10 Myths About Green Living

Perkalicious11

4-23-2008 5:47 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b51f6659-baff-4dbe-89d4-d368ddd3c847/57B4B7B1-A6BF-44B2-8B94-57C35FF14130/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a1.asp" href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a1.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bankrate.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a1.asp"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD bgcolor="#ffffff" class="boxpad"><TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr" colspan="2">Sometimes it's difficult separating green facts from green fiction and that often results in inaction. Don't let these 10 myths stop you. </TD></TR><TR><TD height="10" colspan="2"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 1:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"> <A href="#myth1">Small changes don't matter.</A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 2:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a2.asp?caret=3a#myth2">"Green" choices are painful and expensive.</A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 3:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a2.asp?caret=3a#myth3">Keeping 
                                                old appliances is "greener" 
                                                than buying new. </A>
                                              </TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 4: 
                                            </TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a2.asp?caret=3a#myth4">The 
                                              U.S. needs more power plants for 
                                              energy needs.</A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 5: </TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a#myth5">The cost of your commute is a fixed expense. </A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 6:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a#myth6">At the grocery store, eco-friendly options are expensive. </A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 7:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a#myth7">If an appliance is off, it's not using power. </A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 8:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a3.asp?caret=3a#myth8">Hybrid vehicles are automatically better than nonhybrids.</A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 9:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a4.asp?caret=3a#myth9">There are millions of vehicles running on ethanol.</A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="85" valign="top" class="body-bold">Myth No. 10:</TD><TD valign="top" class="interactive-gr"><A href="http://www.bankrate.com/elink/news/energy-environment-2007/environmental_myths_a4.asp?caret=3a#myth10">There's only one "right" answer to your eco-dilemma. </A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/57B4B7B1-A6BF-44B2-8B94-57C35FF14130/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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