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Penny Wise vs Pound(s) Foolish: A Christmas Light Tale …

December 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

An Associate Press article focused on the growing sales of LED Christmas lights, Efficient holiday lighting gains more converts and quoted this blog (blogger) as to the value of the more cost and energy efficient choice: LED lighting over incandescent strings. The AP reporter read Christmas Lights … scrooge or savior? and wanted to discuss […]

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Tags: Energy

Clean Coal? An ashy conundrum

December 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Clean Coal? An ashy conundrum

The “Clean Coal” fantasy has a myriad of angles to consider. Whether we’re discussing mercury and tuna (and limitations on feeding children canned tuna fish), CO2 emissions and global warming, the atrocity of mountain-top removal, the diesel burnt in moving coal from mine to electricity plant, black lung disease, the poverty of mining regions, and […]

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Tags: coal · Energy · environmental