The Stop Global Warming calculator shows you how much carbon dioxide you can prevent from being released into the atmosphere and how much money you can save by making some small changes in your daily life. It’s our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming. There are many simple things you can do in your daily life — what you eat, what you drive, how you build your home — that can have an effect on your immediate surrounding, and on places as far away as Antactica. Here is a list of few things that you can do to make a difference. Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $60 per year. Take the Energy Star pledge. Keep the tires on your car adequately inflated. Check them monthly. Save 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $840 per year. Check your car’s air filter monthly. Save 800 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $130 per year. Run your dishwasher only with a full load. Save 100 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $40 per year. Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5 lbs. of carbon dioxide per ream of paper. Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer. Save 2000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $98 per year. Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120°F. Save 550 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $30 per year. Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $150 per year. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $99 per year. Using less water in the shower means less energy to heat the water. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $150. Buy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your store. Help spur the renewable energy market and cut global warming pollution by buying wind certificates and green tags. Less packaging could reduce your garbage by about 10%. Save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide and $1,000 per year. The average driver could save 16,000 lbs. of CO2 and $3,750 per year driving a hybrid Getting a few extra miles per gallon makes a big difference. Save thousands of lbs. of CO2 and a lot of money per year. Own a big vehicle? Carpooling with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs. of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year. Idling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming causing emissions. Except when in traffic, turn your engine off if you must wait for more than 30 seconds. Buy products with less packaging and recycle paper, plastic and glass. Save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year. Trees suck up carbon dioxide and make clean air for us to breathe. Save 2,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year. Keep your water heater insulated could save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $40 per year. Inefficient appliances waste energy. Save hundreds of lbs. of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year. Caulk and weather strip your doorways and windows. Save 1,700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $274 per year. Use your muscles instead of fossil fuels and get some exercise. Save 80 lbs of carbon dioxide per year. Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $256 per year. Instead of turning up the heat in your home, wear more clothes Save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $250 per year. Make sure your walls and ceilings are insulated. Save 2,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $245 per year. Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer instead of using the dryer. Save 700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $75 per year. Your water will be heated as you use it rather than keeping a tank of hot water. Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $390 per year. Double pane windows keep more heat inside your home so you use less energy. Save 10,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $436 per year. The chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce. Using your own cloth bag instead of plastic or paper bags reduces waste and requires no additional energy. Made from 100% scrap leather by Roots — 100% of net proceeds go the Stop Global Warming Fund. Shut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of C02. Conserve energy by using your computer’s “sleep mode” instead of a screensaver. The average American diet contributes an extra 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases per year compared with a vegetarian diet. Eliminating meat and dairy intake one day a week can make a big difference. 2.5 million individual plastic water bottles are thrown away every hour in the US. Start using a reusable water bottle and just say no to plastic!
Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Inflate Your Tires
Change Your Air Filter
Fill The Dishwasher
Use Recycled Paper
Adjust Your Thermostat
Check Your Waterheater
Change the AC Filter
Take Shorter Showers
Install a Low-Flow Showerhead
Buy Products Locally
Buy Energy Certificates
Buy Minimally Packaged Goods
Buy A Hybrid Car
Buy a Fuel Efficient Car
Carpool When You Can
Don’t Idle in Your Car
Reduce Garbage
Plant a Tree
Insulate Your Water Heater
Replace Old Appliances
Weatherize Your Home
Use a Push Mower
Unplug Un-Used Electronics
Put on a Sweater
Insulate Your Home
Air Dry Your Clothes
Switch to a Tankless Water Heater
Switch to Double Pane Windows
Buy Organic Food
Bring Cloth Bags to the Market
Buy the Bracelet
Turn off Your Computer
Be a Meat Reducer
Ditch the Plastic
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