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To: Snowshoe who wrote (68927)	4/29/2008 4:38:50 PM
From: bruiser98	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

National Hanging Out Day was April 19. treehugger.com There's something strange about hanging out clothes in below freezing weather. The clothes start to freeze on the line. They become stiff and seem to catch the breeze more effectively. You wonder how could they ever dry.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (68927)	4/29/2008 4:58:02 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Amazing to think that there really is a job called that: < Sarah Lewis, chairwoman of the Juneau Commission on Sustainability> The cost of such a job isn't sustainable. Mqurice

To: Snowshoe who wrote (68927)	4/29/2008 6:07:47 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Interesting, sudden crunch forces sudden realisation ... how sudden will be the weaning from cheap oil for the world as a whole, you wonder ... the change-over from wood to coal was gradual, from whale oil to mineral oil and from coal to oil somewhat less so, these were all upward switches that made great economic sense, the new fuel became cheaper, easier to produce as well as being more concentrated and easier to transport/store/burn ... now it's different, hard to imagine anything cheaper coming along, the percentage of income going to energy will rise, pretty certainly We could prepare for this, mitigate it to some degree, and accomplish other great good at the same time, by eliminating capital gains taxes, value-added taxes, and say income tax on the first 100k, replacing the revenue of these with a meaningfully hefty tax on all fossil fuels consumed and/or produced within a country ... much easier to collect as well, fewer points of collection ... i used to think maybe a hundred bucks per barrel of oil equivalent, but in light of recent crude prices it likely should start out with more This would radically cut support for islamist/halliburtonist terrorism, help to get more out of what cheap high-grade energy we have left, make a more functional tax system [consumption taxes being less harmful net net than penalisation of income], and kick off the biggest longest tech boom ever

To: Snowshoe who wrote (68927)	6/27/2008 8:41:37 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

Followup to: >>Sudden energy crunch forces Juneau to conserve electricity<< Despite lower prices, Juneau still conserving power juneauempire.com JUNEAU EMPIRE Juneau electricity users as a whole have continued to conserve, according to numbers furnished by the utility. Last week's energy consumption was 18 percent below the same week last year, and about the same as mid-May this year, according to Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. spokesman Scott Willis. The 2007 numbers AEL&P used for comparison don't include interruptible customers - dual-fuel users, cruise ships and Greens Creek - since they were powered last year at this time but are not presently plugged into the city. Conservation became a city obsession April 16, when avalanches took out the Snettisham line that supplied Juneau's cheap hydroelectric power. The line was repaired June 1. To cover the cost of diesel, residents and businesses paid 42 cents more per kilowatt-hour than usual for one monthly billing cycle, which began and ended at different times depending on the utility's meter-reading schedule. The entire city has been on lower rates since June 16.