What is the best way to get everyone to conserve energy?

Question

Please come up with some good ideas we need to work together to save our planet!

Answer 1

raise the price

Answer 2

Make energy more expensive.

Answer 3

Educate them on why it's so important to do so! Also Recycle and Reuse!

Answer 4

Well, I personaly think that there should be more hybrid cars, may be a little bit more expensiver but it saves the planet from polution.

Answer 5

Actually, industries are the biggest energy consumers.

But the whole economy is dependant of the consuming society

I suggest we recycle what we have rather than throwing away good stuff and buying new.

Answer 6

Maybe if the government gave us tax deductions for living a more green lifestyle. The greener, the bigger the deduction!

Answer 7

the most effective way to promote conservation of any one type of energy in a free market economy is to make it more expensive so the consumers will find ways to use less &

search for cheaper alternatives.

this is why al gore proposed a $2 per gallon tax on gasoline in his book earth in the balance.

Answer 8

make it really expensive to use energy.

Answer 9

Raising energy prices would be the best way, but providing energy rebates on appliances that use less energy, or perhaps rebates on your electric bill for using under X kilowatts per month might be less harsh.