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Could saving energy really be this simple?
Provocative stuff from Congressman Baird here. Not sure if I could have gotten the four daughters to go for those military showers when I was paying for the oil, but provocative nonetheless. And check out that photo. He's standing in a bad spot if that car suddenly does what that car is prone to do lately.
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Troubles Down Under
The Australian Government's Energy Efficient Homes Package is a $3.9 billion effort to improve the energy rating of Australian homes by offering homeowners a $1,200 rebate for having insulation put into ceilings. However, it looks like the installers are moving too quickly to take advantage of that program. Check out this story.
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How's this for finding new combinations?
Put a data center in an old bomb shelter and use the heat from the computers to warm hundreds of nearby homes and businesses in Helsinki. Waste not, want not.
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Beautiful and expensive
At least that's the way it looks and sounds to me. Check this out. Wonderful American ingenuity at work here. And, for a change, it's coming from a school other than M.I.T.!
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And then there's China
I spotted this Business Week article and, after reading it, reread this Tom Friedman column from last September. The two go very well together.
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What, me worry?
According to this recent Gallup poll, Americans are caring less about the environment these days. Could be because we're convinced that things are moving in the right direction when it comes to the green stuff, or it could be that we've got other things on our minds right now. Hmm.
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A do-it-yourself method of sizing circulators
This is just too good not to share. I love the part about pouring water through the pipe for a minute. Don't do this at home!
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Nothing to do with heating
Thanks to Paul Yunnie for sending me this video. Enjoy the ride!
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Hug your kids.
Dan
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