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Posted on May 9 at 4:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Welcome To Interior Weatherization! http://www.interiorwx.org/#
Weatherization Grant Programs
http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/grants/weath...
Posted on May 7 at 5:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The writer is right-on. We have been living in a world with to much convenience and time saving technology.
In an effort to get with the program. I am thinking Mothers Day.
I was thinking of getting a few gifts that will allow us to return to a more simple time. In an effort to go green and use less energy.
I really hope my wife will enjoy the new washboard, tub, rope and clothes pins. I also picked out a very nice flat rock and stick for the more delicate items.
Not only will she be the greenest on the block, but soon she will also get a nice long work out as well :)
I was also thinking of going to the use of candles in our vaccum sealed home, I don't think she will mind if any soot builds up in the house, I mean, I am sure she will have lots of time after hand washing all the dishes, that doing some dusting will be but a minor detail. Besides who will notice in the dark shadows.
Now to do my part in an effort to go green. I want to go one better then the article above suggest, when it comes to limiting water usage.
I am going to tell my wife that I know the washboard can be a tiresome thing and in an effort to reduce her workload I will start wearing my work clothes on a weekly basis, and will limit my use of a shower to a weekly ritual (possibly monthly). I didn't mention I will be working up a nice sweat daily just by simply getting to work on my bicycle. I promise to purchase some cologne just too keep things from getting to far out of hand.... I am sure there are some more retro ideas out there. What's yours?
Posted on May 5 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Global warming is not in debate. Yes you are correct.
However what is in debate is that CO2 is the primary cause of or the result of Global warming.
So far most of the evidence at had indicates that something other than CO2 is causing the warming.
Since that has been proven the case. Now scientist suggest that CO2 is part of the feedback loop and that excess CO2 will cause the warming to be longer and more pronounced in it's effects on the planet than usual.
I say great!! It is well documented that societies have also done far better in warmer periods than in cold ones.
Another point is that all those who are certain that CO2 is causing damage to the earth and will result in x number of people dying as a result didn't tell us that alot of the deaths will also be caused by there own hands via government policy that promotes the use of ethanol which has already increased/ causing food shortages....of course maybe that was the plan anyways since many in the same group feel the planet is over populated....
Posted on May 1 at 5:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Coming soon Truck nutz enforcement zones.
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Posted on April 28 at 5:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
BCT,
He is probably bases his assumption that since many live on base and there housing, heat, and electricity are covered that they are not as directly impacted on the high cost of energy to maintain a home or if they are living offpost the BAH covers most of it if not all of it depending on what and where they choose to rent.
I am sure you feel it at the pump too while filling up your POV, and when you shop downtown, I don't know what the current basic pay,separate rations, and COLA is these days but, if it is anything like it used to be, it's doesn't ever seem to be enough, but it is far better than many have it in the civilian sector.
Posted on April 27 at 10:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If hydrocarbons are renewable- then is "Peak Oil" a fraud?
by Joel Bainerman
http://321energy.com/editorials/bainerma...
On Earth Day
Posted on April 27 at 10:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
From the GAO study:
Admits they really don't know how much oil is still in the ground.
The amount of oil remaining in the ground is highly uncertain, in part because the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) controls most of the estimated world oil reserves, but its estimates of reserves are not verified by independent auditors. In addition, many parts of the world have not yet been fully explored for oil.
Other important sources of uncertainty about future oil production are potentially unfavorable political and investment conditions in countries where oil is located. For example, more than 60 percent of world oil reserves, on the basis of Oil and Gas Journal estimates, are in countries where relatively unstable political conditions could constrain oil exploration and production.
Studies that predict the timing of a peak use different estimates of how much oil remains in the ground, and these differences explain some of the wide ranges of these predictions. Estimates of how much oil remains in the ground are highly uncertain because much of these data are self-reported and unverified by independent auditors; many parts of the world have yet to be fully explored for oil; and there is no comprehensive assessment of oil reserves from nonconventional sources. This uncertainty surrounding estimates of oil resources in the ground comprises the uncertainty surrounding estimates of proven reserves10 as well as uncertainty surrounding expected increases in these reserves and estimated future oil discoveries.
On Earth Day
Posted on April 27 at 7:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
*We can no longer deny the depletion of fossil fuel that fed the energy intoxification of the 20th century.*
Depletion?
Have you actually seen a shortage of oil lately that was not the result of War, Union Strikes, Mechanical Failure of Equipment, Weather related, or politically motivated (OPEC, production limits)?
Keep dreaming there is no more a shortage than the politcally created artificial shortages of oil that happened in the seventies (embargo).
Had it not been for environmentalist promoted protests in the seventies alot of energy production today would be coming from hydro electric dams and a high percentage of Nuclear power.
The USA still has an abundant amounts of untapped energy that would reduce our dependence yet there are still people that will throw one legal battle after another to prevent getting access to it.
The current Climate change SCAM is another example of what's really causing the energy crisis.
I don't deny that we may be warming, many of us don't, but I also know that this isn't the first time the earth has been through a warming spell. The warming spell itself has more to do with measured releases of CO2 in the atmosphere not man and is not the cause of the warming. It is the result.
No matter how much we attempt to reduce our CO2 it will not stop climate change, period.
On Earth Day
Posted on April 26 at 6:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Realdeal,
Don't worry if to many of switch to coal or wood you will be penalized with a hefty carbon tax to the purchase, this punitive tax will be attempted to prevent you from seeking energy that is affordable.
Freshwater,
I sold my house, took the profits and invested in a overseas mutual fund (Asian Markets) and to a limited extent some US funds, moved in to a friends house to share the cost of energy and I am planning to head for an island in the South Pacific, while the cost of energy and everything else will be about the same as here and climbing like here, I won't have to purchase heating fuels ever again. I will still require transport but the island being only 30 X 8 miles will hopefully limit how many miles I will need to drive on a daily basis.
Feels kinda nice to be debt free, free from paying property taxes (really good friend), and soon heating oil once I move. I may hang around for awhile and sock away some more cash before I jump but depends on just how high and fast the other costs around here climb.....
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Posted on May 9 at 5:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The Weatherization Assistance Program is available to renters and homeowners throughout the state. A house may only be weatherized one time and eligibility is determined by the residents income and family size.
http://www.alaskacdc.org/WxInformation.h...
On Borough declares an energy emergency