The green energy folks running amuck in the Obama administration whose solution is to throw taxpayer money at companies to encourage "green" innovation. Especially if the owners are major Obama campaign contributors like those who owned the bankrupt solar company Solyndra. Though some government agencies like NASA at least know how to get the most bang for a buck. Here is exhibit A:
NASA offered about a 1 million dollar prize to the winner of the competition and got the results above. Menwhile the green idiots of the Obama administration GAVE Solyndra a half a billion dollars and got nothing!
Showing posts with label energy savings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy savings. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Saving energy? Not in the Senate.
An article in today's Washington Post points out that the Senate is about to fold on the new energy bill. Here are the money quotes:
"Democratic leaders in the Senate are planning a vote on a retooled energy bill late next week after they failed to muster enough support yesterday to prevent a filibuster of ambitious legislation passed by the House on Thursday. "
"A new version of the bill will probably scale back some elements of the House's tax package and jettison a requirement that electric utilities use renewable energy for 15 percent of their power generation, but a White House veto threat citing a broad range of objections continued to cast uncertainty over the ultimate fate of the proposed legislation. "
Hmmm Why would anybody in this country not want our utilities to use even a small amount of renewable energy?
"The failure to close debate was a victory for the major oil companies, Southeastern utilities and coal-mining firms that had opposed the legislation. "
Doh! Forget I even asked the question.
"Democratic leaders in the Senate are planning a vote on a retooled energy bill late next week after they failed to muster enough support yesterday to prevent a filibuster of ambitious legislation passed by the House on Thursday. "
"A new version of the bill will probably scale back some elements of the House's tax package and jettison a requirement that electric utilities use renewable energy for 15 percent of their power generation, but a White House veto threat citing a broad range of objections continued to cast uncertainty over the ultimate fate of the proposed legislation. "
Hmmm Why would anybody in this country not want our utilities to use even a small amount of renewable energy?
"The failure to close debate was a victory for the major oil companies, Southeastern utilities and coal-mining firms that had opposed the legislation. "
Doh! Forget I even asked the question.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Speaking of energy
The natural gas meter for my house is located inside my house. Because my life keeps me on the go quite a bit it seems I have never been home when the meter reader comes by. So it has been a long time since the meter was read. So I went to Gas utilities website a few days later to see what the bill would be. Since I have modified my 1980's installed solar hot water system to provide heat for the house I figured that the gas company's estimated billing should give me some savings. They still had an estimated bill number for the account balance. Strange I thought the meter readers updated numbers should have been entered by now. So I tried to enter the actual gas meter numbers my self. The Gas Company's computer kicked it back saying: "According to our projections regarding usage you should have a reading of 1120-1175 ( my actual reading was 848). It refused to believe the numbers so i had to call a talk to a person and explain I have modified my solar hot water panels to provide heat into the house and have also made other solar and energy efficient changes to my fifty year old house to help heat it. She finally entered the new numbers into the computer and I receive a new updated bill with a $650 credit. Kaching! Houston you do have a problem because I have only begun to make energy efficient modifications to the rancho de BCP. My personal energy plan is about more money in my pocket and less heading to Houston and Saudi Arabia. Stay tuned!
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