Posted in Green Technology on Feb 1st, 2012
Last month I wrote a follow up, Follow up on Green Technology that pays for itself, in which I said that the additional insulation I put in the ceiling resulted in a 10.2% drop in kilowatt hours and a $29.78 drop in the total bill. Another month has passed and I was hopeful that the [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Jan 30th, 2012
A few weeks ago I made a comment on an article, Energy Efficiency: Cheapest Power Around, but Getting More Expensive, about my belief that we were wasting money on some of the energy efficiency initiatives sponsored by electric utilities. In the article they state, IEE’s report didn’t get at how each dollar of utility energy [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Jan 2nd, 2012
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about installing additional insulation in the ceiliing, Green Technology that pays for itself. Recently I was pleasantly surprised when I received my December electric bill. It was down 38.8% compared to last year. The drop was larger than I expected so I decided to update my spreadsheet [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Dec 23rd, 2011
I was curious how much mercury comes out of compact fluorescent lights since the EPA was so concerned about electrical power plants and my power company was so insistent that I take some free compact fluorescent lights. It sure sounded strange to have my power company begging me to take the lights. The logic being [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Dec 14th, 2011
This week an American Lung Association ad, Red Carriage Advertisement III, caught my attention. This ad associates childhood asthma and to the pollution generated by power plants. In my life I have never seen an asthma attack triggered by pollution from a power plant so I am skeptical. Today I decided to check on their [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Dec 14th, 2011
I read the article, Tainted EPA Report on Fracking Blasted by Gas Co., and just had to confirm the details. Could the EPA have been this incompetent? Here is an excerpt from the Encana web site discussing the EPA report. I thought Encana’s discussion of the two deep monitoring wells the EPA drilled to be [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Nov 20th, 2011
I just finished installing some green technology that pays for itself. Yes, I installed insulation in the ceiling of our house. In my case half of our electrical usage occurs in the months of December, January, and February so adding insulation should have an immediate impact on our electrical bill. In my case I could [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Sep 14th, 2011
Let the election year scandals begin! A top congressional investigator said on Tuesday that he believes more companies that benefitted from the stimulus bill’s renewable energy loan guarantee program will go bankrupt before all allotted funds are spent. Congressional Investigator: More Solar Bankruptcies to Come Lachlan Markay Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:49:16 GMT
Posted in Green Technology on Aug 3rd, 2011
According to analysts, this assault on Ohio’s coal-burning power plants transfers directly into at least 10 plant shutdowns — from North Bend to Beverly — and over 1,000 job losses. According to a report from the United Mine Workers of America, national job losses associated with the closure of EPA-targeted coal units could be [...]
Posted in Green Technology on Jul 11th, 2011
Here is the comment I made on The Foundry blog to this post, EPA Set to Implement Economically Ruinous Regulations on Power Plants. I love breathing clean air and seeing clean water, too. One of the best ways is to drive right through the heart of coal country, West Virginia. My son goes to school [...]
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