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[Shortpoet-GTD]

Not to go off topic but
the Rockefellers, Morgans, and Rothschilds
are not even on the Forbes top 100 list for money.

Gates is number one, and he gives a lot of his money to charity. Not all rich folks are bad.
Source

And overpopulation is our number one issue-problem. Putting more on us on this planet,
is hardly green.

[BuddhaStarlight]

After using an entire roll of paper towels to clean my bathroom the other day, I really need to find a way to get some cleaning rags.

I know this is a stupid question, but where do you buy cleaning rags for cheap? I don't have any old towels or shirts or anything that I can cut up. Is there anywhere you can get a big bag of recycled cleaning rags?

edit-- I realize I look horrible for not having done this a long time ago. I'm still kind of new at certain aspects of "going green" so don't hate me!

[Shortpoet-GTD]

The auto parts store or (ugh-big box stores) have blue, sometimes red mechanic clothes. You can also find
white cotton clothes for buffing in the same area. Fairly cheap.

Or the better idea would be to go to a 2nd hand store, and pick up a few cotton shirts/blouses or running pants.
It'll only set you back a buck or two. Cut them up into squares, and there ya go.

I hope those paper towels you used were not from the koch brothers. Double ugh.

[BuddhaStarlight]

What is Koch brothers?

Thanks for the tips! I didn't even think about going to the Goodwill for stuff. I do that this week. :)

[Shortpoet-GTD]

BuddhaStarlight, on 08 October 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:

What is Koch brothers?

Thanks for the tips! I didn't even think about going to the Goodwill for stuff. I do that this week. :)

The koch brothers are billionaires that are as anti environment as you can get. There reach is long, and they
support tea baggers, mitt/ryan and own hundred of businesses.
http://greenliving.a...ch-Brothers.htm
http://thinkprogress...lyte/?mobile=nc

Off topic, but everyone should know how horrible the koch brothers are.

[BuddhaStarlight]

Thanks for the list! I don't think I use most of that stuff anyway. If there's one thing I hate it's those "quilted" toilet papers. UGH.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

BuddhaStarlight, on 08 October 2012 - 08:43 AM, said:

Thanks for the list! I don't think I use most of that stuff anyway. If there's one thing I hate it's those "quilted" toilet papers. UGH.

I think many of us "hate" global warming too. Thanks to the koch brothers, we're having a harder fight.

[StevesWeb]

BuddhaStarlight, on 08 October 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:

What is Koch brothers?

Thanks for the tips! I didn't even think about going to the Goodwill for stuff. I do that this week. :)

The Koch Brothers are coal and oil billionaires who are extremely active in funding bad science about climate change, the type of bad science you might see on a news network known for publishing falsehoods.

It is rumored that the Koch Brothers have a small vacation home somewhere up Paul Ryan's rear end.

[teamrose]

I have CFLs throughout most of the house, including in ceiling fans. I haven't had to replace any of them in over 6 years.

I have LEDs (accent bulb size) in the chandelier in the dining room and in the entry hall. I also have some LED floods over the fireplace. They are exactly as bright as I need/want them to be.

The only place that I have any incandescents left is in the two ceiling fans in the living room. Both fans each take 3 accent size bulbs and the accent size LED bulbs aren't bright enough to support the living room properly.


Edit: I also added an additional R-15 of insulation to what was probably about R-15 already there. Between that and switching electricity companies, I just paid less than $80/mo for electricity in the last two summer months. In Florida. 2100sqft house.

[StevesWeb]

teamrose, on 09 October 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

I just paid less than $80/mo for electricity in the last two summer months. In Florida. 2100sqft house.

Congratulations!  That sounds like a pretty good accomplishment to me.

[BuddhaStarlight]

That's definitely an accomplishment. I pay $90 a month and we have a tiny one bedroom apartment.

[StevesWeb]

We were paying $1365 a month for electricity, which is obviously a lot of money.  That was the economic incentive for the 78 solar panels.

Right now everybody is wondering why we would need so much electricity.  Two koi ponds, at least 5 pumps, a spa, a pool, a heated turtle  enclosure, a large house, a guest house, three refrigerators, 8 webcams, and approximately 15 computers.

Now our bill is down to about $60 to $100 a month, so far, winter is coming.

[BuddhaStarlight]

Wow. That's honestly the highest electric bill I've ever heard of! Good for you for getting solar panels!

15 computers though? How many people are in your household? You must have a tribe, lol.

[StevesWeb]

BuddhaStarlight, on 11 October 2012 - 02:15 AM, said:

15 computers though? How many people are in your household? You must have a tribe, lol.

It's just DH and I, the kids are grown and on the East Coast.   Most of the computers are off most of the time.  We do different types of development that requires us to have this or that operating system available for testing.   And I do web development in my home office/mancave.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

BuddhaStarlight, on 08 October 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:

What is Koch brothers?

Thanks for the tips! I didn't even think about going to the Goodwill for stuff. I do that this week. :)

http://www.alternet....mitt?paging=off

[R. Paradon]

jacobnomi, on 29 November 2011 - 12:19 PM, said:

We discovered a great way to control ants in the kitchen without using chemicals or traps. Ants dislike cinnamon and either powder or sticks can block ant pathways. The coolest thing though is controlling the ants without using anything at all. Keep your counters really clean. If you miss a few crumbs, they'll probably come back. That's when you break out the noisemakers. A stainless steel pot cover seems to work best. Crash it down on the counter a few times--not near the ants, you don't want to harm them. They'll start stampeding towards their escape route. Watch for stragglers and encourage them by using the pot cover to herd them to their bolt-hole. Eventually, when they see you come into the kitchen, they start to leave on their own.

They also do not care for mint!  So if you can grow a few mint plants and place them in an area the they like to congregate  they will leave.  And you can also use the leaves for cooking!

[grachio]

Grow some plants. It will give off oxygen. Place shedded leaves, chicken dung and sawdust around plants to serve as fertilizer. Use banana leaf in place of plate on special occasions. Place the banana leaf on a table. One leaf gathered by all or by individual.

[ChanellG]

There are so many things we can all do from eliminating chemicals as much as possible from our lives to conserving energy and just cutting down on waste. Anything you can upcycle and reuse saves money and keeps unnecessary stuff out of landfills, as does recycling. I think most of us know what to do already, we just have to find ways of making it feasible. The cheap stuff is what's readily available.

[Earthling]

StevesWeb, on 08 October 2012 - 03:24 PM, said:

The Koch Brothers are coal and oil billionaires who are extremely active in funding bad science about climate change, the type of bad science you might see on a news network known for publishing falsehoods.

It is rumored that the Koch Brothers have a small vacation home somewhere up Paul Ryan's rear end.

"Funding bad science about climate change" like Richard Muller's BEST project, or are you talking about them funding people who dare to suggest that the science isn't settled?

If the Kochs have "a small vacation home" anywhere, they should get in touch with Al Gore, because he could give them a few pointers on buying holiday homes.

[buysoapnuts]

Drying your white clothes on the lawn in the summer is a great one.  It bleaches them naturally from the sun & the oxygen in the grass.