Safe Drinking Water - Is Your Facility Doing It Properly?

At U.S. wastewater industrial plants, the Environmental Protection Agency enforces requirements to ensure that operators pretreat pollutants in their wastes to protect local sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment plants. They have strict parameters on which operators must conform, and operators need to ensure that they comply with these requirements if they want to be deemed suitable for U.S. market. Most U.S. wastewater treatment facilities are built prior to the early 1990s, and, as such, they are not equipped with upconversion devices to convert solid pollutants into less harmful waste.

These industrial plants often operate with very small wastewater volumes that are simply too small to meet EPA guidelines. However, these facilities are usually located far from any residences, so it isn't until the pollutants from these plants have been distributed into local creeks and rivers that operators need to be concerned with pretreatment.

There is a very limited amount of research and development in water purification methods, and, due to the expense of such processes, most U.S. wastewater plants only have the capacity to pretreat 10% of their inputs. As a result, most plants only pretreat 50% of their inputs, and, as a result, there is still a lot of pollutants in their treated water.

U.S. wastewater treatment facilities often use reverse osmosis, and, as a result, they are also forced to rely on chlorination to combat the remaining pollutants. As a result, there are pollutants such as trihalomethanes, or THMs, in U.S. treated water. While the amount may not be harmful to humans, the EPA has stated that they cannot be ignored any longer!

Reverse osmosis is costly, energy intensive, and has a tendency to become a source of soil erosion. The other treatment options that U.S. plants have are more efficient, but not necessarily safer. Ion exchange, for instance, is cheaper and more effective. However, ion exchange can reduce the amount of calcium and magnesium in the water, which can be detrimental to plants. The addition of chlorine may be the most cost-effective approach to providing U.S. plants with a safer water system.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, to enjoy a better life

[, Music, ], [ Applause, ], [, Music, ], hello. I am the earth yep, the very planet you live on. There are three words which start with a letter R, which I love. They are reduce, reuse and recycle. Do you know why I love them so much, because they are almost magical word? We can make all living things as well. As myself be happier, I said that they are almost magical, because without your help, it won't work. They need all of you children in order to do the trick each and every one of you are the real three art magicians, those three words which can change the world. Do you want to know how yes? Well, let's find out the first R is for reduced. If you think about it, there are many things you don't need when you go to the supermarket, I'm sure you can take your own canvas bag instead of using disposable ones. Given to you like that, you will be reducing the amount of plastic which is very contaminating and I'm sure that you don't need to print out so many documents or photos nor leave lights, television or computers on when you're, not using them. If you remember this, you'll be reducing the amount of paper being used, as well as energy and, in terms will be helping to reduce the contamination, and these are just a few examples. I am sure you can think of many more different ways to reduce what you are using or creating unnecessary waste. The following question will help you with this task. Do I really need this, or is this just a whim? The second R is for recycling now easier than ever to recycle things. We don't need anymore so that they can be reused near your home. We can find placement like the recycling stations and containers for cans, plastic paper or organic waste. They each have specific colors to make it easier to identify by using them. You will avoid contaminating nature, tourism and fees, as well as the atmosphere which is the air we breathe. And finally, we have the third R, which refers to reuse, [, Music, ]. How many things do you think we can reuse again and again, instead of throwing them away? Let'S see a piece of paper that has only one side printed on a carton box, a plastic bottle. You think now, just a little bit of imagination, I'm sure you can come up with many more exciting and fun new uses for them and remember if you apply the 3 R's roof, you will make me a much cleaner planet with less contamination and where we can All enjoy a better life because, as you know, children can make a world of difference. [, Music, ], [ Applause, ], [, Music, ],

