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from your house transporting to landfill this entire energy spent over food life cycle will be saved money wise as mentioned above average family spends 600 worth of food per year even if 15 20 of it is saved it would mean saving about 100 per year extra after tax saving nice eh i am pretty sure you can find good use of 100 extra in your life posted in america beverage carbon dioxide conservation consumption drink efficiency electricity emissions energy environment food fuel global warming greenhouse greenhouse effect home save saver saving saving electricity uncategorized usa waste daylight saving energy saving or energy wasting march 4 2008 20 comments here is an excellent discussion on slashdot about the effect of daylight saving time on overall energy consumption included is a link to wall street journal article describing a study at uc santa barbara a recent legislation passed in indiana usa changed daylight saving time policy of the state and gave the reserchers unique opportunity to observe the effects on electricity bills before and after the change the conclusion the study unambiguously concludes that daylight saving time not only doesn t save any energy it actually wastes energy and costs more indeed at some point in time especially around and after the world war ii the practice of daylight saving time resulted in energy savings people were able to use more of sunlight instead of the lights inside and were able to save a money on electricity bills then came air conditioning when an air conditioner or a heater runs for an extra hour because of time change it far more than offsets the amount of energy saved by switching off the lights as shown in one of my previous posts air conditioner is the biggest energy hog the proportion of energy consumed by air conditioner is far higher and thus makes the daylight saving theory questionable posted in air carbon dioxide conditioner conditioning conservation consumption cooler cooling daylight saving efficiency electricity emissions energy environment global warming greenhouse effect heat heater heating home power power management save saving saving electricity usa waste tags daylight saving time energy consumption electricity sav scangauge ii automotive computer adding milage tracker to your car january 22 2008 2 comments for quite a while i wondered if something like this exists i recently drove toyota prius of a friend and it had this cool feature where you could tell how many miles per gallon you are getting at the moment there seemed to be no reason to get an external fit instrument for this purpose but when i searched in the past only couple of companies turned up in results and they were in australia and new zealand etc and then while browsing thinkgeek i came across this nice one the best way to watch your milage is watch it often so this should help it shows current mpg average mpg for the trip and a lot more data so with this you yourself can find out if the car gives more milage when windows are open or when a c is running or if the car gives more milage when drafting behind a small vehicle or not byom be your own mythbusters if any of you have used this i would like to know some feedback posted in air carbon dioxide computer conservation consumption efficiency emissions energy environment fuel gadgets global warming milage money saving tags automative car conservation emissions energy environment fuel consumption gauge global warming milage money save scan do any companies power down at night slashdot discussion january 21 2008 3 comments here is a nice discussion on slashdot about powering down computers at night the discussion provides some excellent information from reports of energy savings up to 33 to reduced risk to computer network security apart from the obvious benefits of saving power there are a lot of facts people don t understand 1 do computers break down if you power them up frequently depends on what you call frequently if you power down every three minutes then yeah but if you power down every day then it would in fact increase the life of your computer equipment as there would be less wear and tear on all the moving components etc 2 is it safer security wise heck yeah every minute your computer is not online is a minute your computer is absolutely safe from lurking online dangers and the amount of energy it saves huge huge savings today s computers consume anywhere from 90 watts to 300 watts or even more depending on computer type the jobs executed on the computer etc this is excluding the power consumption of the monintor switching it off will not only save monitor power but will also save in space conditioning energy costs more often than not conservation measures like this are overlooked in corporate world this is the problem with the system it admin is not paying electricity bills so this issue rarely rises on his her radar so if you ain t using it turn it down baby it s good for you it s good for mama earth posted in america computer conditioning conservation consumption efficiency electricity emissions energy environment global warming greenhouse effect money monitor save saving saving electricity waste tags computer power consumption saving conservation down off rechargable batteries how about no batteries january 19 2008 leave a comment i already have a post on my blog about rechargeable batteries and how they can save you money at the same time reducing environmental waste overall the huge difference the reusable things make cannot be stressed enough for a product if the ratio usable life total life is small then that product not only costs more in long run but also does more harm to the environment in case of one time batteries the whole life cycle is manufacture transport shelving purchase use trash dispose or landfill at each step energy is being used especially transport of these batteries uses large amount of energy so first step is to move from one time use batteries to rechargeable batteries that would be nice isn t it but here is even better solution no batteries here is a remote that has winding charger google search remote control forever batteries you wind the lever for a minute or so and the remote is good to go for next seven days so you burned about 10 calories taking you an inch closer to your weight loss resolution for the year and you saved money you saved environment just imagine if all the energy oil consumed in one time use batteries is saved imagine all the chemicals lead acid not polluting our environment imagine the truck full or heavy battery packages suddenly absent from the roads and also imagine saving a few dollars in the process imagine your house balance sheet making a tiny move from red to black january make magazine carries a story about shake and charge remote since i cannot write that copyrighted material i contacted prof d v gadre who was the brain behind that remote he has kindly sent me a link to another of his battery less project on youtube it s an electronic dice but the charging mechanism is pretty much same as he had described in his make magazine article indeed green is the new black posted in battery conservation consumption efficiency electricity emissions energy environment money power power management rechargeable recycling saver saving saving electricity waste tags rechargeable batteries energy conservation money save r drafting behind a vehicle to improve fuel efficiency january 8 2008 7 comments before