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Posted by britstarfan 47 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
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5 Steps
Now I don't claim to be an eco-warrior but there are some things that you can do that are so easy and simple that there's almost no excuse not to. Here's a list of 5 such simple steps you could take to start the journey towards a greener life:

 

Don't leave gadgets on standby. According to green experts a video recorder left one standby uses about 85% of the power it would use when actually playing a tape. And TVs left on standby fare little better. One gadget it's easy to forget too is the mobile phone charger, which draws power even when athey aren't attached to a mobile phone. All this would seem to just save the consumer a few pennies, but the pennies soon add up, and the experts reckon that if everyone in the UK just turned their TVs off at night rather than leaving them on standby it would save enough energy per year to illuminate 250,000 Premiumship football matches. And, if pushing the button on the front of the telly rather than one on the remote seems too irksome, then just buy one of these green power strips and use your remote to turn off a whole host of gadgets at the same time.

 

Don't use the car for short journeys like that short jaunt to the local shops. Walking or cycling there instead is not only greener but better for you too!

 

Use less water when cooking or making the tea by only boiling the amount of water you need for your cup of tea, or when cooking vegetables by cutting them into smaller pieces which cook faster.

 

Change to energy saving lightbulbs. They use only about 20% as much as traditional filament bulbs without sacrificing any of the brightness. And now they're turning up in the major supermarkets at some very low prices, they pay for themselves in reduced energy costs all that much sooner.

 

Put a half a brick in your cistern. If you've got a toilet with an easily accessible cistern, putting half a brick inside it, or one of those bags made for the purpose, or some similar object wil help reduce the amount of water used with each toilet flush. Just make sure it doesn't interfere with the mechanism inside or block an inlet or outflow pipes.

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Posted by britstarfan 48 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
It is now legal to make up to 2,500 litres of your own biodiesel, read more »
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Posted by gbadmin 64 days ago (http://greenbargainsblog.com)
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