“By replacing one light bulb, you could save $88.90 over the life of that bulb. If you replace more bulbs, your savings could be even greater. … don’t forget the heat. Given that standard incandescent bulbs throw off most of their energy as heat, your home cooling costs in the summer increase in order to offset the heat generated by your standard incandescent light bulbs.”
“According to the Energy Information Administration (US DoE), the world produced 16,400 billion kWh of electricity in 2004, and that figure is growing at 3.2 % a year since 1994. If we extrapolate to 2006 at 4 % growth then the total electricity production was an estimated 17,950 billion kWh. Photovoltaic power consists of only about 0.6 % of the annual growth in electricity capacity. It seems minute, and it is, for now. However, solar production hasn’t been growing at 3.2% per year. It has, in fact, been growing at 33 % per annum for the last decade, and it’s expected to continue that trend for the immediate future.” 905/15/07)
Help in doing an “energy audit” of your home and setting things up so that you keep cooler, cheaper.
“A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also known as a compact fluorescent light bulb or an energy saving lightbulb, is a type of fluorescent lamp that fits into a standard light bulb socket or plugs into a small lighting fixture. In comparison to incandescent light bulbs, CFLs have a longer rated life and use less electricity. CFLs might save enough money in electricity costs to make up for their higher initial price within about 500 hours of use, although the continuing decrease in the price of incandescent bulbs is increasing the payback time.”
The Heartland Institute examines Michael Crichton’s writings and statements, specifically as applied to the issue of global warming.
“The Luddites were a social movement of English textile workers in the early 1800s who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their livelihood. The movement, which began in 1811, was named after a mythical leader, Ned Ludd.”
“Various prominent bodies have commented on global warming, most notably the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). National and international scientific groups have issued statements both detailing and summarizing the current state of scientific knowledge on the earth’s climate.”
“The parable of the broken window was created by Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas (That Which We See and That Which We Don’t) to illuminate the notion of hidden costs (a.k.a. opportunity costs). Bastiat uses this story to introduce a concept he calls the broken window fallacy, which is related to the law of unintended consequences, in that both involve an incomplete accounting for the consequences of an action. Economists of the Austrian school of economics frequently cite this fallacy, and Henry Hazlitt devoted a chapter to it in his book Economics in One Lesson.”
“Geolibertarians consider land to be the common property of all mankind. They say that private property is derived from an individual’s right to the fruits of their labor. (In this first label geolibertarians have no difference with anarchists’ economic vision.) Since land is not created by anyone’s labor, it cannot be owned. Thus, geolibertarians recognize a right to privately possess land, on the condition that the full rental value be paid to the community. This, they say, has the effect of both giving back the value that belongs to the community and encouraging landowners to only use as much land as they need, leaving plenty for others.”
“Carbon emissions trading involves the trading of permits to emit carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases, calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, tCO2e). It is one of the ways countries can meet their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon emissions and thereby mitigate global warming.”
edited by Thomas L. Knapp
Freedom News Daily
