Posted in energy efficiency, facts & figures on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Over an air conditioner’s lifetime, only one-fourth of the total cost is for the purchase of the air conditioning unit. The greater cost—three-fourths—is for the energy to run the air conditioner.
Alliance to Save Energy, December 2005
Posted in energy efficiency on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
If just one in 10 homes used ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, the change would be like planting 1.7 million new acres of trees.
Energy Star
Posted in facts & figures on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
The United States uses a lot of energy––nearly a million dollars worth of energy each minute, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. With less than five percent of the world’s population, we consume about one quarter of the world’s energy resources. We are not alone among industrialized nations; 16 percent of the [...]
Posted in energy efficiency on Dec 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Replacing just one incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent lamp would save 500 pounds of
coal and over a ½ ton of CO2 emissions.
National Geographic, August 9, 2005
Posted in "truth" on Dec 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Realism over the critical issues of energy supply and use in the 21st century’s economies and societies has become a very scarce commodity.
Peter Odell, Author, 2004
Posted in leadership on Dec 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a “transformer” in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.
Stephen R Covey, Author
Posted in action now, energy efficiency on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
According to some estimates, just turning off a monitor can save 75 percent of the overall energy consumption of a PC.
Graeme Wearden, ZDNET UK, October 2005
Posted in corporate action on Dec 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
While we have taken these actions and policy positions because they are the right things to do, I want to stress that there has also been a strong business case for what we have done. In working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we achieved more than $2 billion in avoided costs due to energy [...]
Posted in nuclear on Dec 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Don’t get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It’s just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there’s an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it’s wireless!
William McDonough, Fortune Brainstorm Conference, [...]
Posted in action now, climate, general on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
It is often necessary to make decisions on the basis of information sufficient for action, but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
