Imagine, your Aunt dies and leaves you money in her will equivalent to 30,000 British Pounds. The only clause is that you have to spend it on an environmentally friendly product/service/item or issue. And you MUST SPEND it or it is given to the local cat's home. What would you buy?
2007-10-03 02:26:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Lol! I would spend it on doing the things we already have under way in our home. We are removing the old carpets and replacing with Marmoleum, an eco-friendly, entirely recycled flooring material. We are adding two layers of insulation to the home to reduce heating and cooling requirements. We are adding a solar PV system to the home that will allow us to generate enough electricity to power our home AND return a surplus to the grid and thereby reduce not only our own carbon footprint, but help shrink that of the local utility company. Replacing all appliances with the most energy efficient ones available. So, we're already doing it . . . please send me the check!!!!
2007-10-04 06:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by buddhamonkeyboy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have noticed that alot of it depends on what store you shop at. If you go to the local supermarket which carries everything, they have a small section of the products and are quite expensive. However, if you go to a store like Trader Joe's, their whole section is eco-friendly, and their prices are either the same as the non-eco-friendly products in the regular supermarket or they are actually cheaper. I know that Whole Foods is a good store and carries alot of eco-friendly products but are a little higher than Trader Joe's. I don't understand why that is, either, as I see no difference between some of the products they carry. With organic products such as fruit or vegetables, or anything containing organic ingredients for that matter, the crops have a lower yield due to being pesticide-free. They (the farmers) have to charge slightly more because they lose more of their crop to the bugs. I can understand this because the farmers have to feed their families too, but I am not always willing to pay 3.99 a pound for grapes when I know I can get them regular at 1.99. If I really want the organic ones I will take just 1/2 a pound that day, so I use my own judgment to compensate what works best for me in this area. There is also the idea of the "higher" or "better" quality of products vs. the "lower" quality of products. Nothing can be further from the truth. Don't buy something for the green label, buy it because you know it is from a reputable eco-friendly company that you trust, or look elsewhere. Living naturally should not cause you to go bankrupt. This is actually a very small part or beginning of a much larger article that could be written, even blogged about, concerning this issue. Thanks for asking. Hope some of that helps! Best Wishes, Eve
2016-05-19 22:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not buy an eco friendly product. I would pay off $60,000 of the over $100,000 balance on my home loan. Technically that isn't saving, I am SPENDING it to buy a house.
But if my home was paid off, I might consider putting solar panels on my roof. A $60,000 system would meet most of my electricity needs, especially on those hot, sunny Texas summer days when my air conditioner is just gulping down the electricity.
2007-10-03 02:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about buying a large tract of land that has a river and lake on it and keep it from being cleared for the building of subdivisions.
You could even build a small house on it and live in a natural setting that you can control.
I think your Aunt would approve of that idea.
2007-10-04 07:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What the heck is a cat's home?
If I had to spend it immediately, I would first buy a Xebra Xero:
http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/xebra-xero
and put a bunch of solar panels on my roof.
If I could wait a couple of years, I'd buy a ZAP Alias:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/zap_alias.php
and wait for some thin film solar technology to become available, and put that on my house.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/thinfilm-solar-clobbering-oil.php
2007-10-03 05:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would put solar panels on my house and hook up a hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from water and generates electricity and sell the excess back to the electric company.
2007-10-03 02:36:25 · answer #6 · answered by tjveni 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would donate it to a group trying to fund land acquisition. There are many fragments and links that are important to primary habitat, and funds to acquire them are almost always in short supply.
I think Auntie would be pleased, but the cats would be snarling their feline heads off!
2007-10-03 02:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd buy the largest wind turbine/inverter system I could get and sell to the grid when I could.
2007-10-03 14:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by Joe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would buy a yacht to serve as a mobile office,for me
and operate from there .
I am an Eco -friendly service
2007-10-03 03:04:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