Simple solutions are within reach for a lot of consumer-related green issues, but flashy new gadgets are just more fun. Do we really need them? Treehugger offers a run-down of how to save money with low-tech solutions that eliminate overrated technology:
- Overrated: E-books, like the Kindle, and e-newspapers
- Underrated: Going to the library.
- Overrated: Home energy monitors
- Underrated: Just unplugging stuff
- Overrated: Composting machines
- Underrated: Yard compost piles
- Overrated: Recycling
- Underrated: Precycling (or, taking measures to avoid creating waste)
- Overrated: Power-saving computer equipment
- Underrated: Your computer's existing power-saving settings
- Overrated: LEDs and CFLs
- Underrated: Switching off the lights
Read their full analysis here. Can you think of any others?















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elaine penn of NV 6:46PM November 13, 2008