Jamika Gregorio: I like some of these answers but there is allot more poor people then rich and do the rich really believe that where going to go to a shelter and eat there slop they throw us . No way where going to take there's how would they stop us there's to many poor and growing . Anyway where all in this together we all breath the same air don't we If the rich can afford solar cells and use them then more power to them and thank you for saving a little clean air for me . I'm poor but still trying to do my part . I order broken solar cells off eBay i get them real cheap some times and i put them together .I have been doing it for the last 3 years and now run my entire home off solar .I probably have a little over a thousand into it . lmao Just don't try to feed me or my kids slop if they get hungry ill be knocking on your door and you better have a plate ready for me or I'm going to tell all the poor starving people you have food LOL...Show more
Hyo Hardell: y! es
Chris Wilczewski: lol not at all if peniless hippies have been doing it since the 60's. I think the poor communities can survive easily as long as they are able to adjust the way they live and have good knowledge on Permaculture practices.....
Misty Vagle: well one way is to put solar pannels by it (because the sun is attracted to water) and use that energy to power the pool filter & maybe the heater.
Esteban Lyson: LOL, it all the global warming crap was invented by Europeans to slow down the progress of the USA, cuz if they can't join us, they hate us.You have all these rich Democrats that live in huge houses,travel in private jets, and drive around in Hummers.and then they switch cars to pretend they believe in their cause.the problem is that global warming and green living started off as a political agenda, propaganda. Then people started listening (never seems to listen to the right people!)Most poor people arent polluting the air, and crap. the ! only problem our poor people have is that too many are just la! zy and dont mind living in a shelter, though of course there are actual active peole with bad luckif rich people are conserned about living green, first they need to fix themselves before tryng to change a country....Show more
Dewey Heersink: there are alot of programs for the poor its there choice wether they go or not.there are shelters meal plans ect.we cant bulid everyone house for free
Jinny Dronen: That is a possibility, but- at least in this country- we aren't limited by rich and poor. There is a vast population of middle class people that drive big suvs to the beach and leave every light in there house on all the time that could easily make a difference if they were better informed and maybe cared a bit more.
Dick Maisenbacher: I know of three ways to clean the bacteria out of water.1.chlorine2.salt3.ultraviolet light.I'm sure you can guess which is the most environmentally friendly.Research...Show more
Hai Biggart: Ask a retiree on a limit! ed income about "green living". We buy less, use less, travel less. We are the greenest generation. If younger generations worried more about the environment and less about ring tones and texting, the planet might have a chance.
Ronny Dorge: fill it with soil and have a garden
Darwin Ecton: Sadly, green living is an issue that was created by wealthy people and it has become a feel good issue for wealthy people.For example, wealthy people can go out and buy a new hybrid car and congratulate themselves because they are so good to the environment and the rest of us are so bad.The wealthy people live in large homes and use far more fossil fuels to heat the home and use far more electricity to light the home than the rest of us use. Then the rich buy carbon credits from Al Gore to make up for their excessive energy use. The rich then very publicly congratulate themselves for being so good and scold the rest of us for being so bad.The rich buy expensive solar photovo! ltaic systems for their homes at $30,000 or more, and very publicly say! that they are so wonderful for doing that and the rest of us are so bad for not doing that. It doesn't make any difference that the solar photovoltaic systems on their rooftops produce very little electricity. The purpose of the solar photovoltaic system on their rooftops is so that they can say they are so much better than the rest of us. It doesn't make any difference to them whether or not the system actually produces any electricity. The rich then scold the rest of us who are renting apartments for not spending $30,000 to do the same thing, even though we do not have $30,000 to spend. Also we cannot put solarphotovoltaic systems on our apartments, especially if we are on the ground floor and do not even have access to sunlight to begin with.The rich people just look down on the rest of us and they look for ways to publicly look down on us and claim their superiority. Green environmentalism is just another way for them to do that.The rich people claim that they are r! ich because they are better than the rest of us, however all of the rich people that I have seen merely inherited their money from their parents or rich aunts and uncles or grandparents.The rich people were born on home plate and think they hit a home run. They now need status symbols to prove to themselves and their friends that they are better than the rest of us. Environmentalism is just one more way for them to spend their money to do that.What the rich are doing is very similar to what the holier than thou people that you see in some churches often do. You have some cliques of people who claim to be better and holier than the other members of the church. The same is true with environmentalism. Environmentalism is just a new religion, and the rich are discovering ways to be holier than thou by spending money that they have and you don't have to spend so the rich can easily claim to be holier than thou.Note to k_adityak k: I noticed that you copied my answer to this q! uestion word for word as your answer to this question. Although I am h! onored that you think that my answer is so good that you chose to copy my answer as your own, you should note that I am the souce for you answer and that you are quoting my work word for word.....Show more
Geraldo Mccalla: the use of furs is acceptable as long as the animals are not being killed solely for the fur. we live in a soceity where animals are killed for food and for some other reasons, so there is no reason why we should not use the left over fur. however, killing an animal for the fur and not using the rest of its parts is a waste and can harm the envrionment.