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT

Oh hello, students welcome to the lecture on Environment Protection Act and after this lecture we will be able to learn the following objectives: discuss the environment, explain environmental pollutant and environmental pollution discuss National Environment Tribunal at 1995, describe National Environment appellate authority Act; 1997 explained noise pollution Regulation and control rules, 2000 discussed powers of the central government under the Act, discuss prevention and control of pollution, explaining water pollution describe restrictions on new outlets and new discharges, discuss air prevention and control of pollution. Act 1981 discuss power of state government to declare air pollution control areas. Let us start with a brief introduction to the environment Act. The Environment Protection Act 1986 was constituted on 19 November 1986 to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected with environment. The Environment Protection Act, 1986 defines environment to include water, air and land, and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air and land and human beings are the living creatures, plants, microorganism and property. Let us now talk about our environment. Environment includes water, air and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air, inland and human beings. Other living creatures, plants, microorganisms and property environment shall mean the space with all living organism and Natural Resources. Scope of environmental science. Environmental science is a multidisciplinary science whose basic aspect have a direct relevance to every section of the society. Its main expects are Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, conservation of biological diversity, control of environmental pollution, stabilization of human population and environment, social issues in relation to development and environment, development, of non polluting renewable energy system and providing new dimension to nation's security. You you you let us now talk about environment, pollutant, environmental, pollutant means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be injurious to environment. Very mental pollutant means any solid, liquid or gaseous substances present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment and human being hazardous substance means any substance or preparation which, by reason of its chemical or physio chemical properties, is liable to cause harm To human beings or other living creatures handling in relation to any substance, it means the manufacturing, processing, treatment, packaging, storage, transportation, use collection, destruction, conversion offering for sale, etc. Environmental pollution can be defined as the unfavorable alterations of our surroundings. Environmental pollution is the biggest madness to the human race on this planet. Today it means adding impurity to environment. The environment consists of earth, water, air plants and animals. If we believe them, then the existence of man and nature will be hampered. Different types of environmental pollution. There are the different types of environmental pollution, water pollution, land pollution, air pollution, radioactive pollution, thermal pollution, noise pollution - you you you, you you! Let'S now discuss the National Environment Tribunal, I'd 1995, the National Environment tribunal, I'd 1995 provides for strict liability for damages arising out of any accident occurring while handling any hazardous substance and for the establishment of a National Environment Tribunal for effective and expeditious disposal of cases arising From such accident, with a view to giving relief and compensation for damages to persons, property and environment and for connected or incidental to matters and add to provide for strict liability for damage arising out of any accident or handling any hazardous substance and for the establishment of A national environmental tribunal for effective and expeditious disposal of cases arising from such accidents with a view to giving relief and compensation for damages to persons, property and environment for matters connect their wit. Now let us discuss the National Environment appellate authority act 1995. This act provides for the establishment of a natural environment appellate authority to hear appeals, respected restriction of areas in which industries operations are process or class of industries, operation and process. It shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment. Protection Act: 1986, function of the National Environment, applet Authority, AG n eá, the preamble of the NDAA Act, 1997 states as follows, and acts to provide for the establishment of a National Environment applet authority to hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industry's Operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processors shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under Environment Protection, 86 for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The scheme of the NEA Act, the statutory scheme of the NDAA Act - indicates that the NEA is intended to be independent authority proceeded over by senior functionary of the judiciary, with substantial judicial experience. Chairperson is supported by members with experience in technical matters. Let us now discuss the noise pollution rules, mm nice generated for machineries industries, vehicles, power station loudspeakers and other activities not only cause health hazard to human beings, but also cause stress central government made the noise pollution regulation and control rules 2004. The regulation and control of noise producing and generating sources short idle and commencement. These rules may be called the noise pollution regulation and control rules mm. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette definition in these rules. Unless the context of noise requires Act means the Environment, Protection Act, 1986, 29th of 1986 area or zone means all areas which fall in either of the four categories given in the schedule and next to these rules, authority means and includes any authority or officer authorized by The central government code means a government body consisting of one or more judges who said to adduce deceit, disputes Allen. Mr. justice includes any court of law presided over a judge or judges or a magistrate and acting as a tribunal in civil taxation and criminal case. Educational institution means a school seminary College, university, professional academies, training institutes or other educational establishment, not necessarily a chartered institution and includes not only buildings but also all grants necessary for the accomplishment of the full scope of education, including those thing essential to mental moral and physical Development hospital means an institution for the reception and care for sick wounded, infirm or aged person, and includes government or private hospital, nursing homes and clinics. Persons shall include any company or Association or body of individuals with incorporated or not saved government in relation to a Union Territory means administrator thereof. Appointed under Article 239 of the Constitution. Public place means any place to which the public have access, whether as of right or not nighttime means a period between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. ambient air quality standard in respect of noise for different areas or zones, responsibilities as to enforcement of noise pollution control measures, Restrictions on the use of loudspeakers or Public Address systems and sound producing instruments, restrictions on the use of horns, sound emitting construction, equipments and bursting of firecrackers consequences of any violation in silence, zone or area complains to be made to the authority power to prohibit, etc. Continuance on music, sound or noise, you, let us discuss powers of the central government under the Act. The central government has the power to take all such measures as a deems necessary for the purpose of protecting and improving the quality of environment and preventing, controlling and abating environmental pollution. Let us now talk about the prevention and control of pollution. The enhanced pace of developmental activities and rapid urbanization have resulted in stress and natural resources and quality of life. The trend of increasing pollution in various environmental media is evident from the deteriorating air and water quality, high noise levels, increasing vehicular emission, etc. Major activities carried out under several programs or schemes during the year are as follows: industrial pollution abatement through preventive strategies. This scheme is an amalgamation of the tree ongoing schemes, namely environmental audit, adoption of clean technologies in small-scale industries, environmental statistic and mapping which have been continuing since eight five-year plan. Environmental statement as a part of environmental audit. Environmental audit is a management tool and provides the structure and comprehensive mechanism for ensuring that the activities and products of an enterprise do not cause unacceptable effects on the environment, waste minimization or cleaner production. Waste minimization is one of the strategies adopted for minimizing the industrial pollution. The objective of the scheme is to assets the small and medium scale, industrial adoption of cleaner production practices, environmental statistic and mapping for sound environmental management, reliable information base and the mapping of areas