Pirate 95.9 - Doing our part to GO GREEN!

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Supplied by treehugger.com DID YOU KNOW? While 75% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, only 2.5% of that water is fresh water. However, 3/4 of that fresh water is locked up in glaciers and permanent snow cover. Only 0.3 percent of the water is surface water, found in rivers and lakes. The rest is buried deep in the ground. Bottom line: water is essential to life, and while there is more than enough to supply all humans with their basic needs, it is a resource that must be thoughtfully used. Like This? Check Out: How To Green Your Water Green Basics: An Explanation of the Water Cycle Pablo Calculates the True Cost of Bottled Water Hybrid Merri-Go-Round Water Pump Saves Lives in Africa Commemorate World Water Day DID YOU KNOW? "Running the hot water for five minutes burns as much energy as leaving a 60W light bulb on for 14 hours, according to Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute. The shocking stat came towards at the end of his presentation on the entwined nature of energy and water at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston." As a result of this finding, "The California Energy Commission recently calculated that if they canceled a proposed energy efficiency program, and replaced it with a water savings program, they could save 95 percent of the energy for only 58 percent of the cost." Like this? Check out Big Steps in Building: Put Solar Water Heaters on Every Roof Hot Water Becoming a Hot Topic: Geothermal in India