Simple Things We All Can Do To Help Stop Global Warming (Barbra's dishwashing and refrigerator tips)

www.barbrastreisand.com ^ | Posted October 18, 2006 | Barbra Streisand

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Posted October 18, 2006 ...Barbra Streisand Simple Things We All Can Do To Help Stop Global Warming

Below is a link to a great article from The NY Times titled “Beyond Fossil Fuels” by Robert B. Semple Jr. The piece acknowledges that while stopping global warming is an overwhelming and daunting task, everyone has the power to make a difference by making simple, conscious decisions in their every day lives. The Streisand Foundation supports the non-profit group Earth Day Network, and they have compiled a list of a few easy ways you can conserve energy and help protect the environment from further deterioration:

1) Change old, incandescent lights to newer energy-saving models (compact fluorescent lights), turn off lights when not in use and dim lights when in use. 2) Update your heating/cooling system to a more efficient model 3) Tune up old heating/cooling systems, clean out the vents, buy a programmable thermostat 4) Make sure windows are sealed and doors are closed when running air conditioners and heaters 5) Turn on the energy saver switch near your refrigerator’s thermostat 6) Make sure that your refrigerator door seals properly 7) Clean out the condenser coil on your refrigerator (can improve the efficiency of your refrigerator by one third) 8) Wait until you have a full load before running your dishwasher 9) Invest in green stocks and renewable energy companies through socially responsible funds 10) Eat locally grown food and fruits and vegetables that are in season (if the food doesn't have to travel far, there's less carbon dioxide from the trucks that ship it) 11) Eat organic (the pesticides used on crops releases carbon contained in soil into the atmosphere) 12) Buy recycled

"Beyond Fossil Fuel" by Robert B. Semple Jr., The New York Times http://select.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/opinion/11talkingpoints.html?ex=1161230400&en=8f38f5ab39804078&ei=5121&emc=eta1

[thinking]

Dear Barbara,

I learned a few things in the military, and on the job: if you are going lead, then you have to stand in the front of the troops, and utter the words; follow me...hence I suggest, that you have an open house, and show the proletarian, how energy frugal you are, demonstrate, your new solar panels, your recently installed wind generator, how you have downsized your limos to a bicycle, how you turn off the electrical power at 7:30 pm....

Until you have demonstrated leadership, I will continue to view you, as one good looking women....

Yours truly

Fellow Citizen

[Elyse]

How about stop buying music cds since cds are made from Benzine.

I predict that Babs response to your suggestion would be - "I'm all verklempt *sniff*...talk amongst yourselves... let me give you a new topic."

[Cincinatus]

Reminds me of an old joke...

"What are you doing with that pig!?!?" he asked.

Babs: "This happens to be a dog!"

"I was talking to the dog!!"

[Piquaboy]

That would solve California's electrical problems. Great idea!

[Last Laugh]

Nice jab on Rosie. Or did you mean the other dog?

LOL!

[layman]

Make sure doors are closed when running heaters

Damn! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for the tip, Babs.

[RSmithOpt]

Yup! Now that's an energy effecient use of resources and labor to replace that mansion when it goes swimming, isn't it?

Awwwh Heck! I ain't suppoda sayz zem thangs. I'z nots a rich elitist liberal like sheez beeze. Sheez zackly knowz howz to run the plantation for all us poor dumb bastards, right?

[nascarnation]

why do I feel the urge to buy a big honkin motorhome?

[trisham]

Which one?

[trisham]

My eyes! My eyes!

[trisham]

LOL! Age hasn't improved Babs.

[Last Laugh]

Which one?

The one stuck under babs left armpit. That dog is not happy, the OTHER dog is grinning like a pig in a mud puddle.

[trisham]

LOL!

[E Rocc]

Robert Smith of the Cure has some tips on how to stop...

-Eric

[E Rocc]

Now THAT's "Scary Vision".

-Eric

[Jeffrey_D.]

"[Algore]Build a giant space shade between Earth and the Sun.[/Algore]"

Better yet, have NASA install a dimmer switch for the sun !!!

[exnavy]

Hopefully days, not years.

[razorback-bert]

LOL! Age hasn't improved Babs.

Or her plastic surgeon.

[GnL]

So if I run the dishwasher more often the earth will warm and the oceans will rise, correct? Hmmm...

[mountainlyons]

Shut up and sing, somewhere else.