needing special attention for pollution, prevention and control are a prerequisite as a step. In the direction, projects and pilot studies have been initiated through various researchers in solutions, an organization under this program follow studies have been initiated and our in various stages of completion, gis-based, hydrological modeling for water quality and quantity in Kaveri, River Basin by IIT, Delhi, geochemical, baseline Mapping for Environmental Management by national geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad. Let us now discuss water pollution. What is the unique substance? Because it can naturally renew and cleanse itself by allowing pollutants to settle our to the process of sedimentation or breakdown or by diluting the pollutants? To a point where they are not in harmful concentration, what is pollution pollution can be defined in several ways what the pollution occurs when energy and other materials are released, degrading the quality of the water for other users. Where is all of this pollution coming from? There are two main sources of water pollution, point sources and non-point sources. Point sources include factories, wastewater treatment, facilities, septic system and other sources that are clearly discharging pollutants into water sources. Non-Point sources are more difficult to identify because they cannot be traced back to a particular location. Non-Point sources include and run off, including sediment, fertilizer chemicals and animal waste from farms, fields, construction sites and mines. You control water pollution, surface water pollution control, water pollution refers to the qualitative state of impurity or uncleanness in hydrologic waters of a certain region, such as a watershed hydrologic waters as a reference for water quality, distilled water h2o represent the highest state of purity. What is in the hydrologic cycle may be viewed as natural, but are not pure. They become polluted from both natural and human activities. Watershed sources of water pollution, a watershed is defined as an area of the Earth's surface on which hydrologic waters fall, accumulate, are use. Disposed of and eventually are discharged into streams, rivers or other bodies of water, water pollutants in streams and rivers. When Delhi, Terriers waste materials from the sources are discharged into streams or other bodies of water, they become politics which have been classified and described. Politics are contaminants which enter a body of water, can be further divided into degradable non conservative politics, non degradable conservative politics, azari's, waterborne politics, radio, nuclide politics subject to the provisions of this section. No person shall, without the previous consent of the State Board, establish or take any steps to establish any industry, operation or process or any treatment and disposal system or an extension or addition thereto, which is likely to discharge the wage or trade effluent into a stream or Well or seewer, or on land such discharge being hereafter in this section, referred to as discharge of sewage, bring into use any new or altered outlets for the discharge of sewage, begin to make any new discharge of sewage board and other agencies in certain cases, board is Having 17 members to carry out the set purposes and the functions of the board to plan a comprehensive programme for the prevention, control or abatement of pollution of streams and wells to advise the state government on any matters concerning the prevention, control or abatement of water pollution. To collect and disseminate information relating to the water pollution and prevention, control or abatement thereof, the anchorage conduct and participate in investigation and research relating to problems of water, pollution, prevention, control or abatement of water, pollution to inspect sewage or trade, effluents works and plans for the Treatment of sewage and trade effluent and to review plans lay down, modify or annual effluent standards for the civic and trade effluent and for the quantity of receiving water not being water in an interstate stream resulting from the discharge of effluent and to classify waters industry to Evolve, economical and reliable methods of treatment of sewage and create influence having regard to the peculiar condition of soils, climates and water, resources of different region and, more especially, the prevailing flow characteristic of water in streams and wells which render it impossible to attain even the minimum Degree of dilution and other such functions, the water prevention and control of pollution at 1974. The Water Act is enacted with the objective of preventive and controller pollution in India. Act aims at the maintaining or restoring the wholesome nature of water for the establishment of boards and to vest them with such power so as to enable them to carry out the purposes of the Act register to be maintained under Section work assignment and personal register. The laboratory in charge should maintain a bar register for assignment of work. This register widdling the lab sample number to the analysts who make specific uses, such as ph ec b, OD, etc. Let us now discuss the air prevention and control of Pollution Act 1981 and AD to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes of board, for conferring on and assigning to such voids powers And functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith, air prevention and control of pollution was enacted by the Parliament in 1981, with an objective to prevent control and abatement of air pollution objectives of the air prevention and control of pollutions at 1981. The objective of this ad is to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes of boards, for conferring on and assigning to such boat spars and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith. Central Pollution Control Board the central Pollution Control Board, CPCB statutory organization was constituted in September 1974 under the water prevention and control of Pollution Act 1974. Further CPCB was entrusted with the pars and functions under the air prevention and control of Pollution. Act. 1981 functions of the central board at the national level advised the central government on any matter concerning prevention and control of water and air pollution and improvement of the quality of air functions of the central board as state boards for the Union Territories advised the governments of Union territories with respect to the suitability of any premises or location for carrying on any industry, which is likely to pollute a stream or well or cause air pollutions. The state government made after consultation with the State Board by notifications in the Official Gazette declare in such manner as may be prescribed any area or areas within the state as air pollution, controlled area or areas. For the purpose of this act, the state government may, after consultation with a state board by the notification in the Official Gazette, alter any air pollution control area, whether by way of extension or reduction, declare a new air pollution control area in which may be merge. One or more existing air pollution control areas or any part or parts thereof, State air laboratory. The state government made by notification in the official gasset established one or more state air laboratories or specify one or more laboratories or Institute as state and border tourists, carry out the function entrusted to state a laboratory. Under this act, state government may, after consultation with the State Board, make rules prescribing function of the state, a laboratory, the procedure for the submission to the set laboratory are samples of air or emissions for analysis or test form of the laboratories report thereon and the fees Payable in respect of such report, such other matters as may be necessary or expedient to enable the laboratory to carry out its functions, functions of the state, a laboratory and fee for report. The state air laboratory, established by the central government for a union territory shall cause to be analyzed by the government analyst any sample of air or emission received by it from any officer authorized by the board for the purpose and shall be entitled to collect a fee. For INR 200 for each of the report now, in the end, let us summarize what we have learned in this lecture. Environment includes water, air and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air and land and human beings. Other living creatures, plants, microorganism and property. Environmental pollutants means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be injurious to environment. Soil pollution, also known as land pollution is defined as the contamination of soil air pollution is caused by discharge of harmful substances in the air. One of the key contributing factors is automotive pollution. Thermal pollution is a discharge of waste heat via energy, dissipation into cooling, water and subsequently into nearby waterways. Noise generated from machineries industries, vehicles, power station loudspeakers and other activities not only cause health hazard to human beings, but also cause stress state government way after consultation with the State Board by notification in the Official Gazette. A member of the board other than the member secretary. Shall be deemed to have vacated his seat if he is absent without reason, any member other than member secretary shall hold office for a term of three years. From the date of this nomination, water Ike is enacted with objective of prevention and control of pollution in India. You

