http://www.diamondcutlife.org/renewables-are-not-sugar-daddies-but-equal-opportunity-lovers/ Sustainable Living: The Heart Of The Matter Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.diamondcutlife.org/renewables-are-not-sugar-daddies-but-equal-opportunity-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Colleen Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:47:44 +0000 http://www.diamondcutlife.org/?p=375#comment-3144 I could not agree more that we have to combine our public support of renewable energy with simply taking less from the Earth overall. Another thing I would add: using electricity at off-peak times. We participate in our electric company's special off-peak usage program and get a "discount price" for confining most of our electric use to off-peak periods. We then pay a "premium price" for using electricity during on-peak times. Even if someone's electric company doesn't have such a program, it's still a helpful thing to do. But simply consuming less is the best option -- gas, power and "stuff" in general -- and participating in power companies' green energy programs that provide seed $ for developing more renewables. I could not agree more that we have to combine our public support of renewable energy with simply taking less from the Earth overall. Another thing I would add: using electricity at off-peak times. We participate in our electric company’s special off-peak usage program and get a “discount price” for confining most of our electric use to off-peak periods. We then pay a “premium price” for using electricity during on-peak times. Even if someone’s electric company doesn’t have such a program, it’s still a helpful thing to do. But simply consuming less is the best option — gas, power and “stuff” in general — and participating in power companies’ green energy programs that provide seed $ for developing more renewables.

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