How to Fix America's Energy Crisis (page 3 of 4)

Disclose to shareholders how the business may affect the environment via pollution and energy use.
Become carbon neutral by offsetting emissions through renewable or alternative energy sources.
Give bonuses to people who bike, walk or take public transportation to work, or buy a hybrid.
Create lightweight cars. By using advanced materials, automakers can improve mileage by 6 percent for each 10 percent reduction in body weight.
Build rooftop gardens that eat carbon dioxide.

What Institutions Can Do

Make eco-education part of the core curriculum in schools and universities.
Convert the nation's nearly 500,000 diesel school buses to biodiesel -- a move that could cut petroleum usage by 20 percent and reduce carbon emissions by 12 percent.

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