a few days i watched this episode on mythbusters they confirmed that drafting behind a big rig indeed improves car fuel efficiency in some cases as much as by 40 at dangerously close range they just tested different ranges behind the same truck i wish they would have tested the following 1 what happens if you are drafting behind a smaller truck a car 2 what happens if you are not exactly behind if you are somewhere behind and to one side behind blind spot i am sure it is possible to take advantage of this drafting effect with some safety margin i think everybody at one time or another has wondered about this effect or experienced it mythbusters just put numbers in there we always see migratory birds flying in the sky in a particular formation something like a v formation this is precisely for the same reason the birds behind take advantage of the turbulence created by wind flapping of the bird ahead here is some in depth explanation of the bird formation a group of fighter airplanes also uses such kind of formation to save some fuel on long trips often bicyclists and marathon runners can be seen running in formations to exploit the same advantage i am pretty sure the drafting effect works for quite some distance so next time if you have a choice to drive through a lane which is empty ahead or drive behind someone at safe distance of course choose the second one you can comfortably get 5 10 efficiency boost with all safety precautions let us calculate what that means in terms of money say your vehicle original efficiency jumps from 30 mpg to 32 mpg a modest 6 6 increase possible at very safe distance then for every 960 miles you will consume 30 galons instead of 32 galons so after the cost of gas taxes on gas you are looking at somewhere around 6 to 7 dollars of saving so if you drive 16000 miles a year then it comes to around 100 saving per year so you are smiling and mother earth is smiling too because your gas consumption is around 30 40 gallon lesser that means your co2 emission is around 600 800 lbs lesser and 5 10 drafting advantage is at officially safer distance of 150 feet or more a little less distance could be even more efficient even though we drive with vehicle distances less than 150 feet all the time we should not endorse it officially can we if done safely and effectively for automobiles this could indeed result in teamwork of cars to save fuel posted in america carbon dioxide conservation consumption efficiency emissions energy fuel gas global warming greenhouse greenhouse effect milage money save saver saving waste installation of programmable thermostat in few easy steps october 18 2007 5 comments here is it a great webpage talking about replacing your thermostat by programmable one installing a programmable thermostat is one of the simplest things you can do to save energy and money in your home you ll save one percent on your heating bills for every degree it s set back over an eight hour period time 15 20 cost 25 100 difficulty easy tools screwdriver wire cutters strippers pencil level drill 3 16 drill bit to continue reading click here as i have shown in other articles on this blog this investment will easily pay back in less than a year saving money and saving the world in one shot usually it is easy to convince to homeowners but apartment renters are hard to sell this stuff to for that purpose an attachment like described in this post of mine could be useful posted in air america carbon dioxide chiller conditioner conditioning conservation consumption cooler cooling efficiency electricity emissions energy environment global warming greenhouse greenhouse effect heat heater heating home money natural gas power power management programmable save saver saving saving electricity thermostat timer waste tags installation programmable thermostat air conditioning h usb beverage cooler microcontroller programmable thermostat october 15 2007 6 comments cheap programmable retrofit thermostat i have been thinking for a long time about this idea the air conditioner in my office keeps running even on nights and weekends just because the system is old and it is difficult to fit it with a programmable thermostat it would require several changes and would incur considerable cost once i opened the thermostat in my apartment inside there was nothing but a thermocouple on which a glass with mercury bubble was mounted depending on the location of mercury bubble the circuit would be complete or disconnected turning the a c on or off when i saw the usb beverage cooler i thought i could hook it up to my laptop usb port and using microsoft devcon utility and writing a batch file or something i can turn this device on and off at a specified time the cooling produced by this device can be used to fool the existing thermostat to turn the air conditioner off but glitch 1 this device is not registered as a device at all in the usb devices list it powers up when connected to usb and starts cooling but does not show up in usb devices list then i connected it to a usb hub then it did not start at all on reading the documentation i got that this will not work with usb hub because this device eats the max power provided by usb port and thus hub cannot support it this is the last option i have i have already posted it on halfbakery and got some good feedback don t have time to make this hack happen right now as some other things are keeping me busy but as soon as i get some time i will give it a shot as suggested in halfbakery discussion this could be a big help for rental apartments any comments posted in beverage carbon dioxide chiller conditioner conditioning conservation consumption cooler cooling efficiency electricity emissions energy environment gas global warming greenhouse greenhouse effect heat heater heating home microcontroler money power power management programmable save saver saving saving electricity thermostat timer uncategorized usb waste slashdot story on solar power august 28 2007 4 comments slashdot is carrying a post on solar power growth 45 per year according to the article discussion and comments are interesting as always the biggest advantage of solar power the power availability curve closely follows power usage curve meaning the maximum power is available mid day when maximum power is being used a big reason why we need coal fired power plants is that they can start cranking power at the flick of the switch when we want most but solar power gives that to us naturally no moving parts no emissions light to energy year after year 25 30 years so why it has not caught up so far one big reason i think is the spread of information technology and electronic equipments that industry is competing with solar industry for silicon thus driving silicon prices high at some point in future this conflict can turn into synergy say somebody figures out how to extract silicon from electronic waste and then solar energy will enter moore s law curve posted in carbon dioxide conservation emissions energy environment fuel gas global warming greenhouse greenhouse effect heater power power management solar previous entries recent posts slow down and save gas says cnn reduce food wastage save energy and save money daylight saving energy saving or energy wasting scangauge ii automotive computer adding milage tracker to your car do any companies power down at night slashdot discussion top posts slow down and save gas says cnn reduce food wastage save 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