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From: Bobster on 22 Jan 2010 19:13 "." <sustainable.future116(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:24ad8b79-ef89-45bb-87ea-5f4a0531d8d4(a)e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > Dear All, > As you know global warming is endangering the future of life on the > planet. It will also affect us; > rising sea levels, dwindling water supplies, mass deaths due to heat > waves, stoppage of the gulfstream, which > brings milder climate to north of Europe, super hurricanes, less food > due to droughts are some of the effects. > As you also know global warming is produced due to CO2 emissions > coming from burning of fossil fuels. So what > can every single person do to reduce global warming ? > > > 1) Insulation: Do you know that you can save 50% of heating energy > (and money) by insulation ? Especially in > the times the financial crisis, you can make the insulation cheaper > and save the money when oil, natural gas and > coal prices are higher due to higher demand. What needs to be > insulated ? Firstly the Roof, since warmer air > goes up, then the windows (tripple glass or at least dual glass and > shutters for additional insulation at night, > and in summer time), then the outer walls. Also small cracks, leaks in > weatherstrips etc should be eliminated. > An infrared inspection of your house for heat losses would be the best > way to find out what else can be done. > A wintergarden will help heating your house additionally in winter > time. > > 2) Using rechargable batteries instead of alkaline batteries, and > charge them during less demand ours like at night > will also save a lot of energy and money. > > 3) Lightning; the use of Compact fluorescent lamps instead of > traditioanl light bulbs will save 80% of energy, the > use of very new LED lamps will save even more. > > 4) Buying local. Most of the energy is spent for transportation of > imported goods, especially food. By buying local > made food you not only save a lot of energy, but also create more jobs > at home. > > 5) Heating; there are several way to save energy and money by changing > the heating method; you can use the free heat of the nature by adding > a solar thermal equipment to heat the water for taking showers and > also to heat your home. Additionally you can use a heating pump, which > funtions like a reverse fridge; it takes the heat of the outside and > transfers it to your home. You use much much less energy to do this > (electricity to pump a liquid). > > 6) Your car; by buying a hybrid car you save 30% of fuel, by > converting your car to CNG (compressed natural gas) you can save a lot > of CO2, since CNG has much less carbon but more hydrogen, which will > result in water (CH4 instead of C8H18). CNG will also result in much > more energy output per mass. The conversion is not very expensive. It > is totally save, since the storage has to resist a certain pressure. > Of course there are also other smaller things you have to consider: > - Each 60 pounds increases fuel consumption by 10%. > - Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration, and hard braking) > wastes gas. It can lower your highway gas > mileage 33% and city mileage 5%. > - Drive at lowest and constant rpms; 2000 rpm are enough; you can save > up to 30%. Even a Porsche can be driven > at the 4th gear at 20 mph and at the 6th gear at 50 mph with 2.5 > times less fuel consumption. > - Avoid high speeds. Driving 75 mph, rather than 65 mph, could cut > your fuel economy by 15%. > - Use air conditioning only when necessary > - Keep tires properly inflated and aligned to improve your gasoline > mileage by around 3.3%. > - Replace clogged air filters to improve gas mileage by as much as 10% > and protect your engine > - Combine errands into one trip. Several short trips, each one taken > from a cold start, can use twice as much fuel > as one trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm. Do > not forget that in the first mile your car uses > 8 times more fuel, in the second mile 4 times and only after the > fourth mile it becomes normal > > 7) Buying A++ or A+++ equipments. The extra money you pay for this > will be back in 1-2 years. It will save a lot of > CO2. > > 8) Try to save also energy at your job; you can do it by insulation, > more efficient processes, heat recovery, more > efficient pumps/engines, low temperature processses, material > saving, water savings, optimization, automatic > turning off of unnecessary energy using processes, control if some > processes are really necessary (the change > of some processes makes other processes sometimes unnecesarry on > which nobody has thought about). > > 9) Solar cells for your own home; at the moment solar cells are very > cheap since there is an overproduction. > These cells can operate a fridge for example. > > Regards. I'm concerned about the CO2 that you exhale when you breath. Please stop breathing so we can reduce global warming.
