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To: Alan Hume who wrote (136969)	5/18/2001 9:49:17 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579897

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

To: Alan Hume who wrote (136969)	5/19/2001 5:53:25 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579897

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. Some really good pts...recently, I just realized that there are three cycles on the washer [I wasn't watching when my Mom did the wash] one for light soil, one for medium soil and still another for heavier soil. Except for when I am dirt biking, parakiting or mt climbing Everest, most of my stuff is light soil......so I save two fillings of the tank plus the energy needed to run those two extra cycles. And I thought I had done just about all I could to save water and energy. ted