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polaris:
just as long as you dont fall for the silly mistakes like turning the heating down when your too hot, always remove clothing first.
have you considered a second larger ac unit and possibly even a second oven in the garage maybe, i know its costly but you must be prepared to make tough choices if your gonna do any good.
stay away from those nonsense expensive A rated appliances too.

Howard_Casto:
I would like to point out that that day I get married and sign away half of my possessions to someone I'll eventually get sick of is the day I've lost it.  Marriage is NOT the genetic drive of the male... sex is.  We are wired to plant our seed with as many women as humanly possible.  Several thousands of years of evolution have put this drive into us.  The "social engineering" of the past 300 or so years cannot override that.  So if by "something wrong" you mean they are smarter than the average stupid drone and choose not to fall into that trap then yes, their is really something wrong with them.  The divorce rate is sky high.... cheating on your spouse is so common that it's almost expected in some circles.  All of this points to the fact that marriage is an unnatural act.

Getting back on topic.....

The thing about being green is i's more of a way of thinking than an actual act.  When I do things from day to day I am conscious of the energy I'm using and try as much as possible not ot be wasteful.  When I purchase a new car, new light bulbs or anything of that nature I think the same thing and that mindset effects my decisions.  On the other hand, there's conservation and then there is what I like to call "being a crazy hippie."  I buy primarily florescent bulbs because they are reasonably priced and they reduce my energy consumption.  I do NOT buy hybrid cars because they are some made up b.s. by the auto/oil industry designed to distract you to the fact that sticking a redundant gas engine in an electric car negates any cost/energy benefit due to the extra wieght.  I don't have a bank of solar panels on my roof because they don't work well yet and they are very expensive.  When they get better I will though.  I walk to near by places. The walking is good for me and I don't mind, but if it's far enough away to where I do mind, ---my bottom--- is taking the car.  I don't buy hummers, pickup trucks or suvs, because they are a ridiculously inefficeint form of transportation unless you actually need to haul around 10 kids, or a piece of plywood every day.  On the other hand, you won't see me in a ford focus either because I like to drive without my knees hitting my stomache. 

Long story short, there isn't a whole lot you can do right now, but it is important that you do what you can.  it is also important that you pester your local politicans to do more because unfortunately, things like global warming aren't going to be solved by the indivdual alone as industry pollutes more than you could if you tried. 

danny_galaga:

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i actually bought a packet of two 11w wattsaver globes (equivalent to 60w  each incandescent). only two just to see which fixtures they will fit in. looks like i can replace 5 globes. so thats about 300w down to 55 or so with almost no effort! really though, if i just replaced my house mates light we'd half our bill!


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On that note, I find myself in need of suggestions on how to use an additional 245w per day.  No reason, just wondering :angel:


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i think if you tow one of your trucks, with the other one, and leave the handbrake on both of them that should do the trick (",) . oh, dont put the wheels back on either...

shorthair:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 19, 2007, 08:37:10 pm ---...and "shut the heck up, who cares so much about $20"

If a guy makes it into his 30s and hasn't been married, it indicates he's had a really strange life or there's something -really- wrong with him.  Witness Polaris and his "it's a piece of paper" when he really means "oh god I'm so lonely"

Enjoy your mom's basement, single folks.


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That last part is funny. The first part I don't know what he means there, and the second part (as well as the 'heck') just spells it out. PBJ has a distinctive kind of conservative outlook. Fine.


polaris: you misunderstood what I said. There's a difference of body mass unit, per gram of daily protein intake, between UK (or whatever affiliation the one you studied is with) and American systems - kilos for the former, pounds for the latter - which means that if we both weigh 150 pounds, the amount of protein intake in the UK system is less than half suggested in the American. As you follow one, I follow the other, our answers on the matter are different.

polaris:
shorty
yep cheers dude youve cleared that up for me

howard
thank you

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