Apr 072009
Saving on Your Electricity In Spring
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Mar 232009
As the seasons turn toward spring, we can all look forward to the warm spring days and eventually the hot summer nights in Texas. Now is the time to prepare for the hot weather by managing your electric bill. You may be using more electricity than in the cooler months when you run your air conditioner, so this is a perfect time to find a way to lower those bills before you have to increase your energy use.
Preparing for an increased energy use for your air conditioning system could mean saving on other appliances in your home to minimize the effect on your monthly bill. Take a look at all of the other energy use that you have in your home and begin to find ways to minimize your use. It is as simple as being aware of the energy that you are using and finding ways to cut back.
The great news for consumers is that Texas has made it possible for different energy companies to exist. This means that these companies are all competing for our business and the best way to attract customers is to not only offer them great service, but also great prices. Before Spring has even arrived you should take a closer look at which company will supply your energy requirements at the best price for you. This is another way to keep your bill down in preparation for the hot Texan summer months.
There are a number of appliances that we all have in our homes that we leave running on a constant basis. Computers are often left on and even though they use less electricity in their sleep mode than they do when fully on, off is a much better choice. Simple adjustments like turning off appliances when they are not in use and unplugging those electric appliances that continue to consume energy even when they are not powered on.
It is certainly advisable that you take the time to make a list of all the items in your home that use energy. Then identify which of those items can be switched off when not in use. Besides doing your bit for the planet, you will lessen your electricity consumption and the savings that you will then enjoy will be useful to go toward paying for the electricity that your air-conditioner will be using during the hot Texan Summer months.
It definitely pays to be wise about your energy consumption. If you take the proper steps and precautions you will find that you are more than prepared for your electrical needs come Spring and Summer. You will find a whole host of information on the Internet that will give you tips and advice on how to keep your Texas energy bills at a manageable level and you will be greatly impressed by the savings you can achieve with just a small amount of research and effort.
About the Author:
About the author: J. Dyess has been in the Texas Electricity business for many years. He has published many articles on Texas Electric prices.
Mar 202009
It is amazing the pounds of carbon dioxide that each person creates in a year is; it averages about 15,000 pounds just in the United States alone. This amount includes the carbon dioxide amounts generated during the manufacturing process, the exhaust from cars, the fuel used for traveling, and the carbon emissions that home energy gives off. People can though lower and even eliminate this amount and have a more carbon neutral existence. Decreasing the carbon footprint is a vital step closer to cleaner energy sources in Texas.
Just by being more efficient energy users, Texans are able to help reduce what is considered the carbon footprint. This calls for people decreasing their use of energy, and they can do this and keep their current style of life. A few ideas on how to do this:
Switching to energy efficient appliances and light bulbs. Energy efficient light bulbs can save over 100 pounds of carbon dioxide in a year’s time.
Lowering how much hot water is being used. People can change to shower heads that are the low flow variety, more energy efficient hot water heaters, and start washing clothes in just cold water. This can lead to lowering the carbon dioxide by more than 300 pounds.
Recycling saves about 2,500 pounds of the carbon dioxide. If the type of program is done, then start one.
Planting trees can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by about one ton for each tree planted. The trees not only absorb carbon dioxide, they provide wind breaks to keep buildings warm in the winter and shade to keep them cooler in the hotter months.
To move closer to the expectations of Texas using clean energy resources, change over to the more renewable resources of wind and solar. Texas and oil have almost always been thought of together, but that is changing, with the fossil fuels disappearing, and the oil production is basically down 73% from where it was in 1972, to search out the newer energy resources. Texas has the cleaner and renewable energy resources that are enough to compensate for the loss of the fossil fuels. The future of the Texas clean energy is in areas of biomass, wind, solar power, and geothermal.
Wind power is known to be sustainable and very effective cost wise for a good Texas energy resource that is clean too. Texas is capable of producing a great enough quantity of wind power that they can be totally independent. Then the overflow from all of this could be sold to close by regions.
The location Texas is in works great for generating solar power. This state has the type of sunny day that are beneficial to capture the power of the sun. Solar energy does need some up front investment, which winds up be well worth it due to the rewards in the end.
With fossil oil reserves diminishing, Texas has many wells that are abandoned. These can be refitted for geothermal energy production. This is just another way to move closer to cleaner Texas energy and away from the use of fossil fuel.
Waste given off from landfills and agricultural processes can be converted into biomass energy. Numerous vehicles in various of the Texas cities and towns are powered by biodiesel in the fight to reduce the city’s or town’s carbon footprint.
Buying types of green power through city, government, or individual level will encourage the utilization of cleaner Texas energy forms. Texans can help this endeavor through building their own smaller units good for their homes or businesses. For solar and wind power projects the materials can be bought without much expense. Investments can be made by people to the companies the research, sell, and manufacture materials pertinent to cleaner energy.
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About the author: Jerry Dyess specializes in Texas Electricity news and Texas Electric prices.
Mar 182009
David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept and author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. He talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that ‘green tech’ breakthroughs will allow world-wide ‘sustainable consumption’ to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory ‘energy descent’ for human civilization across the planet. He argues that permaculture principles provide the …
Rob Hopkins' Transition Handbook
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Mar 182009
Founder of the Transition Network spreading throughout the world, Rob Hopkins talks about Transition Town Totnes and moving towards a post-peak oil society. His book The Transition Handbook gives an account of the founding of Transition Town Totnes, and the global spread of Transition towns. He shows you how to start the Transition process in your community, and why it is important that communities are resilient to the coming decline of oil as an energy source. He also includes the facts …
Mar 182009
Here is a short clip of Ed Milbrand talking up the importance of community led movements like Transition Towns in supporting the changes we need to make to address the Climate and Energy challenges of our time.
Transition Town Conference 2008
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Mar 182009
Transition Town conference held Cirencester 2008. looking at challenges of peak oil ,climate change and how to build community.
Mar 182009