Avocado Refrigerators Out, Mass Transit In - electric shoes dryer

The Times has several important stories to highlight today, one about determining when old equipment should be --
Should notget the heave-
Ho, there is also an interest in public transport driven by high gas prices.
Probably-
After an amazing runOn the pump-
From the perspective of changing consumer behavior, the degree of "importance" of oil prices has finally reached?
Clifford Claus's work, Denver but across the country, shows a group of passengers on commuter trains and buses.
In the story of electrical appliances, various experts told Alina Tugend that the energy and material costs of manufacturing electrical appliances must be related to the long-term
Buy a new long-term savings with less electricity.
Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Conservation Council, gave her the rule of thumb for a refrigerator: "If it's avocado or brown --
"It's time for people of color to retire," he said . ".
The refrigerator of the 1970 s, the last time I believed these special appliances were popular in color and used three to four times the power of today's models.
I just had this debate with my wife when we were considering replacing the creaking, creaking dryers and washing machines that came with our house on 1997.
We chose a new combination washing machine.
Dryer, in part because it uses half the material of a pair of machines and also because of its front
The loading design makes it an efficient user of water and electricity (
More gentle in clothing).
The cycle takes longer, and sometimes the clothes are not completely dry, but it really makes sense to move in the end.
I will follow up on our electricity bill and I will let you know if there are any unpleasant surprises.
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I just paid $4.
A gallon of unleaded gas at my local gas station. I put $20.
$00 to avoid running out of fast travel, my gas meter moved 1/987.
According to the forecast, we will pay $5 soon.
At least in my town, I suspect this will happen before Memorial Day, in which case I will have nowhere to go.
Everything I do now is very careful.
High oil prices have seriously affected my life.
My concern and confusion about appliances is how to deal with old appliances?
If they are old and inefficient in energy, for example, what's the point of donating them to non-profit organizations?
I used to ask my truck, what happens when we replace the old truck with environmental protection and innovation?
I just saw thousands of rectangular metal piles in the dump.
I am totally in favor of any changes that allow less use of electricity, gas, etc.
This is a given.
However, one of the complicated questions for me is how to break down everything that is more toxic, inefficient, outdated.
The avocado color refrigerator, as a very old thing, is actually very interesting.
On your new purchase of green products, Elizabeth morrose pays tribute to you.
At the same time, almost everyone in the developing world continues to use clothing and (dirty)
Dry clothes.
Their clothes are as dry as yours, and there is no force in the process.
Dear Andy, there are not many people using dryers when I live in the Netherlands.
Whenever we visit our parents in the US, my husband always asks, "Why is the towel here always so soft?
However, in the long run, they do use a device that may save a lot of energy.
A very powerful centrifuge that takes most of the water out of clothes before they hang up and dry.
If people use such a device before putting clothes into the dryer, it doesn't take too long to dry them.
Living outside the grid, I can assure you that the appliance manufacturers are still trying to be cute with their efficiency figures.
I would really like to see a real number of energy consumption on the box (
I want to see at least three numbers,
Maximum consumption;
Average winter consumption, average summer consumption)
And the total number of embedded energy in the device.
How much will it take to mine, smelting and transport the metal in this thing?
Other components?
It would be nice to see a real life expectancy figure (MTBF);
It would be nice to see a number indicating how much this thing will be recycled once it is done.
Yes, yes, the argument is; too difficult;
Consumers don't care either.
So, let's take a "Energy Star! ” sticker on.
This is really not enough, and consumers will be quick to care if they can honestly compare. Hm;
This uses 20% of the energy.
MTBF with 3 years-
That used less, MTBF is 4 years.
The price is almost . . . . . . Well . . . . . . That-
Is the reason why it's not done.
This requires real competition.
I have been advocating for transit for some time-a letter from me was published last year in Newsweek (//www. newsweek.
Com/id/35299-first letter of this section).
What annoys me is that 10 years ago, 20 years ago, when steel was cheap, the cost of expanding passenger and freight rail lines in the United States would be much lower (
More made in this country)
-We have gained advantages in reducing pollutants, including reducing carbon dioxide, greatly reducing the cost of importing oil. A money-
Around the package.
But no, as quoted here by The Times, "No one believes that people will give up their cars to take public transport ".
What happened to the ancient training "Penny Wisdom, pound stupidity" and similar folk wisdom?
We can only blame ourselves.
I came to Idaho from Ireland for a year.
The place we stayed included utilities but I hated using the dryer even though my husband liked the convenience.
It has shrunk our clothes.
Now that winter is over, we have been on the clothesline.
Even in wet Ireland, the dryer is a luxury that many people can't afford.
The wind, the Sun and the air are free in a dry climate without any excuse.
Dryer in the desert. . . Stupid! !
