Who Puts A Banker in Charge of Natural Resources? Someone who needs a puppet to push their Tar Sands agenda, that’s who. To quote the Natural Resources Canada website “Joe Oliver was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in May 2011. He was appointed Minister of Natural Resources on May 18, [...]
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World Population Hits 7 Billion The world’s population is expected to hit 7 Billion this week, on Oct 31, 2011. That’s 1 Billion more people in the last 12 years (1999), 2 Billion over 24 years (1987). The earth had only 3 Billion people in 1960. Obviously the world can not support such runaway human [...]
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Future Friendly Air Conditioning Scientists at the US’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have created a method of air conditioning that could reduce the operating cost (electricity bill) by up to 90%. The technology called desiccant-enhanced evaporative air conditioner or DEVap, uses environmentally friendly saline solution rather than conventional refrigerants, and a thin membrane, to [...]
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Prepare Your Home For Winter As the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, it’s time to prepare your home for the cold winter months ahead. One of the easiest Do-It-Yourself projects to complete, is sealing the air leaks in your home. This project also has great financial paybacks – saving you more money [...]
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HDTV Settings = Cheaper Electrical Bill Make a couple of simple menu changes to your HDTV’s picture settings and you can save you up to $50 a year on your power bill, according to the A/V experts at THX. A survey by THX took more than a dozen plasma and LCD HDTVs and compared their pre- and post-calibration energy [...]
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What is the Best Energy Saving Tip We have presented several simple energy saving tips over the years. What item to you find, works the best for you? Some of my favorites include: Use a clothesline – cost very little to install and nothing to use, once in place. Use CFL or LED lights- these [...]
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Energy Saving Tips Heating and Cooling Tips set the temp back a couple of degrees when heating and up a couple of degrees when cooling. You’ll adjust to the new temperatures over a couple of days. keep blinds, shades and drapes closed to keep heat out in the summer. Open during daylight hours in [...]
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Typical Monthly Electricity Usage The following table shows the typical electricity usage, in kilowatt hours, for a home in Ontario. You will notice there are no numbers for heating, other than the cost to run a furnace fan, as the primary home heating source in Ontario is natural gas or fuel oil . As well, your air conditioning numbers [...]
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