Bob Nakamoto: Trying to live economically will inherently be "greener" than the average wasteful lifestyle.If you buy less stuff at Wal-mart, you will get fewer plastic bags and thus have a smaller ecological impact.The main place low income people end up creating more pollution is the cheap old junker they drive which hasn't had a tune-up in 12 years. Fix the car (especially now with appx $3 ! a gallon gas) and you save money plus pollute less.If you are reasonable about it. You don't have to buy a $35,000 hybrid car to replace that old car in your driveway to reduce how much pollution you create. You just have to think about what will BOTH save money long term AND pollute less....Show more
Andre Winegar: no,even poor people can go green,they can do many things like: 1.not through rubbish in the streets.2.they can join some of centers that help the environment so they can get money and help the environment.
Buster Exline: Please mention the fact on which ones are warmer, better for the environment or any other reasons. Answers at least 50 words long please.
Daria Verfaillie: The average Joe doesn't even have a clue as to what the heck green living is. For all he knows it could just be another scheme of the government to tax the people even more. And yes, he is more worried about his survival...like where to get the next meal for him and his ! family. The rich Joe, on the other hand, would probably just go with t! he flow. He thinks of green living as a trend, a life style of the "in" crowd...and not to be outdone, he would probably adopt green living too.The serious advocates of green living are still few and far in between. They are not necessarily the rich but more like the people really passionate about saving the environment. Dare I say the educated class?...Show more
Mel Crapo: There are bad consequences when either direction is pursued. Its OBVIOUS that MAN does not have the answers to care for the Earth the way it needs to be cared for. Note the Bible's comment on man's knowledge at Jeremiah 10:23 - "I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step." There's plenty of evidence that shows when we, as humans, solve one problem, we often create other problems. As far as those ruining the environment, there is a scripture at Revelation 11:18 that shows what will soon happen. Rev 1! 1:18 - "But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time for the dead to be judged, and to give [their] reward to your slaves the prophets and to the holy ones and to those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.â€Those who are deliberately ruining the planet for there own benefit without consideration for others will soon be brought to "Ruin".It's something to think about....Show more
Toshia Metzker: Turn off the heat.......I hope you like blue lips.
Joan Stavropoulos: Not necessarily. There are some things we can't afford all the time - buying all organic/fair-trade food, living within a couple miles of work, getting a more efficient car, buying all kinds of biodegradable laundry detergent, etc. But there are things even the poor can do to live green - walk as much as possible, change to high-efficiency light bulbs, turn off lights when not using them, keeping heat low in wint! er and cooling low in summer, taking recyclables to a drop-off bin, etc! .Each person just has to do the best that she can....Show more
Rosalia Hibler: "Green Living" is something the poor have doing out of necessity for generation upon generations.Today it means ....Cutting back on your fuel and electric dependency and consumption whenever and however you can do it.The poor and middle class have always had to as they need to budget in order to survive.It means recycling .. not just your garbage, but your clothes, household items, etc. Many use garbage as compost on gardens wheter window sill or backyard type.Clothing takes fuel to produce. Restyle your clothing, buy at thrift stores. You often find very expensive stylish brand names there.It means conserving and preserving water, fuels, electricity (takes fuel to make electricity). Using light efficient bulbs, no more costly than regular bulbs, drying clothes outdoors instead of the dryer, lowering your heat or air conditioning.Less travel,whether to the store on a vacation.It's not about! buying,building the solar powered, energy efficient house or buying the alternative $25,000 fuel efficient car. It's just common sense. If you're running out of something, What do you do ? You conserve.Trust me on this....the "rich" are in general buying their new, politically correct toys such as the alternative fuel $25,000 cars, and giving "lip service" to green living. They aren't cutting back on travel, their size of their big GREEN homes, or anything else. I know because I work for many wealthy people. Being poor isn't a curse. It's a challenge and the poor are bred to be resourceful. Surviving on very little is an art we can teach the less fortunate .. the wealthy....Show more
Coleen Carignan: Fat-lady skin should work pretty good.
Everette Rovinsky: When I've pressed environmentalists on it, they have said that unless we act, EVERYONE in the world is gonna die. Basically calling the victims collateral damage. I did have one who said he didn't care about! people and for all he cared, the human race can become extinct.