Andy, do you know that the oil used in those beautiful new refrigerators covers the inner surface of the pipes and evaporator coils and then acts as an insulator, thus reducing the heat transfer that causes poor machine performance?
The new 134a has a poor solvent mass like the old r12-so the oil does not return to the compressor (
Where needed).
In order to "save ozone", it is a dirty industry secret to have a compressor failure prematurely on the new unit.
The Michigan factory that made these units has a history that goes back to putting ice cubes in wooden boxes.
Thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement, it has now closed down and traveled to Mexico.
Buy a clothesline!
Why is it so easy for our attention to shift from what really happens?
Senator Dorham, speaking recently in the Senate, said that the ceo of some large oil companies told him that the price of a barrel of oil should not exceed $50 based solely on the principle of supply and demand. 00.
In order to buy the goods of the future, you obviously only need to invest 7%, he suggested that if this number increases to 25%, there will be much less speculation, the percentage of options purchased in the stock market is still low.
The people who handle the money of others are now known as financial engineers, who are clearly actively taking the lead in building bubbles in the technology sector --
The stock market, then the real estate market, now they create a similar bubble in the future market.
You want to know if we have learned anything from Enron's practice of controlling electricity bills in California.
Is the same going on in future markets as oil, fertilizer and staple food?
Why did the media give Senator dolham a glimmer of light on this issue?
Mathematics seems simple.
If a new refrigerator is running at a cost of $10 less than it is now, then the $480 refrigerator will pay for itself in four years, one of the better upgrades.
We had an old basement fridge in Philadelphia and I pulled the 80 plug and the bill was $35
Less than 40 a month.
I don't need it anyway.
But now I have to wonder about the old fridge in the apartment I moved to, and even if it's cheaper to buy a new one, the whole kitchen may have to be redecorated.
In another apartment, the old refrigerator lost its washers, and the energy cost of the new refrigerator was reduced by $15 per month.
As far as I know, New York replaced the Housing Authority's refrigerator, which saved the city a lot of money and reduced energy demand.
In apartments in Florida, there are about 65 apartments per building, and the total annual electricity bill may be about $60,000.
I'm really not sure.
In addition, additional external lighting costs, washing machines and dryers, and elevator charges are required for these buildings.
If there is a $100,000 solar energy on the roof of a building, maybe there is a storage box (battery pack)
The question is how much percentage will be generated by the act.
If it is $10,000 then it will take 10 years to pay for itself, $20,000 and then $33,000 for 5 years.
I write a check to Florida Power and Lighting, who is responsible for the power of the whole area.
If they earn $40,000 instead of $60,000 per building, that would cut their income.
Sometimes it seems important that they have a certain level of income so that they can serve the public, and the "green" technology may replace the real energy demand, if it completely replaces it, then the funds needed to keep the whole system in place may be lost.
Perhaps this must be seen as part of the dilemma.
In terms of transportation, there is a view that higher fuel prices will make people have to take smaller cars, public transport and carpooling.
This may be considered a major deception.
When I told people to try and see "Who Killed the Electric Car", it was still infuriating that we made this happen.
If we can order the gas company to give GM $2 billion in additional profits to produce EV 1, this will start to change the situation.
People may still like them even if gas prices drop, and if the building has, that's $!
00,000 solar and then they can charge for it for free.
It looks simple and basic, but it is not only a shame that we are deceived, it is also an incredible act.
Some of you know I'm Mr. Meter because I have up to eight channels in my home that measure electricity and two gas meters.
Since 1960, I also have 30 years of gasoline filling and data on how much car fuel we use relative to almost everything else.
Surprisingly, as the Times reported a few days ago, gasoline was onl 5 in 2007.
4% of household spending is still below the peak of 1980/81.
Gasoline for one mile is still 20% lower than the peak of 1980/81 miles.
Even the actual price is slightly above the peak of 1980/81, but our average usage per mile is nearly 20% more than it is today.
In those days, traffic usage also increased and car usage decreased.
Whether you like it or not, high oil prices will have an impact.
The difference now is that buses have more than 10 people on average, rising from a low of over 1990, when the average bus uses more gasoline per passenger mile than the average car. (
Please note that this is not the case only during peak hours, as the car is almost empty when the bus is packed).
All of this is to answer Arthur Smith (#5, above),.
When the steel is cheap, we put (empty)
On the OPM, the bus on the road and the light rail are built everywhere (
"Money from others ")
However, we did not attract builders of new homes to gather them around bus stations so that buses and railways would be filled and large box retailers were not approached by the bus.
Instead, no one is responsible, buses and light rail are expensive relative to the few passengers they get.
Despite the exceptions, the question is that there are many miles of highways, large shopping malls, aisles and petrol touch below $ Month/gallon 1998 $1998, who cares?
The evidence now shows concern.
