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by Leslie Sprague Guide: Get 100% of your electricity from clean sources

Leslie's action: Get 100% of your electricity from clean sources

Using clean energy is a huge deal because residential energy usage accounts for about 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Getting all of your electricity from clean sources will help reduce your emissions significantly.
Step 1: Find out how much of your electricity comes from clean sources read more
You can contact your utility company or just use this tool from the EPA if you aren't sure where your power actually comes from. Clean can mean solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, or nuclear for this guide.
Completed on Aug. 9, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
Step 2: Get more clean electricity from your utility read more
See if your utility company will allow you to buy additional clean energy.
Completed on Aug. 9, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
Step 3: Get some clean energy yourself read more
If your utility won't allow you to buy clean energy, consider adding a solar thermal system on your house or some other small scale renewable energy system. If you have a running stream on your property, consider microhydro power. You can also look into putting solar panels on your house. This isn't ideal, but it may be the only way to get clean power.
Completed on Aug. 9, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
All Done!
Tomo Says:Great Job!
Steven Skoczen, Aug. 10, 2009
Nice. :) Notably, since sensible auto-completion of guides doesn't work yet, you should also check off get 50% of your energy from clean sources if you'd like extra points. Which I'm fairly certain you do.
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Tomo Says:I've never been to Spain, but the rain in Portland falls mainly on the yard.
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