Why Should You Care About The Environment?

Why should you a typical person care about the health of the environment? You have your own job, your own family and your own personal interests. So why should you take the time to concern yourself with environmental issues that appear to have no effect on your everyday life? Let'S take a look forward to the year 2100 by looking at the life of your now grown-up, grandson or daughter, the average global temperature has increased by approximately four degrees Celsius, and this dramatic increase is cause the sea levels to rise six feet if he or she Is one of the seven hundred million people, 10 % of the world's population that lives in a coastal area they and millions of others, will no longer have a house to call their own. This increase in temperature has also plunged 40 percent of the Earth's habitable regions into severe droughts, which has resulted in widespread famine and increased food prices around the globe. And while the world's largest cities like Manhattan, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Tokyo and Mumbai, are underwater, reliable sources of fresh water are unavailable to a significant portion of the population, and the worst part is that the global temperature is expected to rise, not pay for degrees. But by six

7 EASY WAYS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT [AND SAVE MONEY!! $$]

All right, so hopefully this is really good, because I have class in like 20 minutes, hi guys. So today I wanted to talk to everybody about just simple ways that I help the environment every day and they're super simple things. I think that it's more important than you know using a refillable water bottle or taking shorter showers. I think there's tons of little things that we can do every day, they're, so so easy people don't realize what kind of impact they're making. Just by doing the simple everyday things, so I thought I would share just small things that I do every day to help and if you have more ideas, feel free to go and put them down below, because I'm always looking to adopt new things. In my lifestyle - and I am NOT saying by any means that I'm an environmentally I'm far from perfect - these are just small things that I do to help alright. So the number one thing I'm not going to elaborate on is um. In my opinion, the number one thing you can do to help the environment is by adopting a vegan diet. It, which is the best way to save the planet and save lives as well um. But I'm not going to spend a lot of time on that. So if you are interested in at all in the information behind this, I would highly recommend checking out cowspiracy. The second thing that I do is I bring my own bags with me. I do this at more than the grocery store I have like. You know cute ones that I bring along with me and I bring bags with me everywhere. I go no matter what I'm buying. I refuse to take a bag. When I go shopping, when I go run into CVS, just little things I never ever ever use a bag, you would be pretty dang disgusted by how many bags are out there and what kind of oceans they're floating in and what people's environments they're flooding store them. In your car, do whatever you got to do, keep them in your purse. Keep in your pocket! You'Re gon na make personal carry things when you don't have a bag. My third tip is to stay away from packaged foods. Not only is it going to be better for your health to eat Whole Foods, you know fruits and vegetables, but it's going to be so much better on the environment, because not only do things not have to be manufactured in a factory, but they don't need all The excess packaging as well, whether it's popcorn or chips or dried fruit - it all is, you know, manufactured in some sort of way and is not a whole food. My fourth tip, which kind of goes along with this, is to stay away from fast food and things like unnecessary trips to coffee shops and all things like that, if necessary, and you really need to go to one of these places, bring your own mug they'll fill It up for you and they'll be happy to, and they probably are taking money off of your order too. I also bring my own cutlery with me. I have a little portable cutlery thing that has a fork knife, spoon and chopsticks in it, and it's awesome. I bring it with me everywhere. I just leave in my purse and I'm good to go. My fifth tip is to only buy things like makeup and other products when absolutely necessary, meaning make sure you get through all of one before you go and buy another. If you don't like a mascara too bad use it up before you go and buy another one, and if you do feel the need to buy. You know certain products check out places like lush, where you can bring in the containers in the recycle them. For you to my sixth tip is to stay away from things like pamphlets and notebooks and just unnecessary paper. If you're walking around and people are handing out pamphlets, you don't have to take one if you are in school and you're taking notes. I take all my notes on my laptop, which is super helpful. Then you don't need to buy a notebook. I also use my computer and my phone as my planner, so I just use my calendar on there there's apps literally for everything. Now I also this was the hardest thing to get used to, and I know that it really really really sucks because I like to hold the physical copy. I get all of my magazine subscriptions online now. I also will read like the newspaper most of my text books that I have the option to buy them online. I buy those online too because not only is it super super portable and I can bring my textbooks now with me anywhere. I go, but I'm not um. You know knocking down a tree for one semester. You can also decline things like flyers and news burrs and things like that via different websites online. So you don't have to get all the unnecessary spam to your mailbox and the stuff that you know comes in and you just throw it directly into the recycling bin. And I would say, if necessary, if you need to use a notebook in class. Because a lot of people like to write their own notebooks make sure you're using them all the way through till the end. If you have a notebook where you still have like 20 pages left at the end, just rip out the stuff at the front, use those 20 pages and then throw a loose-leaf in at the end. And you can also just scavenger your house for leftover things from previous semesters and things like that and my seventh tip is to just consume less every single thing you buy comes from. You know different factories all around the world. Each product you buy has shipping transportation and raw materials that go into it and packaging, and you wouldn't believe the excess packaging on things like makeup and water bottles and just small products that need to be shipped around the world. But they can't risk them getting damaged. In between the factory and the customer, because the customers not going to buy it, you would actually be amazed with how much plastic and cardboard and styrofoam and just stuff is around these products, so just make sure you're thinking about. Do I really need this before buying it? I guess and use places like eBay is awesome, so try buying used furniture and trust me if you are buying less little objects, you're going to be so much more open-minded and level-headed and less stress throughout the day. If you've got less objects cluttering your life and it really opens up your emotional well-being, I guess because, at the end of the day, more things don't equal happiness. So just think about what everything you are consuming in your life has an impact on. I mean more than just the planet on yourself on your mental. My eighth tip is to try and avoid using like the paper towel in the bathroom whenever you're in public place, because that adds up but yeah. That is it. Those are all of my tips today if you have more feel free to leave them below and that's all I have to say, I will talk to you guys next time remember to stay happy, humble and vegan bye, guys and it kind of coats. Your hair in like a very similar way, in a sense that, if

8 Everyday Things you can do to Help Protect the Environment

Environmental awareness, 101, eight everyday things you can do to help the environment by Shane, TM step, one, take shorter showers and turn the water off when you're, applying shampoo step two, when you are brushing your teeth or guys when you shave turn the water off when you're, Not using it step, three buy some reusable bags when you go shopping now, a lot of stores are charging for the plastic bags. These bags don't have very much plastic in them and can't be recycled so end up in the garbage instead think ahead. Step. Four. Take a bus bike, walk or share a ride when you go out less vehicles on the road leads to less emission and greenhouse gases. Step 5. If you are out and buy a can of pop or a bottle of water and there's no recycling bin around take what you have home and recycle it there step 6, wash your clothes in cold water and if you have a small load, adjust the amount of Water needed in the washer there are a lot of new detergents on the market, specifically for cold water usage step 7 when shopping for cleaning products, look for the green or eco-friendly products; step 8, don't crank up the air conditioning in the summer and the heat in The winter, if you are going out and will be back for a while, adjust the temperature and change it when you return, even a few degrees in temperature can make a big difference in power consumption. Keep these ideas in mind. Take part in the solution to make tomorrow a better future

Is There a Conflict Between Economic Growth and Environmental Protection?

