| The terms go green and renewable energy, tend | | | | more if you caulk drafty windows and doors. To |
| to be used more and more these days? After a | | | | help with our overflowing landfill problems, recycle |
| bit of research I found out why. It is because at | | | | glass, plastic, paper, and yes, even metals like, |
| our present rate of consumption of | | | | aluminum, copper, steel and cast iron. You can |
| non-renewable energy sources, they will be | | | | actually make money by recycling metals, salvage |
| exhausted within the next thirty years. This is not | | | | and metal recycling yards will pay you for scrap |
| widely advertised but maybe it should be. | | | | metals. |
| At any rate, besides being good for our | | | | If you are more serious about saving money on |
| environment, going green can save you a lot of | | | | your energy costs as well as helping with the |
| green. There are many things you can do to help | | | | non-renewable energy shortage, you may want |
| conserve energy, natural resources, and that | | | | to consider solar power. You may be thinking that |
| green stuff you use to buy the groceries, and | | | | solar power is not feasible for your home and if |
| along the way help out with the environment | | | | you are, you could not be further from the truth. |
| which benefits everyone our children and their | | | | The truth of the matter is that solar power has |
| children. | | | | come a long way in past few years. Installing solar |
| Let me start with some of the simpler things you | | | | panels for power and perhaps a hot water solar |
| can do to save money. Start with your vehicle, | | | | heater is not as expensive as you may think and |
| keep it tuned up and check the tire pressure | | | | can help you cut your energy costs in half or |
| regularly; this will give you maximum fuel | | | | more. |
| economy. If you run many errands, sit down the | | | | If you live in the U.S., you can get government |
| day before and plan the route to take in order to | | | | credits for switching to solar power and if your |
| avoid backtracking. Writing it out in list form can | | | | system produces more power than you can use, |
| help you to remember in what order to make | | | | it can be sold back to the power companies. |
| your stops. | | | | Therefore, I ask you, how you can go wrong. |
| Now around the house, you can add insulation to | | | | Using solar power can cut your power bill in half |
| cut down on the amount your a/c and furnace | | | | or eliminated all together and put some green |
| runs. You can cut down how much they run even | | | | back into your pocket. |