Technobabble

What Are You Doing to Save Energy?

Posted by on Mar 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

It’s all about the green. We’re all getting squeezed these days. Even if you’re not worried about the environment, you’ve got to be concerned about the green that’s flowing at an ever-increasing rate from your wallet.

Kids can be forgiven for their cluelessness when it comes to wasting energy. Parents are often the ones running around the house shutting off unnecessary lights and appliances. After all, it’s the responsible adults that wire up the programmable thermostats and other painless energy-saving devices. We’re the ones installing the compact fluorescent light bulbs (while dreaming of switching to LEDs once the price comes down).We’re the ones stuck pondering the boring stuff like replacement windows (when we’d rather be replacing Windows). We’re the ones reading the reviews of the Honda Civic Hybrid, looking for ways to shave some dollars off the gas card each month.

It takes something big for a generation to be broken from its stupor. Did your lights go out at 8:00 on the 29th? Did you notice that Google went dark for the day? What’s it going to take for everyone to understand that it all starts with them and that if each person starts with a little change it can make a big difference?

  • http://tim.malloroy.com Tim Malloroy

    While I am not entirely convinced that global warming is being caused by human activities and thus not as concerned with carbon emissions, I am concerned about the amout of rubbish we throw away and how much polution each and everyone of us cause every day.

    Using less energy and recylcing are mandatory these days.

    Just use the three R’s:

    1) Reduce
    2) Reuse
    3) Recycle

    The average western civilization citizen causes tons of trash every year. If we reduce our use when ever possible, reuse things (like zip top bags or aluminum foil), and recycle everything we can (including buying consumer products that come in recyclable packaging or have no packaging at all), the earth would be far better off — which means we would be far better off.

    By the way, it is better to use aluminum foil than plastic or wax paper. Both plastic and wax paper require large amounts petroleum products to produce while aluminum foil uses far less and is recylable. Just rinse off any food particles before putting the spent piece in the recycle bin.

    And please be sure to sort your recyclables per your local trash or governmental agencies indicate. Our trash and recycle bins have clear instructions on the outside.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jaimeadrianz Adrián Zúñiga Espinoza

    So this new app is not available for iPod Touch 4G!?