While Al Gore, Bono, and the United Nations want to place a carbon tax on us, they remain silent about these alternatives:
- GOOGLE "city sues man for cancelling trash service"
- New home construction should use rain harvesting
- Re-build communities so churches, schools, and shopping are within walking distance
- Have governments’ do more than symbolic efforts
- Stop Saturday mail delivery
- Put timers on streetlights
- Automate toilet flushing in public areas (stadiums where 100,000 fans flush toilets)
- Use public service announcements and direct mail to convince businesses to turn off computers and fluorescent lights at the end of the day
- Go back to local organic farming
- Find alternatives to all the petroleum based products we use (Ammonia, Anesthetics, Antihistamines, Artificial limbs, Artificial Turf…Lip Stick, Milk Jugs, Nail Polish, Oil Filters, Pantyhose, Perfume, Petroleum Jelly, Rubber Cement, Rubbing Alcohol, Shampoo, Shaving Cream, Shoes, Toothpaste, Trash Bags, Upholstery, Vitamin Capsules, Yarn)