I think one of the hallmarks of the liberal University is the open and collegial discussion of ideas, even controversial ideas, as is the case here perhaps, but we have two speakers who have agreed to come and talk about the question: is there a conflict between economic growth And environmental protection and I'm going to introduce one of the speakers and then have someone else introduced the second speaker, but before I introduce the first speaker, I would like to say a few words of thanks to some sponsors. For this event, the fmu artisan lecture series, the South Carolina, sustainable universities, initiative the FMU School of Business and the F mu Department of Biology, without whose support this event would not have occurred. So, thanks to all of these organizations and people, I would also like to introduce the moderator for tonight's debate. Seated at the center of the table is Professor Susan, giusto of the Department of mass communications here at Frances Marion. It'S my pleasure to introduce the first participant in tonight's debate. Dr. Brian check is the president of a nonprofit organization called the Center for the Advancement of the steady-state economy. Dr. Chuck has extensive background in wildlife, biology and conservation biology. You can see a list of his accomplishments in the paragraph on the second page. His academic background includes a BS in wildlife, ecology from the University of Wisconsin PhD and a master, MS and wildlife science from the University of Washington and a PhD in renewable natural resources. From the University of Arizona he's also adjunct faculty at Virginia Tech, where he teaches courses in endangered species management and ecological economics, which is a relatively new field. That you'll learn about tonight, he's also the author of two books, including shoveling fuel, for a runaway train. Errant economists, shameful spenders and a plan to stop them all now that you've heard from the Treehugger tonight, it's my pleasure to turn over the lectern to the official capitalist Pig of Francis Marion University and my good friend Dean of the business school dr. Barry, O'Brien Dwight. We get no more respect here than you get at the University of Georgia. First of all, thank you to the biology students and the economics students. There'S a lot about our universities about our university to have this attendance here tonight. I'M an economist incentives matter. I hope your professors reward you justly if I can before I introduce dr. Dwight Lee I'd like to give a little perspective to our discussion tonight and try and embarrass a dear friend and a former student Matt. Would you just stand for a second, so everyone could recognize you now you can sit back down Matt as a teacher every once in a while, you get a student to walk into your life. That makes all the difference, and I don't remember if it was 1993 or 1994 that I was sitting in my office on a Friday afternoon. I don't know what I was doing in my office on a Friday afternoon. It was about 4:45, as I recall, and I got a phone call from a very eccentric freshman student in the dorm late August. He proceeded to tell me that I was his academic adviser and he had been here for three hours and couldn't find anyone that wanted to discuss existentialism with him: ecology, economics, political science or anything else, and I was wondering how I landed this young man to be My advisee he ran over to my office and Matt was the first student ever that the following Monday morning he was working with dr. Pompey and dr. Reinhardt. Two economists doing research on environmental economics still had not taken his first classes of freshmen about two years later. He he's an alumnus of our University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Two years later, he was complaining to dr. Kyra and dr. Pompeian to professor Knowles in Pike and crepes, that we really need to start talking to each other, because he walks out of economics. Lectures thinking that markets and economic freedom and capitalism is the answer to all of our society's questions and then he would go over to Leatherman and so he's a bit conflicted in many ways he still is, but but he started something here and he actually bought me. The first book he started a book discussion group among the faculty and the students in biology and economics that continues to this day, and the discussion continues after Matt left our university for seen at the University of Georgia. Where he's already earned his PhD in economics and if he continues his usual work ethic, he will earn his PhD in ecology sometime in 2006. Matt welcome back to campus were mighty. Proud of you. Iii was looking at Travis. Travis was the one who came up with the short BIOS in the program for tonight and he said: you'll introduce dr. Dwight Lee tonight. Won'T you and I said I'll, be glad to and then, when I looked at his curricular Vita and I shared it with a colleague, my colleague informed me that dr. Lee had written more than I have ever read, which is not an overstatement dr. Lee earned dispatch Of arts degree from San Diego State University in economics, with distinction his PhD in economics from the University of California in San Diego he's a professor of economics at University of Georgia, and holds the Ramzi chair of economics and free enterprise. He has received literally dozens of honors and awards past president of the southern economics Association he's written more than 12 books, more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 150 magazine articles and everything from Fords to economic freedom. But what economists love about Dwight Lee is his wit, his wisdom and his ability to take the economic way of thinking and apply it like a laser beam to everything from sex to crime, to the environment. I hope tonight that he read the program and he'll focus his attention on the question at hand. So I'd like for you to give a warm welcome to Francis Marion to dr. Dwight Lee well, dr. O'Brien is correct. It'S time that we all learn to talk to each other and it's exciting, as a mass communications professor, to see this many people from I'm sure so many different backgrounds coming together. If not to talk and at least to listen - and this is a something that we have not a lot of practice in in our campus, life - sometimes is engaging in unfamiliar ideas and thoughts that we aren't necessarily used to hearing out loud and that get us out Of our box a little bit so this is going to be interesting tonight, we'll keep it very lively. I don't think we'll have to keep it lively, it's going to be lively, but it's also going to be authentic and it's going to be very interesting for all of us, no matter where we are, and I'm sure we'll be doing a little bit of moving on Our chessboard of knowledge tonight, as we learn so many new things and are exposed to many new ideas. So tonight, let me tell you a little bit about the procedure. Will open up with about 15 minutes from each of our speakers tonight to give their opening statements? And let us know what they're thinking about in this topic. After that, we will open the floor up to discussion and two questions, and we have a few questions that were submitted by various students on campus through their professors earlier this month. So those questions will also be offered for answers and reflection. So I think we'll begin tonight with dr. Brian who will know pardon doctor Lee is going first excellent. Then dr. Lee you'll be going first tonight and we give you 15 minutes and I'll try to be polite. When I take my hook and get you off the safe well, thank you Susan. I thought I was going first, but I wasn't sure and and thank you very much for Barry for that nice introduction, I'm trying to remember the article I wrote on sex. Maybe I wrote more than one I don't remember, which reminds me of a supposedly a true story. Apparently some psychologists or sociologists or some group of academics did a survey recently people about my age to find out if we were still interested in sex and are still interested in members of the opposite sex and the answer was yes, we still are, but we've forgotten. Why well tonight's debate on these are a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection. My position will be well there's a conflict on everything economists like to talk about trade-offs, but I'm going to argue that there's not much of a conflict. I think this concern of this question arises out of the fear that a lot of people have that rich people use up more resources than poor people, including environmental quality, so that the more rich people we have and the richer they become the more rapidly we're going To deplete our resources and degrade our environment, but this assumes that there's a fixed quantity of resources and it afix assumes there's a fixed amount of environmental quality, and you can only use it up. You can't create it, you just use it up and if that's true the faster we use these resources, the faster they'll be gone, but economists think about things a little bit differently than that. We don't see the world it's kind of a zero-sum game or if I get more, somebody else gets less. We use more. That means there's always more or less in the future. There'S a question: how do people get rich? Why are we richer today? Then people work 200 or 300 years ago or a thousand years ago and we're far richer today than they are. Is it because you we don't have any more resources, we don't have any more wealth than they had, but somehow we're just the lucky few that have it all and other people have less know. The whole world is richer. We'Re lucky we're Americans we're a lot richer than a lot of the rest of the world, obviously, but the whole world is richer than they were a couple hundred years ago or even fifty years ago. So how do people become rich? They become rich by producing more valuable Goods and more valuable services, and they do it by using fewer resources for each unit of goods and services that we produce, and we also do it and a lot of people find this hard to get their minds around. But I think it's absolutely true. If you think about it, we also get rich by producing more resources. A lot of people think with just so many resources up there and we're using them up. But the fact is - and I don't have time to spend a lot of time talking about this but I'll spin a little bit. There are more resources in America today and in fact, in the world today than there were when Columbus discovered America. I know I didn't discover America when he first landed here in seven 1492. Knowledge is the ultimate resource. There were all kinds of things lying in the ground and under the ground and under the ocean in 1492 that our resources today they were not resources when Columbus arrived petroleum. I know a lot of people say: well, that's a bad resource. We'Ll talk about that. A minute petroleum that was just something that got you know it kind of bubble out of the ground in certain places it wasn't a resource at all. It was a pain in the you-know-what it stuck to your feet. It was a mess. You know it was. It was not a resource today. It'S a major resource sand sand wasn't much of a resource but sands a big resource. Today you can substitute sand copper, you make these fiber optic cables primarily out of sand, and you don't need to use copper now and there's. You know it's so much better than copper. We can have so much more information flowing these fiber optic cables, air ways for for trees, newsprint. You know we get our news through air ways. Now didn't used to be able to do that. We'Ve turned the air into a very valuable resource, not just for breathing, but in terms of delivering the news. Chemicals, hey a lot of people, don't like chemicals. I love chemicals. Actually I am chemicals. That'S all I consists of is chemicals and I'm organic to everything I eat is organic, although I don't always shop at organic store. The fact is, chemicals have been substituted for clear cutting force. Let me talk about that in a minute. One reason as we get wealthier, we have a cleaner environment and the evidence up to this point is pretty clear