03-30-2009, 01:25 AM
Thanks for the suggestions. We live in a new construction so there is little left to do on the list. Turning off unneeded lights are perhaps the only thing left. Beyond that, we need to live in smaller houses, share rooms and take fewer showers. Alternatives aren't there yet either. I'd love to put solar shingles on my roof but the technology seems to be still stuck in the 70s.
Beyond these points, I have a larger issue with movements like these. They make you feel guilty for using what humans have achieved through hundreds of years of work, labor an innovation. There must be something "dirty" about using, not wasting of course, electricity. Instead of making so much noise about saving electricity I wish they would set out to bring light to the dark corners of the earth. Which one serves humanity more, I ask?
Beyond these points, I have a larger issue with movements like these. They make you feel guilty for using what humans have achieved through hundreds of years of work, labor an innovation. There must be something "dirty" about using, not wasting of course, electricity. Instead of making so much noise about saving electricity I wish they would set out to bring light to the dark corners of the earth. Which one serves humanity more, I ask?