by Alison Wiley My diamond-cut household’s monthly electricity use is about half the national average. Besides saving more than $450/year, we’re lowering our carbon footprint because even here in Oregon, coal-burning fuels about 36% of our electricity. And our house is happy, not deprived (diamond-cut = chiseling our consumption down to the core of happiness). [...]
Entries Tagged as 'energy conservation'
How To Slash Your Electricity Bill
November 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · energy, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
Tags: aerators·carbon footprint·CFL's·Dano·electricity·energy conservation·Energy Star·green living·Oregon·refrigerator·thrift
Heating Our House With Biodiesel, II
October 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · energy, sustainability
Brrr . . . . we’re suddenly needing to run the heat in the morning, so it’s definitely autumn here in Portland, Oregon. We just filled our oil tank for the winter with biodiesel, B20 this time, from Star Oil, who bought it from SeQuential Biofuel. This will be the second winter we’ll have been [...]
Tags: B20·B99·biodiesel·carbon footprint·energy conservation·global warming·green living·heat·Sequential·thrift
Another VP Candidate Wedded to Fossil Fuels
August 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments · energy, politics
I’m getting a sense of deja vu: a Republican candidate for president, protective of wealthy interests, choosing a running mate who is wedded to fossil fuel interests. John McCain’s choice of Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential candidate is parallel to George Bush’s choice, eight years ago, of Dick Cheney to be [...]
Tags: Alaska·bipartisan politics·climate change·coal·Dick Cheney·energy conservation·ethics·global warming·Governor Palin·John McCain·oil
From An Over-The-Top Hotel
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments · energy, lifestyle, simplicity, transportation
Even when we love our work, it can land us in places we wouldn’t have chosen. I’m currently in a luxury hotel, the Intercontinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, because that’s where the transportation conference I’m attending is being held. The overconsumption, the wasting of resources, is setting my nerves on edge. It feels plain wrong [...]
Tags: Atlanta·consumption·energy conservation·green hospitality·green living·hotels·hyku·Intercontinental Buckhead
