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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: pgerassi who wrote (136953)5/18/2001 9:30:08 PM
From: Alan Hume  Read Replies (2) of 1579896
 
Hi Pete,
an interesting mail you posted. Everything you say about the wastefulness of SUV's is correct. But I disagree with your comments about household energy savings.
Energy conservation starts with higher efficiencies. In other words saving energy by achieving the same result at the cost of less energy.
For example, good insulation contributes to major savings: It much cheaper to circulate and filter air than it is to maintain an artificial temperature (the airline industry knows all about this) We do not need nearly 3 gallons of water to flush the toilet, 2 is sufficient, we do not need a tumble dryer to dry the washing in 30 minutes. Hanging it on the line for a few hours like our mothers did is for free.An efficient washing machine washes a load using about 12 gallons of water, about half of what the average one requires.
But the problem is that good insulation and efficient gadgets cost money, and as long as energy os cheap, Joe Average is not prepared to pay for it. Your argument that we need to produce more energy will merely keep energy prices low and therefor not be productive.
America has always been the land of plenty, and I feel that "conservation" is a relative new entry in Webster's

Good luck
Alan
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