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Repost: Real Cleantech? Take a few modest steps
I enjoy Neal Dikeman’s cleantech blog post everyday. This is only the second time I’ve done a full repost of another site, but just can’t help it. Too good. Serving on the Energy, Technology & Communications Committee has been an interesting experience relative to policy around clean tech. And yet, as we all know, step by step efforts to fundamentally restructure our USE of energy, and efficiencies, must be the very foundation of it all.
Efficiency first is more than a slogan, it’s the foundation of a real policy.
What You Should be Doing if You Really Believe in Cleantech Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:04 PM PDT
Believing in cleantech should mean walking the walk. Believing that technology can change the world, but that consumers have to play their part. Not just believing that technology will fix everything at the same price or that we can offload our problems to policy makers who can’t stumble out of their own way. Not slamming oil and power companies for providing us with exactly as much energy as we choose to consume. The title says it all, how’s your score on the checklist?
Checklist:
If you own a house – get an energy audit. It will tell you to a) buy CFLs, b) blow in more insulation, c) seal your ducts, d) programmable thermostat, e) swap out the older appliances. If you don’t own one (and in California you’re probably better off it you don’t), still buy the CFLs. As a side note, I tried to get my wife to let me buy LED lights instead of CFLs. $60 for 30,000 hour life and 12 watts (equivalent to a 65 watt incandescent). And very cool looking. CFL was 6,000 hour life for 15 watts same equivalency. Price $10. Oh, but the CFL had a 5 year warranty vs. 2 year for the LED. For some reason after seeing the warranty she didn’t believe the 30,000 hours were real. That last part may well be a cleantech problem. So get cracking folks, I am not permitted to buy LEDs until the warranty matches the rated life.
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