on that: a wealthier economy, a cleaner environment is because, as we get wealthier, we have more demand for environmental Clawd. We have more demand for all kinds of nice things and there's nothing much nicer than Environmental Quality economists like Environmental Quality, despite what you may have heard, I live in the environment. I want it to be as clean as possible, but when you're hungry, when you're sick, when you're generally destitute you're, not that concerned about how beautiful the the Vista is you're, not that concerned about pristine environmental quality, it's not surprising that the environmental movement in this country Didn'T start until somewhere in the 60s nineteen sixties, not the 1860s. Also, as we get wealthier, we have more ability to provide environmental quality to provide a lot of things we like, including Environmental Quality. I know the fear is that soon millions of Chinese will soon be driving cars instead of walking riding oxen and bicycles. We want to keep driving, but let's keep them on their oxen, but the fact is transportation. Damn nice stuff, we all believe in diversity right. That'S almost a mantra on campus: let's have more diversity, what promotes diversity more than people traveling around the world and meeting each other and learning from each other. You know, I would argue, that's wonderful! That'S wonderful, stuff, diversity, a little Cana, Mislav diversity for a whole host of reasons and in fact is cars. I know we don't like cars if we're environmentalist, but I'm an environmentalist, and I love the environment. But I like cars too and in fact cars are far less polluting today than they were just a decade or two ago. Also I'm going to argue quickly - and I know there's a trapdoor here when I hit fifteen minutes, I'm gone if I disappear. You know what happened. Susan has a finger. I ride the best thing that happened to the environment or one of the best things that happened to the environment is the internal combustion engine. It substituted the pollution that comes out of the tailpipe of cars for the pollution that comes out of the tailpipe of horses and I'll tell you. That was a huge, huge improvement in public health. One thing that started immediately is decreased infant mortality. You know it had fly borne diseases and all these big cities - you had horses rotting in the streets, they carted him off. I don't know how many pounds of you know what they had to car it off. It was a mess it wasn't pretty and that increased longevity because of economic growth. New inventions has been wonderful because it gives us the thing we value most the one resource we value more than any others, and that is the time that we have in our life. You know because longevity has increased dramatically in the last 100 years and I'm in favor of that, even though some people wonder if I'm going to live long enough to finish, I get it, I get a discount at the movie. You'Ve seen your discount and that's because they say well, he probably won't live long enough for a movie to finish, but the fact is, I've got long. I'Ve been dead 20 years ago if we delivered in 1900. If I'd lived in 1900 infant mortality rate - and this is a result of increased wealth and from tality rate, was over 15 times what it is now in 1900 in 1900, the rate at which women died from childbirth was a hundred times greater than it is now. We not only live longer, we live healthier, we are living longer and healthier. We have safer jobs, safer, cleaner, faster, more reliable transportation. Diversity, like I say, that's wonderful because of this transportation. We can have more of it better health care in Lessig's and we're less exposed. Now to some of the most horrible horrible pollutants, the pollutants. When I was a kid when I was a kid, we had a lot of these pollutants - polio, for example, my mother, wouldn't let me go out and run around the block, because I was a spastic for one thing: I'd trip and skidding my knee, but she's afraid I'D get you know, lathered up and too hot and get a fever and catch polio. No, these were serious pollutants, diphtheria, try, Ford, malaria, polio, cholera and a host of others. Wealth has allowed us to eliminate those photochemical smog, not very good we'd like to get rid of it, but diphtheria, malaria, polio, cholera. These were serious pollutants, internal combustion engine and petroleum and chemicals haven't have increased the number of trees in America. I know a lot of people don't understand this, don't believe this when I tell them, but it's true, there's more trees in the not lower 48 states in America today than it was in 1850, and the reason is: we've got all these chemicals and we're better producing Fertilizer, better producing crops, food and we have a lot fewer, a lot fewer acres devoted to agriculture today than we did in the past and most of those acres haven't gone to. Disneyworld, haven't gone to strip malls, haven't gone to shopping, centers and houses. They'Ve just gone back to nature. We have more trees today, a good deal more trees today than we had in 1850. It was it estimate. We took 93 million acres of land in 1900 to grow the food just to keep the draft animals on the farms alive. That'S 93 million acres of land that we don't need now for agricultural production and also, if you kind of an animal rights lover like okay, I'm a bit of an animal rights lover. I love animals. You know that was good for animals, fewer, less animal cruelty. Today, we're wealthy enough, I don't know how many people know it, but April is in America. Is dental hygiene, pet dental hygiene month now we're flossing teeth for animals we used to just have them on the farms and beating the hell out of them to pull our here. So if you like animal rights, you'd like wealth, consider the situation in 1850s. How much time do I have two minutes? Oh in 1850s, many people couldn't afford a horse transportation, so they walked. Unfortunately, autumn had to walk behind horse had a situation where horse transportation was a major source of pollution. Infant mortality, filthy air pollution, relying on coal in the wealthy did that for heat, wealthy were able to buy factory, bought goods the poor weren't. What? If I ancestors, what if I ancestors had said this is horrible, let's stop growth today in 1850, so people don't get wealthier and buy more horses and in heat more with coal and buy more stuff with polluting factories. These things are bad for the environment. Well, I don't think you would have liked the results. No cell phones, no iPods nor indoor plumbing your choice would have been an outhouse. You would had a choice, one hole or a two hole or drinking water. Drinking water have been unsafe so, with the food high high rate of death from food poisoning back then child labor would have been common. You wouldn't have finished high school, much less been attending college. Smallpox would have scarred the face of the lucky ones out there. The unlucky ones would have died from smallpox. I could go on. The point is and I'll stop here because I'm not through, but I'm going to stop anyway, because this trapdoor looks threatening. If we tried to stop growth, we would have missed out on this amount of wonderful things, and one of those things would have been lower pollution, a cleaner environment, and if we try to stop growth today, the only way to do it is by reducing the freedom Of Americans to get rich, which, what's he going to do with freedom and mess up the market, which is our best hope for continuing the growth, the innovation that will eventually result in more environmental quality, not less. Thank you. Thank you, dr. blue, excellent. Just to remind everybody what our question is again as we listen to our next speaker. Is there a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection to offer a second opinion, we have dr. Brian check. Thank You, Susan, and thanks to FM you for hosting the debate. Thanks for everybody for coming this evening, and thank you dr. Lee for participating this question: is there a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection? I think needs to be debated in as many venues as possible and as soon as possible, because getting the answer right in this country is absolutely crucial to the long-term economic security of this country. And if we're going to get the answer right, we have to start out with making sure we know exactly what these terms mean. Economic growth is simply an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services. It entails increasing population times per-capita consumption and it's it's generally indicated by increasing gross domestic product or GDP. In a nutshell, economic growth is more stuff more activity and it always takes more energy, the environment. Well, that's the air. We breathe, it's the water we drink. It'S the soil that we grow our crops in it's our forests, it's our it's our grasslands and pastures and prairies, where we grieves our cattle. It'S our mountains. It'S glaciers, which many of our cities in the northwest need further of water supply. It'S our lakes and rivers that, of course, a lot of other places need for their water supply, lakes and rivers and aquifers. Wetlands and it's it's our oceans and and it's our it's the atmosphere as well. So the protection of these things, then that would be that would mean things like keeping the air that we breathe clean the water we drink, keeping that clean keeping soil period from erosion and ideally keeping it clean as well and maintaining the the functioning of these ecosystems That I gave a short list of the forests and the range lands and the wetlands keeping them functioning in the ways that they always have that have provided our economy with the essential services that are virtually irreplaceable or hard to replace at any with any level of Economies amiss you will, for example, we need to try to maintain what's left of our coastal wetlands in the Gulf and the Florida coast and the Atlantic coast to help buffer us from from these hurricanes. You know the the wetlands if we can retain them, we'll do a lot better job of that than any insurance company. Can we need to maintain things like the glacier at the head of the Cedar River watershed for Seattle gets its water from Seattle's gon na, be in a real, tough spot once that glacier melts and it is melting and it will be gone in X number of Years, I don't know the precise figure, but it's interesting that, for example, Glacier National Park named for its glaciers, while it won't have a glacier left by 2032. So that's that's. What environmental protection is it's, and it also means maintaining the stability of our climate, protecting us from the perils of global warming, some of which we don't know nearly enough about yet, but certainly including things like sea level rise and climate disruption, and environmental protection has always And everywhere also referred to wildlife, conservation or biodiversity conservation, if you prefer birds and mammals and fishes and amphibians and reptiles, invertebrates like bees and butterflies and and a myriad of plant species as well, and this, I think it's worth focusing a little bit on biodiversity, because This biodiversity is kind of like the canary in the coalmine of the environment. If we see biodiversity declining, that's a sure sign that that something is awry with the air, with the waters with the soils in these ecosystems that that comprise biodiversity, the forests and the rangelands and the wetlands. So, let's focus a little bit more on biodiversity and the way that that I will attempt to do this. If I can get this thing back on which wasn't supposed to be problematic, but, oh okay, don't you have to touch okay? I think we're set. Oh, and I think I'm going to engage this alternative microphone so that I can actually head up to where the slides are and maybe do a little better job, although since we had to bring it up with that alternative way, that means I need to try to Get it back into the old slideshow mode, so is this mic working? Does it seem like it's not, it says it's on, but I hey is anybody gon na have a hard time hearing me? No okay!

