Be Green or Die

Here is what I do to try to be green (or to save energy which means the same thing these days)

• recycle as much as I can, as provided by the city
  
• made a compost pile
  
• put plastic foil all over all windows during winter
  
• insulated duck tapes underneath the house and in the attic with a "zipped blanket" over the entrance to the attic
  
• gradually switching to cars with better MPG ... 50% there (34 MPG and 20 MPG)
  
• do not use plastic bags in groceries - takes some thousands of years for them to degrade in the land fields and some barrels of oil plus 4 litters of Arab blood per million of them produced ... (my wife was instrumental in this switch)
  
• I "smartly" use wood fireplace. It can help your heating bill ... (weekends and turn off your normal heat; install blower with fireplace as specified by manufacturer of the fireplace insert)
  
• put down the thermostat to max 67 in the winter, 64 when we go to sleep
  
• in the summer we shut windows covers to block the sun from heating up the inside
  
• in the winter, I or my wife turns the thermostat 10 degrees lower before last one goes to work in the morning ... after I come back it will take around 15 minutes to get it back to comfortable levels ...
• around 80% of our lights use energy efficient light bob
  

My heating bill in the winter was 40% lower in comparison to the previous year (based on consumption shown on the bill, not price which went up slightly, 5-15%)

It is the ECONOMY stupid!

Sincerely,
Shamick Gaworski