Put your economic stimulus stipend to green use

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Psyched about the $300-$600 you may be receiving but worried about what it really means for the state of our economy how you’ll be able to spend it all? Never fear: I’ve crunched some numbers and put together this list of 10 ways to spend your gov-given green.

• 1 down payment on a Tango electric car.
• 1.5 bicycles.
• 4.5 solar chargers.
• 11.25 bottles of organic vodka.
• 15 pairs of green knickers.
• 29 Inconvenient Truth DVDs.
• 44 copies of Wake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your Day.
• 45 CFL bulbs.
• 90 reusable shopping bags.
• 450 $1 donations to your favorite nonprofit green news source.