Posted by
CHARLY in FLORIDA, USA on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:14:06 PM
What is a "Good Guy"? (or gal) It is a
patriotic person? Is it being nice to everybody? Is it being a good
parent?...or is it a lot more than that? I got to thinking about this the
other day while driving and mentally began to jot down some things that must
define a GG. For starters, how about cutting down on the energy each of us use every day. We can ya know!
- Reducing your own personal energy use - by
using fluorescent bulbs in every single socket in your home.
- Driving a smaller 4 cyl car. We just
simply have to get rid of this ego that says we have to have big V6 or V-8 fuel-inefficient vehicles for our personal running-around. 20 - 25 mpg
combined obviously is just not getting it done!
- Another thing we could all do is TURN OUT
THE LIGHTS WHEN WE LEAVE THE ROOM!
- Turn off you computer
overnight.
- Put your pool pump on a timer. Don't run
it 24/7
- Replace outside security light bulbs with
more efficient ones that don't "leak" light up toward the sky.
- Turn you A/C up just 2 degrees and your
furnace down by 2 degrees. Cold?...put on a sweater. Hot?...take it off.
- Limit your trips to one a week...combine
your errands and appointments. Avg Cost Per Mile is now over 70 cents.
- Use the WWII slogan: "Is this trip really
necessary?"
Folks, we must do something to reduce our
energy use in this country - Now! Or, we will soon have no oil for gasoline,
then what? If the Arabs cut us off again we are cooked. Hydro-electric dams are
ruining our rivers, coal-fired plants are ruining the air we all breath. And
the pollution from these activities is ruining our land. And yet we ban the
safest form of energy - Nuclear, because of some ill-founded fears and
misinformation. France gets 77% from nuclear, Japan 35% while we get only 19%. Surely we are a lot smarter than that.
Remember the phrase: Charity starts at
home? Well, energy saving starts at home - with you - today! That is part of
what being a Conservative is all about. You CONSERVE!
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