Small beneficial Saving!

We are already aware of the fastest ways to conserve energy, so what’s holding us back? It’s as simple as using less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or more, doing the earth a favor while also helping our bank accounts. If we converted half of all light bulbs to compact fluorescents, we would reduce CO2 from lighting by 42.4 million tons a year, or 36 percent. That’s huge! But with all of this knowledge, what is keeping us from trying to help and save our earth?


Electricity is the biggest source of power for U.S. homes, and for every kilowatt-hour used, 2.2 are “lost” as that energy is generated and sent over transmission lines So, even small changes in our habits can scale up to big reductions in carbon production. There are so many minor things that we can do just in our homes that could make an immense change to our climate. For instance, cars and light trucks consume the lion’s share of petroleum used for transportation in the U.S. Little but decent changes in efficiency and driving habits could add up to significant fuel savings. Cars actually end up wasting up to 85 percent of the energy from the fuel in their tanks. But will the low carbon diet really work? From experiments, it was shown that we could mainly conserve CO2 by wasting less energy at home and on the highway. If every single home did this, I don’t even think we could imagine what a vast change it would make to our climate. What do we have to lose?

In my own opinion, I believe that this is a very serious subject that isn’t broadcasted or publicized enough and so it doesn’t seem like such a bid deal, but it is! Just reading about the massive difference it would make is breath taking. I don’t understand why anyone who learns or reads about the substantial affect it could make, wouldn’t just start trying to save energy right at that very moment. It is a serious thing that we all need to consider. And if just a community started saving, I think it would make somewhat a difference in our climate.

From the article I have learned a lot about how much it can affect our climate and simply our earth. It has been calculated on how the energy loss has increased greatly and the outcome has been far greater than was supposedly expected at this time. This happened on our behalf. If it truly was made clear about how important it is to conserve, I think there would be much more participation. About 40 percent of possible cuts could come from measures that save billions of dollars each year.

In conclusion, the point this article is trying to get made is that carbon dioxide cutting is so very important, and not many people truly realize it. I isn’t made clear to most people about why our climate is crashing and so most don’t really get it and so nothing is done about it. Reducing Carbon is a major key to keeping a healthy planet. Our daily doings do make a difference.