Kyoto - easier than one would imagine

The past governments - both Liberal and Conservative waffled on their Kyoto requirements saying they were too difficult to attain. I submit to you that they are not even trying! Without even looking at asking corporations to do anything, I can find small things everyone could do to meet these requirements. The fact is, our government did not even think of asking people to do this. Perhaps they are unable to think outside the box...perhaps it's time to elect someone who does. (That would be me :) )

For us to meet our Kyoto requirements we each need to reduce our CO2 by 10580 lbs. Thats a lot. But when we add up activities we can remove from our life...you can see it all adds up.

Stop Mowing Lawn (87 lbs)
Commute From Home (540 lbs)
Programmable Thermostat (1800 lbs)
Change 5 bulbs to Compact Fluorescent (700 lbs)
Wrapping Hot water Tank in Insulating Blanket (1000 lbs)
Recycling (850 lbs)
Turn thermostat up 2 degrees in summer and down 2 in winter (2000 lbs)
Low flow showerhead (350 lbs)
Wash in Cold or Warm Water (500 lbs)
Uses a Clothes line to dry in summer (700 lbs)
Bottled Water (157.5 lbs)
Reusabel Coffee Mug/Thermos (65 lbs)
Carpool (790 lbs)
Inflate your tires (250 lbs)
Change Car Air filter (800 lbs)
Unplug Unused Electronics (1000 lbs)
Switch to Tankless Water Heater (300 lbs)
Tell the Post Office to Set you up as 'No Junk Mail' (105 lbs)
Reusable Grocery Bags (356.2 lbs)
Shower Together (300 lbs)
Reusable Wrapping Paper (333 lbs)
Stop Sending Cards (50 lbs)
Total 13033.7 lbs

As you can see, this is way more than the amount required under Kyoto. I don't know about you, but if the government asked me to stop mowing my lawn and stop getting junk mail...I would have been all for it.