14- ~ Friday, August 7 7, 1992 ~ North Shore News

HOME & GARDEN

Trees play important role

WE ARE a world of
machines ... cars, airplanes,
factories and electric gener-
ators. Most run on fossil
fuels which, when burned,
give off polluting carbon
dioxide into the at-
mosphere. Each of us is
responsible for over 4,600
pounds of carbon produc-
tion a year.

We musi each do our part to
clean up the atmosphere. We can
reduce our energy consumption
and carbon emissions. And, im-
portantly, we can make a com-
mitment to plant and care for
trees.

Why trees? Because trees grow
by using the carbon in the at-
mosphere. The larger a_ tree
grows, the more carbon it is able
to remove. In one year, a single
tree can absorb as much carbon as

is produced by a car driven 26,000
miles.

Caring for existing trees is
something that each responsible
citizen of the world should do.
Many trees die in their first 10
years of life. They must be pro-
tected in this critical stage to en-
sure their survival. The large, old
trees in our forests and cities have
thrived oniy by overcoming many
hazards and hardships. The trees
on our lawns, along our roads,
and in our parks will not survive
without our help.

Insects, disease, building and
road construction, drought, air
pollution and other natural and
man-made dangers are con-
tinuously at work to weaken and
ultimately kill our trees. When a
tree dies, it releases carbon back
into the air. The death of one
70-year-oid tree returns over three
tons of carbon to the atmosphere.

Our world needs many more

trees. A personal commitment to
planting and nurturing trees is
vital to the health of our planet.
Every single tree planted or cared
for is important; every year a
mature tree is kept alive is a help.
Here are some facts to think
about:

@ Trees need pruning, fertilizing
and watering in order to thrive.

@ A tree doesn’t reach its most
productive stage of carbon storage
for about 10 years, and many
irees don’t survive that long. The
average tree in a metropolitan
area survives only about eight
years.

@ One million acres of forest are
fost to city growth each year.

@ Of every four city trees that die
or are removed, only one is
replaced.

For move information on how
you can help our trees survive,
contact your local arborist.

Silver water heaters save on energy use

THE LATEST version of
the Power Smart hot water
heater is now selling briskly
to energy and quali-
ty-conscious customers.

The water heaters, known as
Power Smart Silver, are being
featured in 15 Thunderbird Home
Centres across the province. The
chain has five stores on Van-
couver Island, eight in the Lower
Mainland, and one each in Prince
George, Vernon and Kelowna.

Bob Cobben, Thunderbird’s
plumbizg and cabinets buyer, said
sales are particularly good on
Vancouver Island where staff are
used to selling electric water heat-
ers. Full sales reports aren't avail-

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the energy-efficient water heaters
have been sold already in the two
Greater Victoria stores.

“We think the Power Smart
Silver water heater is definitely a
good buy. There are cheaper
water heaters, but not with this
quality and energy efficiency,”’
Cobten said ad

Power Smart program manager
Bill Barchard said the Cana-
dian-manufactured Silver water
heaters save 20% of normal
energy use. This can amount to a
$350 saving over the life of the
water heater. There are also no
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the
tank insulation. CFCs are believed
to damage the earth’s ozone layer.

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heaters are easier and cheaper to
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of energy over the first generation
of Power Smari water heaters.”’

Water Heaters is one of the 25
Power Smart programs available
to Hydro customers. Power Smart
is recognized as one of the most
progressive energy conservation
programs in North America. It
aims by 2010, to provide 5,600
million kilowatt hours of energy
savings, enough to meet the an-
nual electricity needs of 560,000
new B.C. homes.

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