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The net effect of green lifestyles

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It is often argued that saving energy helps the environment and saves money. An analysis of three energy-saving measures shows that decisions on how the saved money is spent affect the size of the environmental benefit.

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Figure 1: Saving energy by turning the thermostat down.

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  1. Klaus Hubacek is in the Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA,

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  2. Dabo Guan is at the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK,

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Hubacek, K., Guan, D. The net effect of green lifestyles. Nature Clim Change 1, 250–251 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1181

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