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Energy Efficiency 
Mon Feb 01, 2010 at 19:24:50 PST
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Things get expensive from time to time. Right now, with the cold weather, heat is expensive. At other times, being cool is expensive.
Please follow me over the fold to talk about cutting expenses starting now. Most of them will not affect your comfort, but one the most important one just might.
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Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 07:27:20 PST
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(noon. - promoted by ek hornbeck)
Barack Obama is speaking of the necessity to move toward a better energy future, of energy efficiency, and the potential for a green stimulus package creating 2.5 million jobs. Congress is looking toward working in the two weeks between their swearing in and President Barack Obama's inauguration. One thing to expect in those two weeks: Legislation to green the nation's schools.
Taking  aggressive action to green schools is about one of the smartest steps the nation can take, action that should go beyond bipartisanship to true unity of action as it is a win-win-win-win strategy along so many paths:
Save money for communities and taxpayers
Create employment
Foster capacity for 'greening' the nation
Reduce pollution loads
Improve health
Improve student performance / achievement
And, well, other benefits.
When faced with such an opportunity, "The Bush White House threatened a veto, saying it was wrong for the federal government to launch a costly new school-building program.
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 21:41:35 PST
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(noon. - promoted by ek hornbeck)
Do you love those displays of Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or ...) lights? Are you awed by those so impassioned that they string up 1000s of lights in awesome displays worthy of a city center? I once did, pausing on cold winter nights, white clouds issuing from my mouth, enjoying being in the glow of beautiful displays. And, in a way, I was inspired that they would spend $1000s (or $10,000s) on displays and the electricity to power them so that others could enjoy the sight on those cold winter nights.
But ... no longer ... not for awhile. Far too often nowadays, my winter evenings I can wear short sleeve shirts  rather than bulky coats and gloves. And, energy is no longer a question simply of money. I've reached the point of feeling like a Scrooge; feeling outrage over the tons of C02 going into the atmosphere via neighbors' 10,000 light displays rather than feeling 'joyous'.
But, a compromise does exist; a path to cut sharply those CO2 emissions while still putting out those lights: LED lights. But, far too many are unwilling to spend the money upfront to cut their electricial use, reduce their pollution, and -- actually -- save quite a lot of money.
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Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 06:30:41 PDT
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(10 am. - promoted by ek hornbeck)
The Senate held a Bipartisan Energy Summit today with some of the nation's top experts (from MIT, Google, CSIS, CERI, and Shell's CEO). (Although, regrettably, the nation's top energy expert, Sarah Palin, was unable to attend and bring her deep knowledge and wisdom to the table for conversation.) And, this hearing was reasonably (even very) well attended. Senators Dorgan, Bay, Landrieu, Domenici, Bingaman, Pryor, , Conrad, Dewine, Salazar, .... It is a very rare Hill hearing that has so many of the principals at the table. The room was, in addition, standing room only with literally hundreds of people in the room and several tables full of journalists (and bloggers). And, to be honest, people actually seemed to be paying attention to questions, to speakers, with Blackberries dominating the attention of just a few of members and not that many in the audience. An indication of the political (and, hopefully, substantive) interest and importance of the issues at hand.
One specific exchange, after the fold, merits attention.
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Sun Jun 15, 2008 at 07:19:00 PDT
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Last month, to far (FAR) less attention than it merited, the House of Representatives (facing an Administration veto threat) passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act with $20 billion for greening public schools across the nation.
Taking aggressive action to green schools is about one of the smartest steps the nation can take, action that should go beyond bipartisanship to true unity of action as it is a win-win-win-win strategy along so many paths:
Save money for communities and taxpayers
Create employment
Foster capacity for 'greening' the nation
Reduce pollution loads
Improve health
Improve student performance / achievement
And, well, other benefits. In the face of these benefits, "The White House threatened a veto, saying it was wrong for the federal government to launch a costly new school-building program."
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