It's Not Easy Being Green

I was going to post ideas for being green every day this month until I started looking at them. Many are simply things I am not going to do.

I am not going to be hot all the time or cold all the time to save a kilowatt. Nope. Not gonna happen. Then there's the unplug everything when not using. Right, I want to spend 20 minutes a day resetting my electronics because I unplugged them the night before. Public transportation sounds great but I have to drive 15 miles to use it and then it only goes during working hours. HUH? Many people live where there simply isn't any public transportation to use. I despise those fluorescent bulbs. All light is distorted and ugly and they make electricity buzz in older homes. I have a horde of incandescent bulbs for things like our well house, which needs a tiny heat supply to keep the pipes from freezing.

There are things I do:
I recycle glass, newspaper, magazines, plastic, aluminum and shopping bags.
I donate old clothes and usable household goods to Goodwill or to someone who will use them.
I try to make each trip out in the car do as many errands as possible.
I wash clothes in cold water as much as possible.
I vote democrat because they've shown much more concern for the environment than their Republican counterparts. Simply saying that global warming isn't happening because it might cost you some revenue is stupid.
I am reading more ebooks and such and buying less paper books. I sell, donate or trade books that I want to get rid of.
I try to find used items sometimes instead of new simply to save money and resources.