! Raleigh Lufkin: Third world nations have been denied construction of power plants which would have given them a semblance of a standard of living.DDT, which killed mosquitoes, was banned, which led to mosquitoes spreading malaria to millions of people.Stricter environmental standards force auto makers to make cars lighter (and less safe) which the NTSB has estimated will lead to more highway deaths....Show more
Robin Marchione: Fur rocks. And I like it. Even the baby seal kind.As far as the 50 words... do your own homework.
Frederic Engellant: Green living is more of a cultural issue than an economy issue. Native americans have always been very aware of the envirorment and how to protect it. Same with the tribes in Africa.Poor or rich you either take care of the planet or you just don't care! Money has nothing to do with it. I have seen homeless people not walk 10ft to throw something in a trash can because the ground is more convienent.
Wilbur Marksberry! : everybody can make an effort to do what they can do, don't litter, plant a tree
Pasty Cobbett: Nope / http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/livinggreen/ar...
Donte Liversedge: I hope you have a large in ground pool, maybe gunite construction.You could forgo all the ozone and salt equipment since they are all energy hogs that require longer pump run times to work well. Salt pools pollute the water systems when they are pumped out for maintenance and dilution.I would look at your pump, likely a single speed pump. Variable speed pumps made by Pentair, www.pentairpool.com see VS or VF 3050.These pumps can save you 30% on electrical costs since they only work as hard as needed to do the job. Plumbing size on older pools can limit performance on the top end but you need to weigh this before replacing.I hate to say it but a solid pool cover, hopefully one totally perimeter secured will pervent water evaporation, minimize heat loss, chemical loss, and will keep your ! pets and people from falling in the pool. Unfortunately, they cost a l! ot, and can prevent you from seeing the condition of the pool as it goes south to frog pond land.People say, you don't need a fully secured cover and they are right but unsecured covers blow off, entrap people and pets who fall on them but do all the other stuff mentioned above but cost less.Solar only adds two months to your regular swim season and does not really work in the winter. I think in Southern California the biggest benefit to them is to cool your hot pool down in August. To do this you run your pump at night and run the hot pool water up on the display on the roof to radiate it to the cooler atmosphere.If you have a large roof area you might see more benefit to cover it with photovoltaic panels and sell the juice to the utility.You're welcome!!...Show more
Bernie Cerra: Denial, projection, rationalization, and splitting.Underneath it all is the Precautionary Principle. They do not accept the need to provide a genuine cost-benefit analysis; no cost is too! great when there is any possibility that an environmental hazard exists (as long as somebody else pays for it).They also do not accept that reductions in economic activity result in deaths. According to research by Keeney, the relationship is one statistical death per $13 million cost of regulation. Most of them seem to get really angry when you try to point that out.Keeney also showed in a 2002 study that moving away from coal-produced electricity in this country will cost something on the order of 100,000 lives. But the lives are not as important to them; protecting the Earth is a higher value than human life."Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?"- Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Program"In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day."- Jacques Cousteau, UNESCO Courier"If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as! a killer virus to lower human population levels."- Prince Philip, Duke! of Edinburgh, patron of the World Wildlife Fund"I suspect that eradicating small pox was wrong. It played an important part in balancing ecosystems."- John Davis, editor of Earth First! Journal"The extinction of the human species may not only be inevitable but a good thing."- Christopher Manes, Earth First!...Show more
Clare Hoard: We use the following:solar (you can make yourself)ozone generatorsalt (to chlorine) generator
Wilburn Denice: What a load of hooey! Even the wool you are trying to pull over people's eyes is 85% polyester. Nane one nation denied a power plant. They all have them. The plants may not be well maintained, but you can't eradicate stupidity. We can just try to fight ignorance. DDT is not banned worldwide, It is banned in the USA. Suffered much from malaria lately? Lighter cars also use less fuel. The money you save at the pump is quite an incentive. Smaller cars are more maneuverable than gas hogs. If we got rid of all of the latter, highw! ays would be a lot safer. While I resent it when someone calls me an environmentalist, I also resent the people who prefer a hands-off government when they see a chance to make a profit at someone else's expense....Show more
Peter Lapoint: I consider myself pretty eco friendly and don't have a problem with furs. I believe we are meant to be omnivores and that means we eat meat, meat has skins, skins are highly durable fabrics. The problems with leather isn't the fact we are killing cows, we do that anyway to eat beef, the problem is how the skins are tanned, we used to use a process that didn't damage the earth, but tanners found it much cheaper and quicker to use toxic chemicals. Because of the EPA most leather is processed in Asia, they have lower standards, so it is cheaper. If we are going to use an animal for it's skin the whole animal should be used, I object to raising animals for fur and not eating the meat. I would wear fur to keep warm if I wasn't afraid of ! some misguided person throwing blood on me....Show more
