Do you think that you recycle enough? Do
good for the planet? There's a nifty
little game from american public radio
that you can play to see what would happen
if everyone in the world lived as you do.
find it at www.consumerconsequences.o
rg It's pretty interesting.
Are you living a sustainable life?
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Birch
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Posted: 09-25-07 21:01pm
That was pretty cool.
I was at 2.2 (the number of Earths it
would take to sustain everyone if everyone
lived like me) and that's pretty amazing
considering how conscious we are about it.
I'm not sure what else we can do - I
would like to install a solar panel in our
house, but it is ironically very
expensive. Every lightbulb is one of
those energy sustaining ones; and I'll
tell you what we haven't had to replace a
lightbulb in two years. If we didn't have
a flock of dogs I could have a garden.
*sigh* If only our society was set up
more to be eco conscious.
I can't wait til my bike gets here.
*sigh*
Thanks for posting that Heather; it was
really interesting.
I wish we lived closer. I would like to
hang out w/ you. *love*
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Tylanas
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Posted: 09-25-07 21:23pm
I was at 2.7, but it was hard for me to
calculate it since I live in a dorm.
Technically, ALL of my meals are prepared
"out of the home", except that it's all
dining hall food, and made just like you'd
make your own food at home.
Secondly, aside from cheating and saying
my nonexistent car gets 100% fuel
efficiency, there's no way to take out the
car factor, except that I don't own one.
I had no way to calculate the expendeture
on electricity so I left them blank. We
have a coal plant right next to the campus
and a nuke plant about 15 miles away. On a
good clear day you can see both lol.
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young Girl
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Posted: 09-25-07 21:26pm
whoa
mine was 5.7
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lonestarguy
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Oh No! Posted: 09-25-07 21:38pm
sillyakchick
wrote:
Do you think that you
recycle enough? Do good for the planet?
There's a nifty little game from american
public radio that you can play to see what
would happen if everyone in the world
lived as you do. find it at www.consumerconsequences.o
rg It's pretty interesting.
Are you living a sustainable
life?
Gadzooks, I'm ashamed. I was at 3.5. Guess
I won't be asked to join one of the first
moon colonies!
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young Girl
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Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 13932 Location: everythings better in, texas USA
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Posted: 09-25-07 21:59pm
i feel so bad
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 09-26-07 09:25am
Birch
wrote:
That was pretty cool.
I was at 2.2 (the number of Earths it
would take to sustain everyone if everyone
lived like me) and that's pretty amazing
considering how conscious we are about it.
I'm not sure what else we can do - I
would like to install a solar panel in our
house, but it is ironically very
expensive. Every lightbulb is one of
those energy sustaining ones; and I'll
tell you what we haven't had to replace a
lightbulb in two years. If we didn't have
a flock of dogs I could have a garden.
*sigh* If only our society was set up
more to be eco conscious.
I can't wait til my bike gets here.
*sigh*
Thanks for posting that Heather; it was
really interesting.
I wish we lived closer. I would like to
hang out w/ you.
*love*
You are in luck Birchie! They have just
developed solar panels which are going to
be available at a mere 1/3 the cost of
traditional solar panels at Colorado State
university. They are building a factory
as we speak, a mere 1.5 miles from where I
live. Lower cost solar energy is areound
the corner.
Why the hell do you live there anyway????
You know you CAN escape the midwest! many
have done it successfully.....
