How Green are you?

[Sharondippity]

I've had solar panels since 2009. My annual electric bill is about $80. I have almost no insulation in the vaulted ceilings, and the house has a lot of glass, four sliding glass doors and large windows. I use AC 24/7 from July- Oct.

I recycle, have big engine cars but rarely drive. I take light rail as much as I can to work and to go downtown to party on weekends.

 

[argedion]

I'm a tree frog what do you think?

 

[Roze]

I've had solar panels since 2009. My annual electric bill is about $80. I have almost no insulation in the vaulted ceilings, and the house has a lot of glass, four sliding glass doors and large windows. I use AC 24/7 from July- Oct.

I recycle, have big engine cars but rarely drive. I take light rail as much as I can to work and to go downtown to party on weekends.

Nice! How much did you spend on those babies?

 

[IOWA]

I've had solar panels since 2009. My annual electric bill is about $80. I have almost no insulation in the vaulted ceilings, and the house has a lot of glass, four sliding glass doors and large windows. I use AC 24/7 from July- Oct.

I recycle, have big engine cars but rarely drive. I take light rail as much as I can to work and to go downtown to party on weekends.

I've always wanted to do something like that... for survival purposes. Perhaps I think too much, but I don't like depending on people/things for my survival. I like to be self sufficient. Depending on electricco. for my power isn't doing that.

 

[Sharondippity]

Nice! How much did you spend on those babies?

Around 14k. They'll pay for themselves in 6.3 years.

 

[Roze]

Around 14k. They'll pay for themselves in 6.3 years.

Not too bad. I remember seeing this tv show where the owner went green. Spent $100k+ and was told that he'd paid off the rest of the mortgage before the green investment paid themselves back.

 

[NYCHitman1]

I use the LIRR (NYC commuter rail) and NYC subway to get to work daily. We recycle plastics and glass in my house, but otherwise I don't really care. We also own a small V4 2006 Scion xA that's pretty decent on gas.

 

[AntimonyER]

It seems like the general consensus is a logical, "I do what is economical, but don't go out of my way". I recycle when I think about it, I have added insulation to my house, since there was a tax credit to reduce the cost, in addition to the energy savings. I have a home automation system to control temperature based on the time of day, for efficiency without affecting comfort too much. I drive a small car, and carpool to work, because gas is too expensive. But I also consider myself a skeptic and realist on global warming. I don't think it is happening, but even if it was, I don't think what is being proposed will help anyways.