Luis Farl! ow: Sadly, green living is an issue that was created by wealthy people and it has become a feel good issue for wealthy people.For example, wealthy people can go out and buy a new hybrid car and congratulate themselves because they are so good to the environment and the rest of us are so bad.The wealthy people live in large homes and use far more fossil fuels to heat the home and use far more electricity to light the home than the rest of us use. Then the rich buy carbon credits from Al Gore to make up for their excessive energy use. The rich then very publicly congratulate themselves for being so good and scold the rest of us for being so bad.The rich buy expensive solar photovoltaic systems for their homes at $30,000 or more, and very publicly say that they are so wonderful for doing that and the rest of us are so bad for not doing that. It doesn't make any difference that the solar photovoltaic systems on their rooftops produce very little electricity. The purpose of the ! solar photovoltaic system on their rooftops is so that they can say they are so much better than the rest of us. It doesn't make any difference to them whether or not the system actually produces any electricity. The rich then scold the rest of us who are renting apartments for not spending $30,000 to do the same thing, even though we do not have $30,000 to spend. Also we cannot put solarphotovoltaic systems on our apartments, especially if we are on the ground floor and do not even have access to sunlight to begin with.The rich people just look down on the rest of us and they look for ways to publicly look down on us and claim their superiority. Green environmentalism is just another way for them to do that.The rich people claim that they are rich because they are better than the rest of us, however all of the rich people that I have seen merely inherited their money from their parents or rich aunts and uncles or grandparents.The rich people were born on home plate and thi! nk they hit a home run. They now need status symbols to prove to themse! lves and their friends that they are better than the rest of us. Environmentalism is just one more way for them to spend their money to do that.What the rich are doing is very similar to what the holier than thou people that you see in some churches often do. You have some cliques of people who claim to be better and holier than the other members of the church. The same is true with environmentalism. Environmentalism is just a new religion, and the rich are discovering ways to be holier than thou by spending money that they have and you don't have to spend so the rich can easily claim to be holier than thou....Show more
Mickey Isle: Ozonators to replace chlorine or bromine are your first step. There is some power consumption at the pool, comparable to the energy needed to pull that chlorine out of salt.You can use your pool as a heat sink, heat-pumping the heat from your home to cool the house. You can also use the pool as a heat source to heat the house when it turn! s cool in fall.The single most energy efficient device to save on heating costs is cold tolerance. If you decide to be like a Canadian and love the cold, tolerate temperatures 15 degrees lower, then your heating costs are but a fraction of full comfort temperatures.Solar heating... most of the time you can get better dollar economy with a heat pump if you are also using a heat pump to heat or cool a house. But if you build a solar heating system for your house, you can make it do double duty for your pool. It is costly to build a solar heating system for just the pool and leave it unused most of the year....Show more
Davida Gisriel: Also these silly ELF people, burned down many structures because they claim they are bad, but they cause more pollution burning crap. Burning 3 structures, one burned to the ground, they were made of recyclyed stuff, and they say they ain't good. Environmentalists are terrible. Just create a group against it or sign a petition.
El! mo Tervo: certain social animal societies have accepted it unanimously
Sharri Scalley: We are looking for some alternative options for our new swimming pool. Does anybody know anything about solar power, environmentally friendly cleaners, or anything else that might be helpful and healthy?
Alane Antes: The answer is no. Many wealthy people are wealthy because they know how to conserve. We all do our part. Don't be confused by political ads. Green living just means living the most efficiently as feasible and not being wasteful and conserving. Remember, Make it do, use it up, wear it out, repair it before you decide to replace it.
Giovanni Malool: The answers being shown here for this question makes me believe that some don't have a clue what 'green' living is and think it is something that was dreamed up recently with the global warming controversy.An American company made the first biodegradable, organic cleaner in the USA in 1956. This company tried to convince the rest of the world about the detrimental effects of non-biod! ergradable cleaners. This American company is now leading the way around the world to go 'green.'For the skeptics, I ask how did rivers and lakes become polluted? It wasn't all from industry.By stating the poor have to survive. What is that suppose to mean? That they can trash the planet and get away with it? No! Green cleaning will actually save people money. You don't have to be rich or poor to reap the benefits of keeping Mother Earth healthy. If we don't do things right, waterways will become unfit to use or drink from. Water is the key to survival. Poisoning it will poison life on Earth....Show more
