roads of America will help us get off Middle east oil. Also by replacing gas cars with electric cars we would help the Climate by not dumping C02 and Nox Into the air. this help the Climate a lot. One last thing Building the Electric cars or Air power cars will make a lot of new jobs. also good for the National Dept. lwalth http://electricdemise.blogspot.com/ Lee A Walth
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Written on: 23 January 2010 [18:14]
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Yardonn
registered since: 22.08.2007
Posts: 160
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I fear that cars are not the biggest Problem. i believe (in the non comercial section) heating (and cooling...) have the biggest energy demand (especialy in the USA...) thus producing most Emissions. And the big problem is, that you can greatly reduce traffic if you really wand to, but heating is something people consider to be neccecary to survive. If you have money to spend, i'd rather say insulate your house and/or buy a more effective heating system than buying a greener car. Of course doing both would be the best, but most of us can not print their own money... Alleweder 4
http://www.akkurad.com allmost full weather protection for one person at 0 - 1.5 kWh / 100 km CityEl as secondary E-Car |
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Written on: 31 January 2010 [23:06]
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GatorGlo
registered since: 31.01.2010
Posts: 2
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What about taking care of your green car? I use a new product called 'GatorGlo'. It eliminates the need to use (thereby waste) water while washing your EV. It doesn't get much greener! Right now, they should be selling this stuff nationwide - but I can only find it on Ebay. When are the corporations going to wake up and realize that something doesn't have to destroy the planet to be profitable? ecoadmin wrote:
Ok, you are driving a green car or you are not driving one at all - well done. But what else do you do to help our environment? I start with my own list: -riding a bicycle/walking when going shopping -recyclying of paper, plastic bottles, metal anything accepted by the recycling center -using energy saving light bulbs and turning them off when not in use -trying to avoid plastic bags whenever possible -buying local produce, if avail. organic -heating the house to not more than 20°C (has also has a health benefit!) I am curious what others do...? |
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Written on: 12 October 2010 [05:45]
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helen82
registered since: 12.10.2010
Posts: 1
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To keep the Earth green, We will: Use of plastic bags. We are used to of using new plastic carrier bags, every time we visit store for shopping we use loads of bags from grocery shopping to every day use. We can save our environment by re-using our carrier bags every time we shop. Recycle. We will be contributing in reducing the level of refusals and saving energy also. It is publish that Recycling just two tins of aluminum can save us energy to run TV for 6 hours. |
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Written on: 18 October 2010 [12:03]
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ecoadmin
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registered since: 20.07.2007
Posts: 583
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Hi Helen, welcome to the forums  You are right, re-using plastic bags is a good thing to do. Since I shop all my vegetables at the farm nearby using used plastic bags, my plastic bag consumption has dropped to nearly zero. Plastic bags not only use up resources and energy manufacturing them, but they are a hazard to wildlife when just dumped anywhere. And on top of this who likes to see all this waste on and off streets? Twike 890
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Written on: 08 May 2011 [16:14]
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casstete
registered since: 08.05.2011
Posts: 1
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I drive a Car fitted with a mechanical kit that reduces emissions as well as fuel . I don't believe in Electric cars ( at least not in their present form ) and I believe if we all drive Battery charged Electric cars we gonna need another few hundred Nuclear Powerplants to drive the cars . Until the "TRUE" Tesla car is reinvented ... not the Battery powered Tesla I will stick with this ecopra kit that gives me around 25% emissions reduction and nearly 80 % co2 emissions . I think it makes quite the difference to my Carbon Footprint . From what i know there are at least 5 easy to fit kits that reduce fuel and emissions . The Ecopra kit I use is one of them and needs no modification to engine . Additionaly I am about to purchase a Bedini Solar charger which will generate about 8 times the energy to conventional Photovoltaic System . It requires a Set of Batteries as backend but can then be fed back to Electric Grid . I will need 3-4 panels instead of 20 + for generating the same energy . If you don't know about this it's cause the industry doesn't want you to know.... they want you and wants you to buy Bettery powered environment killers where the componenets are less harmfull for the environment than a hummer . On demand Hydrogen fuel cells are the only way or capturing Radiant Energy like Nikola Tesla's 12 Vacuum Tubes which he inserted when he wanted to drive and "NEVER EVER" charged . Until then I shall be happy with my ecopra kit . |
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Written on: 11 May 2011 [00:12]
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ecoadmin
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Topic creator
registered since: 20.07.2007
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casstete wrote: Additionaly I am about to purchase a Bedini Solar charger which will generate about 8 times the energy to conventional Photovoltaic System . It requires a Set of Batteries as backend but can then be fed back to Electric Grid . I will need 3-4 panels instead of 20 + for generating the same energy . If you don't know about this it's cause the industry doesn't want you to know.... Sounds too good to be true. If it is so easy to generate electricity with the Bedini Solar Charger, why would we need additional nuclear power plants? Your arguments do not make much sense, sorry. I agree, battery powered cars should not run on electricity from nuclear power plants. But if we are able to switch to lighter and smaller cars, drive less and conserve electrical energy elsewhere, electric mobility can be sustainable. Twike 890
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