Google.org Powermeter – electrical usage info in your hands If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. So Google is going to make it easy for you to measure and see, just what your household electrical usage looks like. Google PowerMeter, now in prototype, will receive information from utility smart meters and energy management [...]
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Economics of a Lightbulb Forget about saving the world for a moment and let’s just look at putting some money in your pocket. Incandescent vs CFL DETAILS Incandescent CFL Typical cost of bulb $0.40 $2.60 Average life in hours 1,000 10,000 Cost of electricity $/kwh $0.10 $0.10 Power of bulb in watts 60 15 Cost [...]
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Waking up from The American Dream Continuing to consume excessively, as a way of life, is neither desirable nor possible. It’s time to create a more moderate, more enjoyable, less frantic, American lifestyle. No more “keeping up with the Jones”. It’s time to measure our wealth in terms of our family, friends, health, free time [...]
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11 Money Saving Tips for Tough Times We all like to save a little of the “green” from time to time. But in these tough economic times, it’s even more important to make every penny count. 11 Money saving tips that cost nothing to implement: Lower your thermostat by a degree or two for heating, [...]
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Oil Sands Production should be Halted Immediately As part of the process to separate the bitumen from sand, large amounts of waste liquid, tailings, is produced. These tailings are poured into huge diked ponds. If allowed to continue, current and proposed tailings ponds would cover up to 220 square kilometres! The companies admit that left on [...]
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London Ontario Bans Plastic Water Bottle Sales The city of London, Ontario has banned the sale of water in plastic bottles, at all municipal facilities. This will include city hall, golf courses, hockey arena and swimming pools. Additional drinking fountains, with refill taps, will be installed where required. For the past year, the London Aquatic [...]
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