What Can You Do?

There are many things that you as an individual can do to help fight global warming and save our snow. A first step is to figure out how much carbon dioxide emissions that are directly related to you, we recommend visiting www.carbonchain.org as a starting point for this process.

Once you’ve figured out your impact, here are five simple steps that we recommend everyone take:

1. 1. Change out your regular, burn out all the time, light bulbs with long-lasting (CFL) compact fluorescent light bulbs. They may cost a bit more, but they will last up to 10 times longer and use at least 2/3 less energy than standard bulbs to provide the same light.
   
   
2. 2. Buy a more fuel efficient and less polluting vehicle and reduce or stop idling your vehicle. Over the average lifetime of an American car, a 40 mpg vehicle will save roughly $3,000 in fuel costs versus a 20 mpg vehicle.
   
   
3. Purchase Green Tags to offset your individual carbon usage. Local residents can purchase Blue Sky wind power from Rocky Mountain Power at http://www.utahpower.net/Article/Article22009.html otherwise visit http://www.renewablechoice.com.
   
   
4. Look for Energy Star rated products, in particular when upgrading or replacing appliances.
   
   
5. Conduct a home energy audit and if recommended, air seal and insulate your home to improve your home’s energy efficiency and comfort. Questar Gas offers a free energy audit and will provide you with free materials to help make you more energy efficient.