Peter Miller and his wife embarked on a journey to significantly reduce their carbon footprint and contribute positively to the environment. They managed to achieve substantial savings in electricity and natural gas by adopting a CO2-free lifestyle, such as driving less and modifying their daily activities.
The text ends with a very nice message, it says that we could make the change, doesn't matter if it isn't huge, what matters is that you can change step by step your hole lifestyle for a better one for yourself and for your surroundings
They finallt mention how they without having a special house made for savings in electricity and gas, they can make the change
The wanted to know if doing the CO2 cuts could eventually help the planet or not
With all the effort they increased the savings to a 70% in electricity and 40% in natural gas
After all the knowledge obtained they finally started a CO2 free lifestyle where thw didn't drive as much and cut some daily activities
They learned about how the devices consume a lot of energy, even being in vampire mode
The professional tells them some devices that demand a lot energy like: the refrigerator and the dishwasher
They brought an expert with a scanning device to help them see what things costed a lot of energy
They realized they had to cut even more in their activities because the emissions were 30% higher than the average in U.S.
They had taken the idea seriously and the would start by making savings from the daily activities
They read a book where the author proposed a 80% cut in the emissions of C02
The writer of the article (Peter Miller) decides to cut every CO2 emission in his daily normal life.
They compare the normal savings in U.S with the European savings and realize that doing normal activities they wasted more in a place like U.S
Peter and his wife plan to cut their emissions of carbon dioxide to see if as an individual we could help the planet.
How a man could help the planet doing small actions to save money and save the porcentage of air polution in the air.
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We can see that the Millers family was very normal so you can make that change too
The Earth if we could all start by making intelligent cuts to the emissions we could help it with its polution