1.  What can I do personally to reduce my CO2 footprint? 

·        Buy a fuel-efficient car.  Hybrids are better.  Hydrogen cars will soon be affordable.

·        Drive efficiently

·        Cut down on air travel.  (A 747 passenger jet traveling from New York to London  releases 880,000 lbs of CO2.)

·        Write your Senators, Representatives, and Governor.  Tell them that you strongly support clean technologies such as wind and solar power, and that you’ll vote for them only if they work towards implementing them.

·        Write your local electric utility and tell them that you want to buy green power (i.e. solar, wind).  If they say it’s not available,  ask them why not.

·        Add extra insulation and weather-stripping to your home.

·        Make your next house an ultra energy efficient Monolithic Dome. www.Monolithic.com

·        Install a solar water heater; offset household CO2 emissions by about 1,500 pounds/year, and save about $14,000 compared to a gas water heater over its 40-year life.

·        Use Energy Star recommended compact florescent lights (cfl’s).

·        Buy Energy Star recommended appliances and home electronics.

·        Walk, ride a bike, carpool, take public transit.

·        Start you own campaign for reform of companies that are the worst polluters.  Write letters to the CEO; boycott, organize nonviolent demonstrations.

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