Lee SchipperBerkeley Dembert Moses refused to add rail rights to all park roads he built, preventing an affordable expansion of public transport.
This was a great tragedy of a legitimate Legacy (
At least in the first half of his career. .
Wayne commented on Country Life.
The traffic in our town is a bit crowded, about 800 kilometers, because it is about 10 kilometers.
The number of visitors has increased this weekend, with some driving for 10 miles, about 10 miles above the published speed-when I drove Tacoma to the ranch and took turns watering before dinner.
When I opened the first valve I watched my mom and her kids turn and they and I took a cold shower as always and then turned on the tap and filled the black tank which was too high, tanks that the steering wheel cannot drink.
As I walked over to start the second irrigation line, I noticed that the Malinar had climbed further;
This and what we call the fox tail of the June grass will already be sown here on the 5 th.
So when I slowly got back to the first line, I pulled the malijin and there were a few others.
When the black tank spills enough to get most of the cotton fluff off, I move the hose over and fill and rinse the older tub with the bigger calf.
It filled out faster so I only pulled dozens of malints there.
When I moved to a fresh crop, I was happy to note that most of the rain birds were moving and spraying in slow-moving circles.
I seem to have cleaned up the wood clo in the muddy river at the entrance a few weeks ago.
However, some riser is leaning a bit too much.
Next time I have to take the hammer to drive the steel bars and connect them again.
I turned around because the grass was faster than the cow and the calf because we had a company to eat and I needed to take a shower and change clothes.
After closing the two valves, I couldn't help eating a few more malinins at the door.
The horse in the nearby field kicked his feed plate to entice me to give him some extra oats, but I decided I had to ask his master.
Maybe our next generation needs a horse, but not now, because they like to shake the bark off the tree.
When we left, I was hoping to start the engine and the kids might build next to the ranch to avoid driving to where we live.
They can sell the scenery to some guys and then they don't need Tacoma and can take the horse with them to fix whatever hardware they need.
10 minutes later I got home and took a cool glass of milk from our Energy Star and went to the shower. That solar-
The heated water feels great.
Then I climbed up some clean curlers and a Hawaiian shirt that was airing from the sofa hanging on the back porch.
The location ensures no bird shit in the laundry room.
Then, before the company arrived, I went in and licked a few more times on the computer.
From Wang Suya, I agree with Tenney that it saves a lot of energy to dry the washed cloth with a rope before putting it into a dry machine.
In Japan, people hardly use dry Machines. all washed clothes are dried with ropes.
I studied a New York Times article a few years ago, and it wrote why Americans don't dry washed clothes with ropes?
The author is always drying in the hiden string in the backyard.
Clothes filled with the smell of Sunshine save a lot of energy.
She suggested why Americans do not support the tradition of drying clothes with ropes.
I think she's right. why don't Americans change their way of life a little bit?
Using a dry machine can save some household energy.
The energy of a dry machine is very small, but the dry machinery in the United States can save a lot of energy. >>//www. ctv.
Ca/servlet/Article/story/CTVNews/20080418/clo _ ban_080418/20080418?
Comments by Hub = CTVNewsAt11Danny Bloom: Two notes: 1.
CNN has just aired a new interview with optimistic and optimistic centenarian James Lovelock, who is actually 88 years old, saying his usual thing is too late to do anything about it, but he added, in his view, 0. 5 billion people will survive the predicament, or what others call the "big break" from 2050 to 3050, taking refuge in the Arctic basin and in island countries such as Britain and New Zealand, tasmania states of North America and South America and some "Oasis "(
Maybe the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Banff, Batagonia, Machu Picchu).
So there's hope now.
But he says billions will die. Such a realist! Link here:(//edition. cnn.
Com/2008/world/europe/04/17/lovelock. spirit/index. html)2.
It's time to graduate from university all over the country.
I wrote a "virtual graduation speech for tavswain 2099" and posted it online here://tufts2099. blogspot. com)
Read it when you have time and leave a comment on the blog If you wish.
If moved, write a virtual graduation speech in the class of the university you attended in 2099 and send it to my blog or post it here.
My speech begins: Good afternoon, taffesban in 2099, I can't speak to you personally here since I was forgotten a long time ago.
But as a member of this highly respected college 1971 graduating class on a hill in Boston, I would like to leave you a short message --
From past to future
About global warming and climate change. . .
Some people are still with R-12 (
The most destructive ozone refrigerant)
And the ban on DDT.
Elizabeth Jader commented: #13, Wayne Hamilton, I feel like I read a great story from the West.
Too bad, what we write in prose and storytelling is not more than always filling these columns with numbers, formulas and languages that many of us don't fully understand.
Before I get blamed or belittled for this sentence, I understand why we need numbers, facts, etc.
After a while, it narrowed the discussion to algebra class.
