From Rags to Riches

If you're like me you may have several old tee-shirts, jeans in the closet that are too holey to wear anymore.  While it's sometimes hard to let these old friends go, it feels good to know I can turn these rags into riches and help the environment at the same time!

When you think about the benefits it's a no brainer: 

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• Save trees - If every household in the United States reduced their consumption of paper towels by 1 roll per week if would save 544,000 trees! WOW!
• Save cash $- An average family of four uses between 1.5 and 2 rolls of papertowels a week. At approximately $2.00 per roll you could expect to save between $150.00 and $200.00 this year just by cutting up your old Tee-Shirts!  
• More closet space -So you can take the money you save on paper towels and buy new clothes...which someday may turn bag into rags! 

Green Tips for Wash Day

When possible, wash clothes in cold water. About 90% of the energy used in a clothes washer goes to water heating.

Make sure your dryer's outside vent is clear and clean the lint filter after every load. The dryer runs more effceintly and a clogged vent and flter can be a fire hazard. 

Hang your clothes out to dry. We are a family of 4 so we do anywhere from 10 -15 loads of laundry per week. Based on the current electricity costs in our area and the kilowatts rating on our dryer we save almost $30.00 per month by hanging our clothes out on the line. You use no energy, your clothes smell great.

How to Generate Free Electricty at Home

Nikola Tesla was a man ahead of his time who discovered how to generate free electricity. He determined that the air around the earth traps the energy produced by positivity of the sun and the negativity earth. This energy is available, all the time, for FREE! After his death, his plans and notes explaining how to tap into this free energy were mysteriously missing. Check out this video below. I found this on youtube and it demonstrates how his plans can be used to build a portable generator possible of producing free electricity out of thin air.






These circuits are so easy to build that they say even a 10 year old can do it. Find out everything you need to know to start generating free electricity for yourself now!

5 Tips To Go Green and Save Money At The Pump

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Leave Earlier, Drive Slower, Save More! Every 5 mph that you drive over 60 miles an hour is basically paying an additional $0.20 per gallon for gasoline. Slowing down can save you money at the pump! 

Use cruise control - Using cruise control will keep your car going at a constant speed. When you don't use cruise control, your speed will vary by a few miles an hour as your vehicle travels up and down hills. If you accelerate too much, you waste gas. If you slow down then accelerate again you use more gas. Staying at a constant speed will save on your miles per gallon.

Remove excess weight - If your car has books, golf clubs, tools, clothes etc, take them out of your car. Extra weight means it takes more fuel to get up to speed.

Drive Sensibly Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. It can also lower your chances of causing or getting into an accident, your stress level and the amount you pay at the pump!

Do one Stop Shopping - Don't drive from store to store or make multiple trips to town. Do it all at once whenever possible. The constant stopping and starting will waste gas and adds more harmful waste to the environment.

If everyone could make a few simple changes to they way they drive and use their vehicles over time, we would have a dramatic impact on the environment and save more money at the pump!

 

Let off the Gas and Save Some Green

Look for opportunities to let off the gas and save some green.

If you're like me you probably drive the same routes each week, work, home, the store. Look ahead and let up on the gas earlier to save on the gas you would normally use by pressing on the gas pedal.

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Coasting to a stop at the light or up behind a line of cars won't cost you much time during your overall commute but it will help the environment and put more green in your pocket.

Using CFLs Can Save You up to 75% Off Your Lighting Costs!

At this time of year, in the North East, it's pretty dark most of the time when we're home. My wife and I slowly (over time) have replaced the standard incandescent light bulbs we had in the house with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Because they don't require the energy draw of a conventional bulb they are more efficient and have a lower impact on the environment.

If you're in the dark about CFLs (sorry couldn't resist that) you owe it to yourself to head down to HomeDepot or your neighborhood hardware store and pick some up.The CFLs last longer, they are an easy way to go green and reportedly will save you up to 75% off lighting costs.

Green Energy 101

Author: Darewin Amio Ocampo

Green energy is a classification which covers all forms and sources of energy that are are known as non-polluting and therefore environment friendly. Common examples of eco-friendly power sources are geothermal, wind, solar, and hydro sources. Nuclear power can also be classified as green energy because of the amount of energy it can produce with very minimal costs. Nuclear power possesses the two main requirements from an energy source to be considered green, and those are low carbon emissions and little pollution. Many though argue that nuclear energy should not be labeled green because of the dangers it poses like radiation, radioactive wastes and possible reactor meltdowns.

Green energy is mostly considered when it comes to the production of electrical power. The United Nations is the world's leader in the campaign to promote widespread use of green energy. The UN urges consumers, businesses, and organizations to purchase green energy to help fund the continuous research and development for such resources as well as to reduce the harmful effects of current energy generation processes and also aid lead to their nation's energy independence. Renewable energy certificates such as green certificates and green tags are also being distributed to allow consumers and business to support green energy and its information campaign.

Other Names

There are other terms that can be used interchangeably with green energy such as renewable energy, alternative energy, clean energy ,clean technologies, non-polluting energy and non-fossil-fuel source. Green energy and green power are also used to refer to electricity generated from green sources. Brown energy, on the other hand, is often used to denote non-green sources.

Green Sources

Green energy covers all natural energy generating process that can produce energy with little pollution such as anaerobic digestion, geothermal power, wind power, small-scale hydro-power, solar energy, biomass power, tidal power, and wave power fall. Incineration can also be considered green though many protest of the acidic emissions it produces. There is no energy source that is completely pollution free but green energy generation has reduced its pollutant by-products to very minimal amounts.

Comparison to Brown Sources

Studies show that Nuclear, Hydro, and Wind lead by Biosphere Technology produce far less greenhouse emissions that all other sources of energy. It is therefore believed that continues use of the said green energy sources can stop further worsening of global warming and might even provide room for atmospheric healing. The World Health Organization claims that out air pollution kills more than 3 million people annually. More deaths are added by hurricanes, flooding, and other weather abnormalities caused by global warming.

Potentials

Green energy sources generally produce less energy compared to brown sources, but a new classification processed termed as biosphere technology has been discovered which is believed to have the potential to surpass brown technologies in terms of energy efficiency. Moreover, biosphere classification generates green electricity through the very efficient and controlled combustion of solid wastes, thus solving both energy generation and waste disposal problems.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/green-energy-101-3329324.html

About the Author

Darewin Amio Ocampo is a technical writer for the Search Engine Optimization Department of True Bio Electric - a company belonging to the True Green Energy Group. TBE converts your waste into clean green electricity using the revolutionary Biosphere Technology