'global warming' entries

Joel Makower, writer and speaker on green business issues, writes today on what the polls say about Americans' attitudes about global warming and clean energy. It's an interesting article. Check it out.

If you heat your home with oil (and roughly a third of EnergyRace members report they do) you have a great way to fight global warming: switch to bio-diesel heating oil.

Happy Earth Day. In Earth's honor, why don't you buy a few energy efficient lightbulbs?

My message to people who are dismissive or hostile about the global warming/greenhouse gas problem is this: believe in global warming or not. But the benefits of going green are overwhelming and much broader than climate science.

Here’s an interesting example of the new world we are entering from HybridCars.com. Prius owners in Georgia are unable to pass their auto emissions test during car inspections.

If you don’t mind my making broad generalizations, the EnergyRace community is not particularly aggressive with home compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) use.

We reduced our CO2 emissions by 6 tons last week.

What does recycling have to do with Co2 emissions and global warming? Recycling saves energy and saving energy reduces Co2.