Ricardo Said:

George W. Bush - environmentalist. Al Gore?

We Answered:

Amen. True liberals - they never practice what they preach. They use their "free speech" to shout down any opinion that they don't want to hear.

They tell us how to live, but continue to live however they wish.

One of the highest people in PETA uses insulin made from animals! Why? Because she NEEDS to live to keep fighting for the animals. That's her excuse.

Unbelievable.

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Gene Said:

list five steps that an individual has to follow in order to conserve the environment?

We Answered:

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

2. Save Electricity (Unplug/Turn off your stuff)

3. Plant a Tree
During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are an integral part of the natural atmospheric exchange cycle here on Earth, but there are too few of them to fully counter the increases in carbon dioxide caused by automobile traffic, manufacturing and other human activities. A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its lifetime.

4. Replace regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs

5. Drive Less
(Fewer Carbon Dioxide Emissions)

Anita Said:

what exactly does our environment include and what are the basic steps to conserve it?

We Answered:

carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are pretty much what make our environment

conserve it by doing naturally frienldy things.

Clifton Said:

should the "E" in "Earth" always be capitalized?

We Answered:

Whenever it is used as the name of the planet it is Earth. Whenever it is used to describe soil, it is earth.

Whenever it is used to describe planets that are blue and beautiful and ever so round just like ours, it is Earthy. (Unless the planet has fruits, and trees, and banana plantations in which case it, too, may be earthy.)

Whenever it is filthy and dirty, but entertaining, it is earthy.

EDIT: Be careful! The presence or absence of the definite article "the" is not a reliable way of deciding when to capitalize earth or Earth, viz: He rubbed the earth between his fingers. You Earth creatures can't spell worth ****! Of course, one can imagine that either of those can go the other way too, given a giant or a mud puddle to play around in (oy a preposition! That cures it!).

Lucille Said:

What are the steps to minimize the desktop power consumption?

We Answered:

Do you mean desktop - as in PC power consumption ?

Well, if you are considering purchase of a new PC, there are some being made with very low power consumption.

Failing that, Ditch your power hungry monitor - and go for an LCD model. Only 20W - compared to 150W of a CRT.
Change your power settings set- up on your PC.
Go to Start menu - Control panel , Performance and maintenance , Power settings.
There you can tell your PC to go into a screensaver after 2 minutes of non-use. - Set your screensaver to be a black screen - or something very minimal. You can also set it to turn-off the screen after 5 minutes of non-use. This will still automatically start back up as soon as you move a mouse.

If you feel loke modding your PC - Add a fan speed controller. This senses when your PC needs cooling - and turns the fan on only if it's needed. - Seems sensible doesn't it ?

If you have a wireless router network - this is constantly sending out the equivalent of a constant mobile phone call - all the time. As it is in the microwave region - this is not only wasteful - it's also a health hazard! - Look up how to turn it off when you don't need it - lots of help online for this - just google it.

I've got a wooden workstation, and I've mounted a standard 1gang switched socket on the left behind te monitor. This is supplied by a 13A lead to the inaccesable wall socket in the wall. I plugged my Mains surge protector into this for all computer and peripheral power.
When I'm done with the PC I just turn this mainswitch off and it isolates the lot. - A lot easier than grovelling around behind everything.

I've found if you make access easier to switches - people use them.

For TV - video etc - use an eco-adaptor. This senses when the TV is off - and switches everything else off too - no more stand-by's.

For a few pounds you can get a device that tells you how much current your devices use. You set your electricity costs - and can see how much it's costing you! Maybe you'll decide to change those expencive items.