From: John Pollard on 22 Jan 2010 20:56 Bobster wrote: > "." <sustainable.future116(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:24ad8b79-ef89-45bb-87ea-5f4a0531d8d4(a)e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... >> Dear All, >> As you know global warming is endangering the future of life on the >> planet. It will also affect us; >> rising sea levels, dwindling water supplies, mass deaths due to heat >> waves, stoppage of the gulfstream, which >> brings milder climate to north of Europe, super hurricanes, less food >> due to droughts are some of the effects. >> As you also know global warming is produced due to CO2 emissions >> coming from burning of fossil fuels. So what >> can every single person do to reduce global warming ? >> >> >> 1) Insulation: Do you know that you can save 50% of heating energy >> (and money) by insulation ? Especially in >> the times the financial crisis, you can make the insulation cheaper >> and save the money when oil, natural gas and >> coal prices are higher due to higher demand. What needs to be >> insulated ? Firstly the Roof, since warmer air >> goes up, then the windows (tripple glass or at least dual glass and >> shutters for additional insulation at night, >> and in summer time), then the outer walls. Also small cracks, leaks >> in weatherstrips etc should be eliminated. >> An infrared inspection of your house for heat losses would be the >> best way to find out what else can be done. >> A wintergarden will help heating your house additionally in winter >> time. >> >> 2) Using rechargable batteries instead of alkaline batteries, and >> charge them during less demand ours like at night >> will also save a lot of energy and money. >> >> 3) Lightning; the use of Compact fluorescent lamps instead of >> traditioanl light bulbs will save 80% of energy, the >> use of very new LED lamps will save even more. >> >> 4) Buying local. Most of the energy is spent for transportation of >> imported goods, especially food. By buying local >> made food you not only save a lot of energy, but also create more >> jobs at home. >> >> 5) Heating; there are several way to save energy and money by >> changing the heating method; you can use the free heat of the nature >> by adding a solar thermal equipment to heat the water for taking >> showers and also to heat your home. Additionally you can use a >> heating pump, which funtions like a reverse fridge; it takes the >> heat of the outside and transfers it to your home. You use much much >> less energy to do this (electricity to pump a liquid). >> >> 6) Your car; by buying a hybrid car you save 30% of fuel, by >> converting your car to CNG (compressed natural gas) you can save a >> lot of CO2, since CNG has much less carbon but more hydrogen, which >> will result in water (CH4 instead of C8H18). CNG will also result in >> much more energy output per mass. The conversion is not very >> expensive. It is totally save, since the storage has to resist a >> certain pressure. Of course there are also other smaller things you >> have to consider: - Each 60 pounds increases fuel consumption by 10%. >> - Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration, and hard braking) >> wastes gas. It can lower your highway gas >> mileage 33% and city mileage 5%. >> - Drive at lowest and constant rpms; 2000 rpm are enough; you can >> save up to 30%. Even a Porsche can be driven >> at the 4th gear at 20 mph and at the 6th gear at 50 mph with 2.5 >> times less fuel consumption. >> - Avoid high speeds. Driving 75 mph, rather than 65 mph, could cut >> your fuel economy by 15%. >> - Use air conditioning only when necessary >> - Keep tires properly inflated and aligned to improve your gasoline >> mileage by around 3.3%. >> - Replace clogged air filters to improve gas mileage by as much as >> 10% and protect your engine >> - Combine errands into one trip. Several short trips, each one taken >> from a cold start, can use twice as much fuel >> as one trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm. Do >> not forget that in the first mile your car uses >> 8 times more fuel, in the second mile 4 times and only after the >> fourth mile it becomes normal >> >> 7) Buying A++ or A+++ equipments. The extra money you pay for this >> will be back in 1-2 years. It will save a lot of >> CO2. >> >> 8) Try to save also energy at your job; you can do it by insulation, >> more efficient processes, heat recovery, more >> efficient pumps/engines, low temperature processses, material >> saving, water savings, optimization, automatic >> turning off of unnecessary energy using processes, control if some >> processes are really necessary (the change >> of some processes makes other processes sometimes unnecesarry on >> which nobody has thought about). >> >> 9) Solar cells for your own home; at the moment solar cells are very >> cheap since there is an overproduction. >> These cells can operate a fridge for example. > I'm concerned about the CO2 that you exhale when you breath. Please > stop breathing so we can reduce global warming. For once; I think, I can completely agree with you. But I don't understand how the original post you're replying to, got here - I don't have any record of that post here before, and I can't see where I have blocked the sender. -- John Pollard news://<YOUR-NNTP-NEWSERVER-HERE>/alt.comp.software.financial.quicken Your source of user-to-user Quicken help
From: David H. Lipman on 22 Jan 2010 23:25 From: "John Pollard" <8plus7isf(a)gmail.com> | For once; I think, I can completely agree with you. | But I don't understand how the original post you're replying to, got | here - I don't have any record of that post here before, and I can't see | where I have blocked the sender. Yes, that's why *NEVER* quote spam ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: R. C. White on 22 Jan 2010 23:28 Hi, John. I see the original post, by the poster known only as "." (a single period) at 1:10 pm (Texas Time) on 1/21/2010. No matter the right or wrong of the contents of the post, it's inappropriate for THIS newsgroup. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.) rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Using Quicken Deluxe 2010 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64) "John Pollard" <8plus7isf(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hjdl0d$e9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Bobster wrote: >> "." <sustainable.future116(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:24ad8b79-ef89-45bb-87ea-5f4a0531d8d4(a)e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... >>> Dear All, >>> As you know global warming is endangering the future of life on the >>> planet. It will also affect us; <SNIP> >>> These cells can operate a fridge for example. > >> I'm concerned about the CO2 that you exhale when you breath. Please >> stop breathing so we can reduce global warming. > > For once; I think, I can completely agree with you. > > But I don't understand how the original post you're replying to, got > here - I don't have any record of that post here before, and I can't see > where I have blocked the sender. > > -- > > John Pollard
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