I prefer to listen to stories like you, including human emotions and facts.
By the way, respect you very much, Wayne, do you have to pull the Malinar?
I have been told that the malingoing is toxic to cattle or horses, and this is a complete myth.
I ask you because, as you know, the malingoing is the host plant of the monarch butterfly and they also need all the help they can get.
In fact, everything needs help except human beings.
Ma Lijin is also a good source of honey for other butterflies.
Gentle request for my favorite butterfly monarch.
I like your story very much.
Elizabeth takes the bus every day. I hate it.
I hate to take the bus because it's a stressful experience.
This is not necessarily the case with the bus.
Someone should study the psychology of taking the bus and find a way to make it more enjoyable. .
Or better, fun!
Maybe Google people can organize a project to figure out how to make it more enjoyable to take the bus.
I think they will do the right thing.
When there is less pressure, more people will do it. [
Andy revkin pointed out: I visited Google's headquarters last week and found that many Google people took buses.
They like it very much and have wireless Internet access in operation. ]
I would like to see energy analysis for every new product, both from manufacturing and use, and data on resource consumption.
It's like listing ingredients in a supermarket.
We also need to improve science.
LEED and similar organizations like to develop terms and talk about things like life cycle analysis, but the approach is not very good.
A better mind is needed in this regard.
Wayne, you're the lucky one.
When I think that all these poor New Yorkers are trapped in concrete, and I can't see the malingoing, my heart will open to them.
I lived in Rio last year.
Most apartments have some clothes.
A clothes rack hanging from the ceiling, usually above the washing machine.
You put it down from the ceiling (On the pulley)to load your (damp)
Put on the clothes, then pull it back on top of your head and let the clothes dry.
The walls of this part of the House are always designed for free airflow, with large open windows.
This is a good design (
Still: stiff, crumpled clothes, often covered with lint).
So I think I should give air.
Try drying when I get back to AmericaS.
But I live in the Pacific Northwest and it rains 9 months a year.
The clothesline outside is not an option.
But what about indoors?
Many old houses in Seattle still have hooks hanging in the basement, people drying clothes indoors and hanging in the basement in rainy winter.
So I tried to dry my clothes and towels indoors.
But a week later, my clothes were not only wet but also moldy (really! ).
Maybe that's because I'm also trying to reduce heating costs by keeping my home cool.
In those cool House temperatures, plus my typical northwest leaking basement, the humidity is almost 100% and the clothes don't dry.
So-heat enough energy for my home to line up?
Drying my clothes indoors, or is it better to use an hour's hair dryer a week while keeping the house cool overall?
After a few months, I had bronchitis for weeks in a cold house with wet clothes, so I gave up the whole experiment.
Maybe I will try again next winter. Dear Elizabeth!
Thank you for your warm reminder that "the weeds of geologists are the herbs of biologists ".
I will leave some monarch food near the fence.
Next week, I really have to solve those Canadian thorns on the beach in the lower half of the field.
We have bitten a group of horse trainers, but their successors have not done so.
I think the only "weed" that was successfully removed is bur.
I know, I know . . . . . . The roots are very delicious.
A few years ago, my dad decided to replace his swamp cooler. now our)
House with compressor AC.
Too noisy, the humidity in the house dropped to about 10;
Cause my skin to itch.
In the coming week or so, we plan to install a new swamper, and we also intend to drive it with a brushless DC motor powered by several PV panels and batteries.
When it is installed and running, we will have a celebration and sing the amortized Blues.
First of all, I have to write some lyrics . . . . . . Actually, Andy, your colleague Alina Tugend is right in terms of replacing the fridge 15 years ago, but in terms of replacing the dishwasher and washing machine is
In order to improve efficiency, they use too little energy to compensate for the energy and environmental damage reflected in the production and distribution process.
See my post on this topic here.
Best of all, I used to live in the Netherlands where most people don't have dryers.
And, even in the winter, they have one thing to keep most of the houses cold, especially the bedrooms.
However, some people use electric blankets.
My shoes are moldy in the closet.
It took a long time to get inside.
I long for clothes dryers.
Now, I live in Brazil where I don't have a dryer either and almost no one heats up their home (
They just wear more clothes).
However, I live on the plateau and it is cold and humid in winter.
Everything in the closet and drawer is moldy.
I long for clothes dryers.
I used to get bronchitis and acute pneumonia every year until winter, and I bought a portable heater to put in my bedroom to prevent inhalation of all cold air.
I have come to the conclusion that it is better to pay for electricity and stay healthy than to get sick for a few months and buy expensive antibiotics.
Take care of yourself first, then worry about the environment.
It is estimated that by about 2050 people, the population will exceed 9 billion.
These billions of people will be looking for food, water and other resources on a planet where humans are already shaping the climate and life Network.
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