Going Green Solar Power Energy Generation
Guide
Going Green By Changing Your Lifestyle
By James J Dixon
You can take action and reduce the amount of greenhouse
gasses released into the atmosphere by reducing your
carbon footprint and going green. One option, is to
drive your car less often, only for long trips. If you
need to go to the corner store for bread and milk, you
can walk, or ride a bicycle.
By walking around your neighbourhood you will get more
regular exercise and may even notice an improvement
in your health. If you need to carry a larger load,
you can purchase a long-handled cart that can hold a
few shopping bags. If you have several stops at several
places, plan a circuit to follow, then walk between
them all, but do not stress and exhaust yourself by
crisscrossing all over the place.
Another option for going green, for short and longer
distances, is to take a ride on a bicycle. A secured
wicker basket on the handlebars can probably hold your
bread and milk when you are shopping from the food store,
for a zero-emission ride back home.
Riding Your Bicycle Through The Neighbourhood
Riding your bicycle, will allow you to see and know
more about your neighbourhood area and gaining plenty
of exercise at the same time. Even if you are unsure
of the safety of main roads for cyclists, with trial
and error, you will find quieter and safer alternative
routes along your way home.
Some road trips are too long for either walking or cycling.
For these routes, your alternative may be a good transit
system. Many transit systems are switching to environmentally
friendly vehicles, and in many major cities there are
underground railways using electrical power.
Some cities with train systems have begun to use wind
power to run these systems. As a result, you have more
options for reducing carbon emissions even if you have
to travel long distances around your town.
Driving Your Car To Work And Car Sharing With Your
Work Colleagues
There are times when you cannot avoid using a car.
If you have a fuel efficient, hybrid or an electric
car, then you can reduce your carbon footprint. If you
have a gas guzzler, you should look at sharing with
others, to help reduce the impact of too many cars on
our roads. Car sharing is a fantastic concept when you
can travel with your work colleagues to your place of
work, all in one car.
Another option, is to locate a local ZipCar, Auto Share,
or another form of car sharing setup anywhere near your
home. These companies have arrangements where people
can use a car only for the time they need it, and then
return the car.
In a major city especially, where the air is clogged
with exhaust fumes and you are concerned about idling
and high parking fees, a car rental system is often
a better idea.
Ideas For Purchasing A New Car
If you are looking for a new car, then you should look
for a fuel efficient, hybrid or an electric car. For
example, the Toyota Prius is a hybrid car that has been
on our roads for years, and more car manufacturing companies
are releasing their own fuel efficient gas-electric
hybrid cars.
All electric, battery powered cars are also becoming
more widely available. These are different from hybrids
and do not burn any gas at all, and therefore have reduced
emissions. As the prices for these cars are coming down,
they are becoming more affordable.
Living A Green Lifestyle
There are many other ways you can contribute to the
fight against global warming by going green. For example
you can change your eating and buying habits, recycle
all your recyclables, reducing the need for creating
more landfills.
Taking a walk, cycling, or even switching to a more
fuel efficient vehicle will help to improve the health
of our planet and helping to improve your own health.
These options are some of the many benefits of going
green.
About the Author:
James J Dixon has written a number of articles on recycling,
waste management and renewable resources including
Environmental Jobs,
Waste Water,
Disposal Of Plastics.
Look out for new articles as they become available on
this site.
Little Known Electric Car Facts.....
How does an electric car affect the environment?
The first thing that needs to be
addressed is that electric cars, depending on how the
fuel cells are created, are not entirely environmentally
friendly. Yes, they do not use gasoline and do not give
off any emissions but some models do have power grids
that use coal.
There are models of power grids
that are being developed that do away with the use of
coal. Even with using coal for the power grids, electric
cars are a vast, vast improvement over gasoline vehicles
and as a result are much better for the environment.
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