Going Green: Tips u can use

to Fight Global Warming

By Chane Fields

Fighting Global warming

• Replace five incandescent lightbulbs in your home with compact fluorescents: Swapping those 75-watt incandescents with 19-watt CFLs can cut 275 pounds of CO2.

• Instead of short haul flights of 500 miles or so, take the train and bypass 310 pounds of CO2.

Inside Your Home

Shave your eight-minute shower to five minutes for a saving of 513 pounds.

Caulk, weatherstrip and insulate your home. If you rely on natural gas heating, you'll stop 639 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere (472 pounds for electric heating). And this summer, you'll save 226 pounds from AC use.

Saving CO2 Sure it may be hot, but get a fan, set your thermostat to 75 degrees and blow

away 363 pounds of CO2.

Replace refrigerators more than 10 years old with today's more energy-efficient Energy Star models and save more than 500 pounds of CO2.

Local Effects of Global Warming