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9 Tips For Achieving Energy Independence

Posted by: Christian Madera

7 July 2006 - 5:00am

A North Carolina based weekly has published a helpful list of ways for residents to reduce their energy consumption.

"News on the climate and energy front continues to be bad--top scientists with impeccable credentials say human activity is causing a warming trend that will end 5,000 years of climatic stability, resulting in melting icecaps, rising oceans, and the deaths of millions of species and hundreds of thousands of people.

Sheesh. What can anyone do?

The answer: Lots. It's about all of us taking small and medium steps at home that will reduce the demand for energy--and the fossil fuels we burn so voraciously to create it. It's little things, and it's not hard. But multiplied by thousands of people or more, it's more than enough to stem the tide."

Full Story: 9 ways YOU can achieve energy independence!
Source: The Independent, July 5, 2006
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