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It’s like finding money on the street: the average tire contains the same energy as seven gallons of oil, and it has a heat content up to 16% higher than coal. That’s one reason why tire recycling is starting to catch on in a big way. It’s finally starting to put a dent in the notorious tire dumps in the U.S., many which are illegal.
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Lower your carbon footprints and earn money at the same time. MyEmissions Exchange is a FREE website that lets you EARN MONEY for reducing your home energy use! You reduce your home energy usage, report it to them, and get money back on PayPal.
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As an increasing number of retailers launch green products and services, and green energy is more prominently offered, consumers are signing up to green options at a rapid rate. It is a great time to spot these trends and capitalize on them. It is a huge challenge to pick a few from such a wide range of innovative green concepts; but here are our top 5 picks.
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The role that nuclear power might play in addressing the problem of man-made global warming is fiercely disputed among environmentalists. Locked in a struggle with a nuclear- armed Soviet Union, the US government in the ’60s chose to build uranium-fueled reactors — in part because they produce plutonium that can be refined into weapons-grade material.
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By eliminating the need to manufacture new products from raw materials, recycling reduces energy use, in turn reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses in the air. While most plastic can be recycled, all plastic must be separated by type of polymer. Fortunately, recycling centers do this for you, so you don’t have to worry about it.
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Computer equipment and data centers take up lots of space, suck a ton of energy, and generate a large amount of heat. Whereas keeping sets of servers cool can be a complicated endeavor, the city of Helsinki is putting that excess thermal energy to good use with the creation of what a local power firm has called the “greenest data center on the planet“.
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To harvest the full yield available from intermittent sources of energy like wind and solar, Cheap storage is needed. A lot of research dollars are going into building a variety of storage options for renewable energy to extend their contribution to the grid. We have too much wind at night and too much solar in the day: but seldom overlapping in any one region.
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Windshields take a lot of landfill space. And new glass manufacturing contributes to global warming. New glass requires energy and transportation-intensive mining. Manufacturing new glass uses intense heat in an already warming climate. Recycling windshields saves valuable and declining landfill space, releases zero CO2 and cuts the carbon footprint.
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Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are being emitted in huge volumes all over the planet and are highly concentrated in rich countries. These additions to the atmosphere last for many years, accumulating and trapping more of the sun's energy.
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If there's anything more gratifying than simply reaping the benefits of an environmentally friendly vehicle, it's having that ethical purchase decision recognized and rewarded, for all the world to see. How long before every DMV under the sun has its own version of the green license plate...?
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