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Freezing

By admin | Published: November 6, 2009
I’ve decided to simply freeze the content of this site while I consider what I’m going to do with this domain from here forward. I don’t really have the time to support efficienting and work and go to school so efficienting is probably going to lose out. It was fine when I didn’t have anything [...]
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The month’s electric bill

By Elijah Sarver | Published: October 16, 2009
Down a bit from last year with a 143 kWh improvement year-on-year. 12-month average has fallen off a bit to 355 from 367. I was away four days in the past month which helped those numbers along. Hurting the numbers is my new computer system which draws around 200 watts while on (plus monitor, etc) [...]
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Pro-Albedo News and living without A/C

By Elijah Sarver | Published: July 30, 2009
White roofs are catching on, and people living without A/C
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Clean Coal

By Elijah Sarver | Published: July 23, 2009
I almost feel silly about posting this, but it gets the point I’d make with too many words in less than 30 seconds of video: I hate hearing those two words. Even without considering the burning of coal, they set off alarm bells in my head when they come together. “Clean Coal”. Pure carbon. Clean. Right.
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Electric bill update July 2009

By Elijah Sarver | Published: July 19, 2009
I figure I should be held accountable for practicing my recommendations here, so I provide to you now my latest meter reading, containing a bunch of extra data. It seems my conservation efforts are paying off. Once I have the new A/C and/or heat pump installed and my ducts sealed, I think these numbers will drop [...]
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