Going Green For Yourself And The Environment

If you desire for your home to be more green when it comes to energy consumption, continue on for some helpful tips that will show you how to go about accomplishing this.

Simply cutting back on the amount of electricity you use on a daily energy consumption can save a lot of energy. Unplug alliances when not being used. Turn off all lights and the television when they are finished using them. This helps to save you money without much effort.

When creating lightning outdoors for a garden path or patio, think of solar powered lamps as an option. These lamps are cheap and do not require any power besides sun exposure. This will end up saving you a ton of energy. It means that there is no need to run wires outside to hook up those outdoor lights.

One way to conserve energy is to use window treatment to block sunlight.You can do this by putting blinds or curtains in. You can save both money and energy at the process.

There are grants that can help you invest in renewable energy. Check with the local government and find out about any possible programs are available to you. You can qualify for a free installation or a tax deduction.

Solar panels that collect solar energy to be used are easy to install and can collect sunlight for energy. There are a few things to consider before installing solar panels. The most important consideration is how much your home gets on average.

Are you lucky enough to own a farm owner? If you have a farm or know the owner of a farm, energy companies will pay you for the right to set up a wind turbine on it.

Many heating systems allow a switch to biodiesel or extra parts.

This prevents energy travels through the cable.

Take the time to properly inspect your refrigerator. Since the refrigerator is an appliance that consumes a lot of energy, it's crucial that you keep it running efficiently. Make certain to clean the dust that surrounds heating coils often. Make sure door seal is clean and also tight.

Dressing warmly can be a great way to cut energy and go green. A sweater that is light can provide 2 degrees of extra warmth, and a heavy sweater adds 4 degrees. You don't need to dress lightly inside, so save money by putting on a sweater and turning down the heat!

Make your home energy-efficient products that conserve power. Double or triple glazed windows as well as eco-friendly doors reduces energy while keeping the inside temperature more comfortable. Using these products is a great way to save money on heating and cooling energy costs.

Pay attention to any federal and local rebates associated with renewable energy for your house. Local utility companies may even offer rebates for upgrades. You may also be able to get tax credits or deductions for making your upgrades. These offers make installing and using a green energy technology considerably.

Keep an eye on how many watts of electricity you are using.Plug your appliance or gadget into the watt-checking device, and it will tell you how much the unit consumes in energy in one hour, or a year. This is helpful in showing you know how much it costs to operate an appliance.

Use LED lights to decorate for the holidays to save electricity. According to research by the U.S. That amount of power is enough to supply 200,000 homes for one whole year. You can save money on your energy bills!

You can actually use biofuel to heat your own home. This type of fuel is made of oils, vegetable oil and wood. This could be anywhere up to 99% biodiesel. Make sure you ask a professional first before you attempt to utilize this type of fuel inside your household.

