Archive for the ‘Three Green Rs’ Category
Sunday, May 14th, 2006
With Memorial Day around the corner and gas hovering around $3/gallon, the cost of getting around is on a lot of people's minds. It's on mine, for sure.
Last time I gassed up I was pleasantly surprised to see that my Oldsmobile Achieva got over 31 MPG -- over the ...
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Friday, May 12th, 2006
You may have heard of this trick before. You can save energy on the operation of your freezer (or refrigerator) if it's only partly filled by freezing (or cooling) bottles of water. It takes energy initially to get the water down to temperature, but once it's down there, it ...
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
No, I'm not talking about people eating a lot of beans.
I've tried not to be wasteful with gasoline, but after reading The Long Emergency I've been very acutely aware of oil-related everything. Plastic bottles, asphalt, CD cases -- and especially gasoline.
Gas actually ticked down a few cents this week, ...
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Sunday, May 7th, 2006
Sorry that the posts have been a little thin this week, but I read a book that has occupied almost the full attention of my thoughts and caused a great deal of reflection, sorrow, and a small amount of panic.
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler, if written ten or ...
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