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...switch to an abacus or slide rule. 3. The environment Desktop computers are full of noisy, power-hungry moving parts, and they release toxic chemicals into the soil when put in landfills. Before the liberals take over our government and send your desktop the way of the incandescent light bulb, smash your computer to deny them the pleasure. 4. It’s addictive Recent research suggests that up to nine million Americans could be pathological computer users, and internet addiction is rapidly gaining acceptance as a psychological disorder. Go cold turkey...I dare you. 5. It?...
...Energy a Breeze? I thought I had come to a typo in your article "Got Wind?" when I read about the Michigander who spent $16,000 to get a wind turbine that "can generate 1.5 kilowatts ... enough to power the average light bulb for 15 hours" [Dec. 1]. And that, he admits, is on a day with "decent wind." A few nuclear plants can power more light bulbs than that, and you don't have to sit around waiting for a breeze. Americans need to look at how France is getting nearly 80% of its electricity. Stephanie Gutmann, PIERMONT...
...minded actions are important, such as Harvard’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they should be de-emphasized in favor of organizing direct and symbolic action.“You can’t make the math work in any practical way by changing your light bulb. Symbolic action offers the practical hope for actually changing things on a large scale,” McKibben said. It is more effective, he added, to focus on “political action that seems to have some chance of payoff, and less towards perfecting one’s personal...
...distributed over 1,000 CFL bulbs during freshman move-in and has distributed another 500 bulbs in the Houses thus far, according to Brandon P. Geller ’08, the undergraduate REP coordinator. REP will continue providing CFL bulbs to students, both through House reps and a spring “light bulb swap” of old incandescent light bulbs for CFLs...
Though Harvard supplies the materials necessary to achieve sustainability, some believe that communication about bulb usage still remains an issue. Robert M. Gogan, Jr., the associate manager of Harvard Recycling Services, says he agrees that, despite best efforts to publicize recycling procedures, “we need to improve awareness...