Green tech products are a bit more pricey than conventional products, but your utility bills will be reduced. It also have a beneficial impact on the environment that compounds.

Using green energy now means a better future for the planet and future generations. As you have read in this article, it is not that difficult or costly to go green and the benefits are enormous. Try out some of these tips in your home for greater efficiency and taking better care of the environment today.

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There is a lot of green energy information out there, let alone know which content is right for your needs.

Wear natural fabrics in the summertime instead of using the air conditioner during summer months. Wear lighter colors tend to make you feel warm and cause you to rely on the air conditioner.

Do you own a large plot of land? If you do, or if you have family who does, so they can install an energy-generating wind turbine.

Turn you appliances off electrical items when not in use. Upon leaving a room, remember to turn of the lights, television, computer or even the entertainment center. A power strip should be used for electronics and can be easily turned off when not needed, so consider placing one in a conspicuous place where many electronics are located.

Solar power can heat water for a lesser cost. Consider a hot-water system that runs off of solar energy. It is possible to use either a direct and indirect circulation system. The indirect system is a a great thing to have and you don't want to worry about having frozen pipes freezing in the winter.

Use a model which is tankless and more green instead of one that uses a tank. Although they still use gas or electricity, they only do this on the amount you need as opposed to storing it in a large tank that is kept hot all the time. Tankless heaters are available in models that supply the entire home or certain faucets.

Make your home more energy efficient by purchasing energy saving products that conserve power. Double or triple glazed windows as well as eco-friendly doors reduces energy while keeping the home. Using these products is a great way to save money on heating and cooling energy costs.

Use a laptop instead of a power hungry desktop. This can cut up to 75% of your electrical use, particularly if you are someone who stays on the Internet for long periods of time. Not only that, it can be taken anywhere thanks to its portability.

Pay attention to federal and local rebates offered for your house. Local utility companies may even offer rebates for upgrades. You may also be able to get tax deductions from the government for making your home more energy efficient. These rebates and credits can substantially reduce the cost of installing alternative energy technology considerably.

Try to communicate to people as much as you can via email. In other words, try to be paperless all the time.

Keep an eye on the wattage you use. Plug your appliances into these devices and they can let you know how much energy they use in an hour, and it will tell you how much the unit consumes in energy in one hour, month or year. This can show what your appliance costs you over the long run.

Try and invest in LED lights as opposed to conventional ones for the next holiday season. According to a study by the United States This electricity could power more than 200,000 homes for a year. You can at least look forward to saving money on your electric bill.

Replace aging major appliances with new Energy Star rated appliances. Energy Star ratings mean that your new appliances are guaranteed to use less energy than those made previously. The amount of energy saved varies by appliances; you can save a lot of energy on your washing machine, 40 percent less for dishwashers and 50 percent less energy for washing machines.

Green technology may be more expensive at first, but you will save money long term through greater energy efficiency and lower utility bills. It will also have a positive impact on the environment that compounds.

Heat the rooms in your home separately to save money each month. This is extremely useful for those who have large home.

Check your refrigerator and freezer regularly for broken seals to avoid wasted energy. Broken seals can make your fridge run for no reason, causing your appliance to run more often, and cost you a lot of money.

Get started with some great tips in this article today! The simple advice you learned here are easy ways to implement small changes in your home that will allow you to take full advantage of many types green energy available. Not only will your family appreciate your efforts, but the planet will, as well.

The Positively Remarkable Benefits Of Green Energy!

You will probably be surprised at how many cheap and easy ways there are to make your home greener.The information gathered here will get you with different methods to use green energy at home and benefit from it.

Simply lessening the amount of daily basis can save a lot of energy. Unplug appliances whenever you are not in use.Turn off all lights and televisions when you leave. This simple tip can go a long way in saving you money as well.

Solar water heaters use the sun's heat to warm water resulting in energy savings. You may get tax deductions for using energy efficient upgrades.

It is also a good idea to install filters on every register in your home. This will help keep debris or dirt from getting into heating ducts and reducing their overall efficiency.

Wash your clothes in cold water. Almost 90% of the consumed energy while washing your clothes is spent on heating up the water. As long as the washing detergent you use is reliable, using cold water is just as effective.

Consider solar water heaters to make your home. If you live in an area where freezing temperatures are not a problem, try installing a system that uses a solar heater. However, it's best to keep a traditional heater for times when you need a lot of heated water, or if the sun does not come out for some time.

Solar energy can provide cheap hot water at a low cost.Consider investing in a hot-water system that runs off of solar water heater. You can choose from a direct circulation system or indirect varieties. Indirect is best option for those who have cold winters and worry about pipes freezing.

Use a model which is tankless water heater instead of one that uses a tank style heater. Tankless heaters require less energy to heat water, but they are more effective in heating solely the water necessary instead of a huge tank of water constantly. Tankless heaters can be acquired in models that could give the entire home or even just a single water faucet with water that is hot.

Instead, wear multiple layers, slippers and socks, and heat your living areas with a pellet stove or fireplace.

Keep an eye on the wattage you use. Plug your appliances in to these devices to find out what amount of energy is required each year, a month or a year.You can get a real idea of what your appliances are costing you.

Write yourself reminders to stay on top of new energy efficiency goals, and check each bill against last year to see if improvements were made. For instance, if you make a conscious effort to cut down on your water or electricity usage, you are more apt to remember to turn off the lights and shut off the faucet when not using them.

Try and invest in LED lights as opposed to conventional ones for the next holiday season. A study was conducted by the United StatesThat is the equivalent to the power it would take to run 200,000 homes for one full year. You can save money on your energy bills!

Replace your old appliances with those labeled Energy Star. Energy Star appliances are technologically built to use less energy than those made previously. For freezers and refrigerators, the rating guarantees 20 percent less energy used, for dishwashers 40% less energy used, and for washing machines at least 50% less energy used!

It might be commonly known, but people still do not make sure they turn off lights, machines and other electronics when they are not being used. If you were to get in the habit of turning them off, he or she would save a huge amount on the electric bill.

A really simple way to begin incorporating energy-efficient changes to your house energy-efficient is to get your electric company to help you. Utility companies provide some powerful tools that let you see the amount of energy you use and control your electricity usage. Also check out programs they offer to help with the cost of energy efficient appliances and light bulbs.

All the things we went over throughout this article are easy to implement, so don't let excuses keep you from using them where you live. The steps you take towards green energy today are steps towards a more environmentally sound future.