I have to admit that I do have a fast food habit. In the mornings when I am running to work and do not feel like organic oatmeal, I go to McDonald’s. The last two times I went, I did an experiment. I did not go through the drive thru. I...
Category - Energy efficiency
There have been many soldiers who have died and many others who have been physically and psychically injured. My thoughts always go out to them, on more days than this one. But I want to remember some others who have died. Every coal miner buried...
Lisa Margonelli, author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank wrote about how one firm makes manufacturing plants more efficient, by making sure steam power is being used effectively at The Atlantic Monthly One of...
In this news release, the Department of Energy touts its assessment of different manufacturing facilities. And once you get pass the news release and look at all of the information that the DOE brings to bear in these assessments, you can see how...
Now that it is finally getting warmer, it is time to switch the way your ceiling fans spin. I can’t imagine that ALL fans are the same, but mine needs to go counter clockwise for it to pull cool air down. It is easy to tell. Turn on your fan...
