As to me, I heat with anthracite coal and wood. hard coal is very clean but not the ultimate goal for us which is parabolic solar.
We cut our driving to bare minimum and wifey will experiment with taking the bus with a friend. I sold my uber-computer which consumed 300 watts 24 hours (was also our security system) , and downgraded to a laptop which consumes about 50 watts when running. This will save about $30/mo (we pay 15 cents per kilowatt and its going up 20% more soon due to natural gas plants in pour power stream) We have fully converted to CFL light bulbs. I bought 2 junk 3cyl geo metros, and will have one on road very soon. Will save us $150/mo in gas as I can park my 4x4 ranger. I put up a clothesline, and unplugged the electric dryer. That dropped our bill over $30/mo Installed a ceiling fan in the bedroom, instead of the window A/C On my delivery driver job I set the cruise control at 55 or 60 In regular communication with others on alternative energy possibilities, that's where I learned about the parabolic solar benefits http://raycotechnologies.org/ That's my small contribution. Politically, both presidential candidates seem to grasp that "there is an issue", and "voters respond to it". Both have serious flaws and bias in their approaches. Mccain wants centrally powerful business control over matters with such things as nuclear. Obama will wreck the free market adaptation to the energy with government intervention, and by warping the marketplace for the worse. There are both rich dopes who have idealistic but unrealistic mindsets on how the world really works, both laws of physics and laws of free market. God help us! But the collective will of the people, as usual, will overpower govt meddling eventually and we'll have energy evolution, with a side benefit of carbon reduction. By the way my idea of digging a canal to death valley which is below sea level, and using excess ocean waters to power a hydroelectric station on the way, never got a response. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flash. Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:35 PM To: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Subject: Re: NPC: OK, I get it now. Gas prices are high! i thought we were steering away from the political crap? The fact is fuel costs are not going to go down. What are you doing to reduce your reliance on energy? How many KW per day did your home consume last month? I was at 17 on the lowest day. Far too high. that's power from coal that we mine here in the US. I spend a few hundred a month on fuel from oil for my car. On 7/8/08, Robert McElwee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Today it finally sunk in. I was filling up all the gas cans for my lawnmower (something I only do once every 6-12 months). I didn't even get the 2nd one full and the pump cut off. I looked up and it had cut off because I hit $50! I looked down and saw the two cans and almost fainted. It was an eye opening moment. I hit the credit card for another $50 and left with 4 not so full cans... But hey, at least are presidential candidates are patriots, wear a flag pin, and know what a loaf of bread costs. -- Robert McElwee and Blue Flash "The 50 MPG Miata" www.lightweightmiata.com/mpg Lightweight Miata Forum: www.lightweightmiata.com/forum The Miata Trailer Project: www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower -- http://BTDTRacing.com - Physics Doesn't Play Favorites. Our ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/btdtracing-36 "Art doesn't have a finish line... it's a race against yourself." - George Carlin, He Was Here Just a Minute Ago. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1542 - Release Date: 7/9/2008 6:50 AM
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