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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alan Hume who wrote (136969)5/18/2001 9:49:17 PM
From: pgerassi  Read Replies (3) of 1579899
 
Dear Alan:

Why should I with high levels of insulation in my home? IO do not like the 1.2 and 1.5 gallon flush toilets because they do not clean properly and get clogged more often. It goes further than Joe Cheap. Also landlords who do not pay heating bills and electric bills use the oldest cheapest (usually bargain basement hogs) appliances they can and use the minimum insulation they can get away with. And how many neighborhood groups even allow clothes lines? Many of the apartments I have been in do not allow them or even have room (in the large clusters anyway). Do you live in a northern climate where some of the year it is impossible to dry clothes outside? But even if everyone did as you say, that would not close a deficit of 33% in total energy use.

To get there would require very high density housing. So that mass transit is not only feasible, but required. A lot of energy is wasted for street and safety lighting. These are just two of the things that are required to cut overall energy usage in half.

Pete
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