http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart
On 1/15/07, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
leaking pen wrote: > that they are the nations largest energy user? Yes, exactly! > Wouldn't surprise me. > Shy of maybe some company that owns a lot of manufacturuing > facilities. Like Nucor, or Alcoa, or GM, or GE, or .... I mean, a billion dollars a year to light lightbulbs?? Oh, I realize there's a lot more than that to it -- maybe they rolled all corporate energy sinks together and it's actually their trucks that are taking the lion's share? -- but it still seems like they shouldn't be number 1. > > And most Walmart stores are indeed single story. And 24 hours a day, > and in places where weather patterns means not much sunlight. Just > sunlight isnt enough. > > On 1/14/07, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Terry Blanton wrote: >> > http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070108/0200554.html >> > >> > "SuperVision "SuperMag" Designs New Power Systems for Wal-Mart to >> > Solve $1 Billion Power Bill Problem >> > Monday January 8, 4:00 am ET >> > >> > >> > LOS ANGELES, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 8, 2007 -- SuperVision >> > Entertainment Inc. (Other OTC:SVET.PK - News) -- Wal-Mart, the world's >> > biggest retailer, is experimenting with a green building strategy >> > aimed at cutting stores' energy usage. >> >> > In a recent news release from Wal-Mart, it was disclosed that the >> > company is the nation's largest private energy user. >> >> That is the weirdest news I've seen in a long time! Is it for-real >> true, or is it just chaff thrown out as part of a phony pump-and-dump >> story? Anybody know for sure? >> >> > The 2074 >> > supercenters located in the United States use an average of 1.5 >> > million kilowatt-hours per year. Combined that is enough energy to >> > power Chile. >> > >> > The 3,800-store chain's annual power bill totals a staggering $1 >> > BILLION. Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott has committed to a corporate plan to >> > reduce that amount by almost 30%, and is investing $500 million a year >> > under a corporate program to prove out sustainable innovations. >> > >> > The company has opened two experimental stores in Texas and Colorado >> > as test laboratories for various alternate power sources. The testing, >> > conducted by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Oak Ridge >> > National Laboratory, is ongoing. They have already determined that LED >> > lights have provided an excellent savings, but roof mounted solar >> > panels and wind turbines have proved less successful." >> > >> > <more> >> > >> > What do you think, Jones? Steorn technology? >> > >> > Terry >> > >> >> > >
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