When the Middleboro Gas & Electric Commissioners' Meeting was aired on the local access network, a cursory review of the polling questions was presented that were asked in a recent survey, with a promise of more to follow.
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Of the questions asked, included, was whether increased energy costs had caused a lifestyle change. Since the questions and additional details will follow, the percentages weren't recorded, but it was disappointing that ANYONE believes saving energy has to effect your lifestyle. That's been the entire discussion --- you don't have to sit in the dark and shiver to save energy and reduce your consumption. You have to be smart about your energy use.
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That ANYONE responded to a question of that sort by indicating that their lifestyle had changed indicates the failure of the MG&E to educate their customers about how best to reduce consumption and enjoy the same lifestyle.
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The ideas are available, but who best to educate energy consumers than the G&E?
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This basic guide is passed along for consideration: Save $4,000 Next Year The estimates are somewhat conservative, but a good place to start.
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NewDream is promoting their campaign to Break the Bottled Water Habit and offers the following statistics:
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Everything we consume has a climate impact, but manufacturing and trucking water bottles to homes with clean tap water seems particularly wasteful. The Beverage Marketing Corporation reports that Americans consumed 31.2 billion liters of water in 2006 – nearly 9 liters per month for every man, woman, and child.
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Manufacturing all those bottles requires 900,000 tons of plastic, the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil, and emit more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. Trucking around all those heavy bottles emits even more greenhouse gases. Beyond the climate impact there’s the massive waste – 86% of water bottles aren’t recycled -- and water bottling is also, ironically, a very water-intensive endeavor. The Pacific Institute tells us that it takes three liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water!
Manufacturing all those bottles requires 900,000 tons of plastic, the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil, and emit more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. Trucking around all those heavy bottles emits even more greenhouse gases. Beyond the climate impact there’s the massive waste – 86% of water bottles aren’t recycled -- and water bottling is also, ironically, a very water-intensive endeavor. The Pacific Institute tells us that it takes three liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water!
2 comments:
OMG! CFLs again?
Plymouth is discussing eliminating plastic bags by town bylaw. Where is Middleboro? What century? The world is passing the town by and they dont even notice. Dinosaurs? I dont always agree with you but you got that one right. We need to look at what other towns are doing. If you cant lead you can follow success. The voters at tonights town meeting didnt understand the need to buy only the cheaper more efficient police cruisers. Keep blogging theyll understand next year.
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