....GREEN MILLIONAIRE!
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How to Do Well By Doing Good
By: Nigel Williams
The Green Millionaire is a free e-book that is being given away online. Costing over $300,000 to create and featuring stunning photography, the work of top designers, and extensive research, it was written with the intention of educating people on how to go green, save money, and get rich - the easy way.
We really want to change the way people think about green living - to make it “sexy” to go green. So far the response has been fantastic. In fact, people keep asking why we are giving it away for free. The simple answer is that we want to get this out to as many people as we can as quickly as we can.
We are sensationalizing the idea of going green: but not with images of global warming and climate change. I think people feel bad enough about that already. Instead, we are using hard facts about how much it costs you NOT to make green choices. Imagine if I told you that you could save almost $9,000 a year in food and beverages alone with some simple tips. You can. And you don’t have to sacrifice a thing. As a Green Millionaire, you will find that ”going green” entails cutting unnecessary waste while enjoying your life and investing in your future - not making great sacrifices to your lifestyle.
The book provides you with all the tools you’ll need to start on your path to a greener, wealthier future the easy way. In addition, through the Green Millionaire Magazine, we will keep you informed of the latest “green” news and technologies. Have fun with it, help the environment, watch your nest-egg grow - Become a green millionaire.
To get you started here’s the Top Ten ways to go Green and generate a million dollars in 20 years or less.
More information on each and how to take action is contained in the book.
1. Get government Money to go green: We all know the government is giving away Billions in incentives to go green; they just don’t do a good job of telling you how to get access to it. In the book (on page 88) we’ll show you how to benefit from this green economic windfall. If you go online and click on your state, it will show you up-to-the-minute government incentives for your area. It is especially great for anyone building or renovating commercial properties where there are multi-million dollar incentives that people just don’t know about.
2. Bottled water is 10,000 times more expensive than tap water: Even if each member of your family purchases just one bottle of water a day, you can save well over $2,000 a year by filtering your own water (and not contributing 1,400 bottles to landfill). There’s even a water bottle in the book that has a built in filter that can be filled up at any tap that will eliminate chlorine and actually add certain minerals
3. That new car smell will cost you and the planet: The most energy efficient vehicle is the one you already own. Yes, that’s right; the amount of energy that goes into making a new car alone, no matter how fuel-efficient, no matter if it’s a hybrid, is far greater than the cost of driving your current vehicle 200,000 miles. In addition, once you consider the cost of financing, taxes, and depreciation, even the best deal on a new car doesn’t seem like much of a deal at all. Keeping your old car rather than purchasing a new one is not only energy efficient, it can save you around $4,000 a year as well. The book has a link to an online calculator that will show you how that $25,000 car really costs you $40,000 to own over five years.
4. Standby Power: Imagine saving 10k a month in energy. This is what a medium-sized Silicon Valley company managed to do by eliminating a portion of their vampiric energy. Vampiric energy, or energy that is wasted by electronics that are not actually in use, costs the U.S $3 billion per year. In order to eliminate vampiric energy in your home, consider purchasing smart power strips. This simple device turns your electronics off when they’re not in use, saving you upwards of $300 annually.
5. $2,700 for you daily coffee!!: Believe it or not, you can save upwards of $2,700 a year by making your own coffee or espresso drinks at home. Just use one of the new, fool-proof, home cappuccino machines instead of heading out to the coffee shop. Imagine the cups, lids, stirrers, and gas you’ll save not waiting in line ten minutes to get a $4 coffee that you could make at home for pennies.
6. Rideshare: The average cost of getting to work every year is $3,380. This doesn’t include the cost of owning a car. Save that money and consider ridesharing. If every car on the road carried four passengers there would be 75% less traffic and a lot less pollution as well. The Internet has made it very easy to find people in your area who are going your way. In the book there are links to a site that matches people for daily or occasional travel.
7. The average family drinks 3,000 sodas a year: The typical American will toss away over 1,500 aluminum cans, and hundreds of plastic two-liter bottles over three years, a $90 home soda fountain (page 28) will use just one or two re-usable carbonating bottles. As an added benefit, you can save approximately $2,190 a year.
8. Use a Rechargeable Battery up to 1,000 times: Across America, 15,000,000,000 batteries are consumed every year. If you put all those batteries end to end, that’s a trip to the moon and back. Consider purchasing rechargeable batteries. While these new and improved batteries are much better for the environment, they will also save you $240 a year.
9. Consider a tankless water heater: (Page 51) Water heating is often the largest drain of energy in many households. Whereas conventional water heaters are constantly radiating and losing heat, tankless water heaters heat water only when needed. Switching to a tankless water heater, can reduce energy consumption by 20 to 30%. In addition, whereas tankless water heaters last a lifetime, standard water heaters last for only 2 to 10 years. By going tankless, you’re not only helping your bottom line, but the environment as well.
10. Get an “iPod of books and newspapers”: We spend almost $800 a year on books, newspapers, and magazines. Save half of that money by using an Amazon Kindle wireless reading device. Whereas books cost about half the price as the paper versions, magazines are about $1.50 a month. Imagine all the trees you’ll save too (worldwide 453 million trees are cut down for newspapers annually).
So check out the Green Millionaire book. It’s free for a limited time. Not only will it make you think differently about making green choices, it will teach you how to live green without sacrificing anything (and save you thousands of dollars!!). For those of you who’ve already gone green, we’re certain even die-hard green experts will find tools, tips, and information they haven’t heard before.
For more information go to greenmillionairefree.com.