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Walking vs Driving…
(I am writing this here in my blog and linking to it from Facebook, since at the moment there is no easy way to search and find old stuff on FB — like this will be 6-months from now, and that is...
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Verizon FIOS vs Solar Panels
I just measured it with our handy $20 KILL-A-WATT meter and the FIOS set-top-box… when off (on “standby”)… uses 16W! That’s 24/7. Even if you are not watching TV and carefully turned the thing off....
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More interesting Steve Jobs quotes
I will collect them here as I find them. “I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came...
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2011/12: The year in heating
We have an emonitor gizmo that tracks our home energy use by circuit. One circuit is the air-source minisplit heat pump (the heat and cool in the house). For the YEAR ending April 2012, the heatpump...
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Jane McGonigal TED talk: Gaming can make a better world
Watch this TED talk on using gaming to “save the world”. I think it’s quite compelling. Maybe the logic falls apart if one thinks about it more than 18 minutes, but I think there is A LOT of truth to...
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“Even the hard core in the green movement use washing machine”
Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine — one of the best TED talks I’ve seen (or via youtube) He divides the world into 4 groups. Below the poverty line. (fire people) Below wash line (bulb people)....
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To figure out how much electricity/energy we use each month…
Like many/most people who have grid-tied PV solar panels…. to figure out how much electricity/energy we use each month I have to do some math. That’s because the smart meter doesn’t know how much...
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Our oil problem
“Our oil problem is not that “we’re running out.” Our oil problem is that we’re producing so much of the stuff that we are changing the planet’s climate.” – David Frum, ‘Peak oil’ doomsayers proved...
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Nailbase Insulation Panels for Deep Energy Retrofits
Ooooh. Didn’t know “they” made these. I assumed I could have a SIPs manufacturer make them though. Just didn’t know they had a name....
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we must also embrace clean coal
“…coal produces more than 40 percent of the world’s electricity, a foundation of modern life. And that percentage is going up.” http://www.wired.com/2014/03/clean-coalFiled under: energy,...
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