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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: 156
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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: 156
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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
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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: 156
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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
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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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