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You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways

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According to recent Gallup polls, Americans feel that the environment is the top concern facing our country's future. Hints of an upcoming recession are making Americans look for ways to save their hard-earned money. Fortunately, there are many ways—51 to be exact—to help individuals ease both these worries, with the information presented in You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways by Jeffrey Langholz, Ph.D. and Kelly Turner (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99).

"In March 2001, the United States formally withdrew support for the international global warming treaty called the Kyoto Protocol. An important concern was that trying to reduce our nation's greenhouse gas emissions might hurt our economy. This book addresses that concern head on, showing clearly how we can prevent global warming and improve individual households' economic outlook." —Introduction to You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!)

Langhoz and Turner offer information about global warming in easy-to-comprehend language that will help the reader actually understand what had seemed so vague before. You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!) includes up-to-date information regarding:

  • Science: When fossil fuels are burned, they release "greenhouse gasses," which have a special ability to trap the sun's heat inside our atmosphere. The more fossil fuels we burn, the more greenhouse gasses there are to trap the sun's heat—which means a warmer planet for us all.
  • Hybrid cars: Learn the pros and cons of hybrids vs. electric cars, why ethanol would decrease our dependence on foreign oil, and exciting information about hydrogen fuel cells, which emit absolutely zero global warming gasses!
  • The future of our planet: Langholz and Turner predict what we can expect if we don't take drastic measures against global warming. Within the next century, we might see 50-80 million additional cases of malaria per year; insurance rates skyrocketing to cover the costs of severe weather events; and the extinction of polar bears, penguins, caribou, and thousands of other plant and animal species.

You don't have to change your life drastically or immediately. You can make a huge difference by replacing items in your home as needed. For example, the next time an incandescent bulb dies, replace it with a more-efficient compact fluorescent bulb. If you replace only four regular bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs in a year, you will save more than $30 annually, or $205 over the lifespan of the new bulbs! By following only a few of the easy steps in You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!) you can do your part to save our world.

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You can make it a REALITY

You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!) gives hundreds of helpful tips for every aspect of your life, ranging from your home to your car, your neighborhood to your country! You can get started today at home by trying one of these easy tips:

  • Access the A/C: If every American who used air conditioning turned up his or her thermostat by just 1°F this summer, they would prevent 5.5 million tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
  • Now You're Cooking: A microwave is approximately 75% more energy-efficient than an electric oven. By increasing your use of the microwave for reheating, defrosting, browning, and cooking vegetables and popcorn, you can cut your total cooking costs by over 20%!
  • Trees—Nature's Air Conditioners: Vines growing on a trellis can reduce the surface temperature of the wall the trellis is attached to by 40°F, which will drastically reduce your air conditioning bill.

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Climate-neutral means that a product was delivered to your store or your home with no net greenhouse gas emissions. A company that wants to label its product climate-neutral must first do everything it can to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that occur during the manufacturing and transportation of the product. Visit www.climateneutral.com for a complete list of corporate participants.

Still skeptical about the varying reports on the dangers of global warming? Consider this: whether you care about global warming or not, the tips in this book will save you lots of money—and everyone will agree that a little extra cash is a great thing to have. You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!) provides a wealth of economical tips, such as:

  • Got Evian?: Annual amount of money saved as a result of using a filtered water bottle filled with tap water instead of buying two bottles of springwater a week, taking into account the initial cost of the filtered bottle and its replacement filters: $127.
  • Don't Be a Washout: Annual amount of money saved as a result of always washing clothes in cold water and using the moisture-sensor setting on your dryer: $76.
  • Plug Air Leaks: Annual amount of money saved as a result of caulking and weather-stripping your home's air leaks, taking into account the cost of the caulk and weather stripping: $50.

You can't afford not to read this book!

If you follow the no-cost and low-cost tips in this book, you will save over $2,000 and you will prevent the emission of 25,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year! In other words:

  • One person will prevent the release of as much carbon dioxide as 518 trees remove from the atmosphere in a year.
  • Ten people will prevent CO2 emissions equivalent to burning 280 barrels of oil.
  • One hundred people will reduce CO2 emissions equal to taking 216 cars off the road for an entire year.
  • One hundred thousand people will reduce CO2 emissions equal to permanently retiring a 400-megawatt coal power plant.

If one-third of the U.S. population would follow the no-cost and low-cost tips in this book, we would reduce the carbon dioxide emissions enough to achieve the United States' original target under the Kyoto Protocol!

Jeffrey Langholz
About the Authors:

Jeffrey Langholz is a leading environmental policy expert on faculty at the prestigious Monterey Institute of International Studies, home to the world's premier graduate degree program in international environment policy. A highly sought-after speaker, Jeffrey has authored more than two dozen scientific articles, book chapters, and technical reports on a host of environmental topics. He lives with his wife and two children in California.

Kelly Turner

Kelly Turner is an environmental writer who graduated with honors from Harvard University. Her stalwart commitment to environmental issues and policies has led her around the world, including the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution's 2001 Symposium in The Hague, Netherlands. She lives in California with her husband.

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You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways

By: Jeffrey Langholz, Ph.D., and Kelly Turner
ISBN: 978-0-7407-7716-5
Format: Paperback: 5 x 7, 384 pages
Price: $12.99 ($14.50 Canada)