View Full Version : What are YOU doing to help the environment?
TheSanityAnnex
05-22-2014, 07:46 PM
List your personal contributions here:
Me
ride bike to work when not lazy, drive car 1.5 miles if lazy (90% of the time)
installed solar panels
have 216 sq feet of garden boxes
80% of landscaping is succulents, clippings and replanting will bring me to 100% soon, minus lawn
chicken coop of 6
huge exhaust fan installed in roof to clear house of hot air and limit AC use
compost pile
low flow water
LED's
recycle everything possible
Future for my place:
entire backyard synthetic putting green
what you guys doing?
DarrinS
05-22-2014, 08:40 PM
I recently bought a hybrid that gets 50 mpg. As someone who loves powerful mechanical things, driving it is pretty much a soul-crushing experience. But, I did it for my wallet -- not the environment.
TeyshaBlue
05-22-2014, 08:44 PM
I've converted my Denali to burn coal.
DarrinS
05-22-2014, 08:44 PM
I've converted my Denali to burn coal.
Why do you hate polar bears?
ElNono
05-22-2014, 09:14 PM
I breathe, helping the photosynthesis process...
TheSanityAnnex
05-22-2014, 09:23 PM
I only shoot rabbits with brass, not lead, for the environment. I shoot the targets three feet way from the dead rabbits with lead cause the law says that's okay.
Wild Cobra
05-22-2014, 09:51 PM
List your personal contributions here:
Me
ride bike to work when not lazy, drive car 1.5 miles if lazy (90% of the time)
installed solar panels
have 216 sq feet of garden boxes
80% of landscaping is succulents, clippings and replanting will bring me to 100% soon, minus lawn
chicken coop of 6
huge exhaust fan installed in roof to clear house of hot air and limit AC use
compost pile
low flow water
LED's
recycle everything possible
Future for my place:
entire backyard synthetic putting green
what you guys doing?
Wow.
That's much better than most. I'm not worried about these issues like many are. having an abundance of clean energy here in Oregon, I have recently bought more than $500 in LED lighting. That's really about it. My WS6 gets about 17MPG city.... Not very economical...
spurraider21
05-22-2014, 10:37 PM
i close the faucet while brushing my teeth
TheSanityAnnex
05-22-2014, 10:54 PM
Wow.
That's much better than most. I'm not worried about these issues like many are. having an abundance of clean energy here in Oregon, I have recently bought more than $500 in LED lighting. That's really about it. My WS6 gets about 17MPG city.... Not very economical...
Forgot to add I flush every two pees.
TheSanityAnnex
05-22-2014, 10:56 PM
i close the faucet while brushing my teeth
I need to fix my faucet plug. Damn thing broke and I trickle water now when I shave... It won't fill up :(
I do use an old school straight blade now so less waste.
I also reload brass so less pollution.
SnakeBoy
05-23-2014, 12:54 AM
I cut down 2 acres of cedar, piled it up and burned it. Only 3 more to go.
ChumpDumper
05-23-2014, 01:01 AM
I start conflagrations in areas where fires have been artificially suppressed.
CosmicCowboy
05-23-2014, 07:46 AM
hmmm
solar array on house
switched to LED's @ house
all water saver plumbing fixtures
I usually pee outside at the house and ranch
switching to LED's at office/shop
downsized from 3/4 ton truck to 1/2 ton truck
recycle about 100,000# of steel every year
recycled about 7000# of copper this year
planted 150 tree orchard at ranch
purchased 2 obama electric vehicles for ranch :-)
bought a dual carb VW sand rail/dune buggy for when the EV's won't cut it but don't need the truck. Who says saving energy can't be fun?
pgardn
05-23-2014, 08:35 AM
I let ants feed off my oozing wounds.
I then collect them and feed them to lizards which I then export to Singapore via sailing vessel.
Blake
05-23-2014, 08:41 AM
I use propane instead of charcoal grill.
I throw stuff in the recycle bin.
I got a low flow toilet and I piss in the sink when I'm drunk.
That's about all I can think of.
xrayzebra
05-23-2014, 10:42 AM
I have two SUV's which guzzle gas. (good for economy, keeps the oil patch going). Leave lights burning all hours of the day and night, CEO of CPS needs those big bonuses. I cheat on watering. I figure if we run low on water, really low, the politicians will get off their duff and get a plant down on the coast to desalinate water.
In short, damned if I am going to change my lifestyle too much to suit any tree huger. Most conservationist have done more to harm than to improve. IMO.
TheSanityAnnex
05-23-2014, 11:00 AM
I ask for paper bags at the grocery store and save them to use for starters in my fireplace.
I reuse water bottles multiple times.
boutons_deux
05-23-2014, 11:34 AM
sort all my trash in blue and brown bins
took up SAWS offer of two free low-flow toilets
hvac only in my bedrooms, home office, so electricity bill consistently under $100.
sewer surcharge exceeds my water usage charge
don't drive a look-at-me land yacht nor a dimestore cowboy, macho man pickup.
got 360 Km on my salvage-title camry, will replace with hybrid or diesel or ev
SnakeBoy
05-23-2014, 02:10 PM
sort all my trash in blue and brown bins
took up SAWS offer of two free low-flow toilets
hvac only in my bedrooms, home office, so electricity bill consistently under $100.
sewer surcharge exceeds my water usage charge
don't drive a look-at-me land yacht nor a dimestore cowboy, macho man pickup.
got 360 Km on my salvage-title camry, will replace with hybrid or diesel or ev
You could have just said you are poor.
boutons_deux
05-23-2014, 02:16 PM
You could have just said you are poor.
You Lie
TeyshaBlue
05-23-2014, 05:57 PM
sewer surcharge exceeds my water usage charge
Sometimes the bits just write themselves. :lol
DarrinS
05-23-2014, 06:11 PM
Sometimes the bits just write themselves. :lol
I was going to comment, but it felt like child abuse.
boutons_deux
05-23-2014, 06:32 PM
Sometimes the bits just write themselves. :lol
Tb lol
Big Empty
05-23-2014, 06:42 PM
i traded my 2012 ram in for a 2014. 6 more miles a gallon :) i have to have my "macho" truck as my boy boutons would say lol
leemajors
05-24-2014, 02:11 AM
I ask for paper bags at the grocery store and save them to use for starters in my fireplace.
I reuse water bottles multiple times.
Think it's been over a year since they stopped using plastic bags at checkout for grocery stores in Austin. Don't really miss them tbh
ElNono
05-24-2014, 01:20 PM
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When living in the states I would piss outside as much as possible. While here I try to piss in gatorade bottles at night, which also helps me interpret my fluid intake/outake.
Ricky Davis
05-26-2014, 10:24 AM
about to get a job at an air quality engineering company
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