In a flap with a fuse

I have written in this blog of the various trials and tribulations of adapting to life in my own flat. ... have. When I phoned, they had asked what my meter reading was on the day I moved in. Not having taken ... from the one that was showing on the meter display, and hey presto, a backdated electricity meter reading [suite...]

Date: 2008-01-21 13:33:00
Blog: Telegraph Blogs...

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Reluctantly springing forward

Twice a year, I envy my in-laws in Arizona, and that doesn’t count those subzero days when I’m splitting firewood in the snow while they may be ... . Since electricity consumption can be measured easily, this provided an ideal way to answer ... analyzed more than 7 million monthly meter readings. Residential electric usage increased [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-07 23:08:08
Blog: GOAT - A High Country N...

It's Not Easy Being Consistent.

The merits of consistency in marketing/advertising tone have been debated ad nauseam and, for the record, ... that a customer who buys both gas and electricity from them doesn't receive two lots of meter ... , this ensures they receive their payment or meter reading slip and that's fine with me, but I'm not sure [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-05 11:47:35
Blog: Make Marketing History...

Is daylight-saving time a complete waste of energy?

By Paul Michael This weekend the clocks “spring forward.” I’m not a huge fan of DST ... of DST. Over the course of three years, a staggering seven million monthly meter readings were taken ... an additional $8.6 million in electricity. And in this day and age, can we afford to be throwing away [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-07 20:52:12
Blog: Wise Bread | Personal F...

DST Doesn’t Save Energy

Back when Congress was debating shifting the start and end of DST, ... way to see how the time shift affects energy use. Using more than seven million monthly meter readings ... Indiana households an additional $8.6 million in electricity bills. They conclude that the reduced [suite...]

Date: 2008-02-29 11:10:07
Blog: Mike The Actuary’s Musi...

Daylight savings: study concludes it doesn't save on energy costs

Justin Lahart of the Wall Street Journal reports today on a study done by University of California - Santa Barbara ... affects energy use. Using more than seven million monthly meter readings from Duke Energy Corp ... an additional $8.6 million in electricity bills. They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting in afternoons [suite...]

Date: 2008-02-27 13:40:53
Blog: Fort Wayne Observed...

It ain't what you don't know, its what you know that ain't so...

...one of my favorite Mark Twain aphorisms, that gets proved correct once again ... energy use. Using more than seven million monthly meter readings from Duke Energy Corp., covering nearly ... million in electricity bills. They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting in afternoons during [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-04 17:58:21
Blog: UNCoRRELATED...

Daylight wastings

By Joseph Romm I have been asked this question about daylight saving time many times ... the time shift affects energy use. Using more than seven million monthly meter readings from Duke Energy ... households an additional $8.6 million in electricity bills. They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting [suite...]

Date: 2008-02-29 23:47:18
Blog: Gristmill: The environm...

Daylight Savings Wastes Money

From the Wall Street Journal: ---------------- For decades, conventional wisdom has held that daylight-saving time, which begins March 9, ... -saving time across Indiana found: • Residential electricity usage increased between ... how the time shift affects energy use. Using more than seven million monthly meter readings from Duke [suite...]

Date: 2008-02-28 05:59:29
Blog: The Western Right...

Spring Forward Wastes Energy

Don't forget to spring your clocks forward tonight. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m., March 9, 2008. ... :Using more than seven million monthly meter readings from Duke Energy Corp., covering nearly ... to daylight-saving time each year consumed more energy: • Residential electricity usage increased between [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-08 13:56:50
Blog: CALIFORNIA YANKEE...

good reading: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

At the age of 40, King Gillette was a frustrated inventor, a bitter anticapitalist, and a salesman of cork-lined bottle caps ... it's digital technologies, not electricity, that have become too cheap to meter. It took decades to shake [suite...]

Date: 2008-03-02 19:38:25
Blog: Roberdan...

Microfiber Generates Electricity

Researchers have developed a way to produce fabric that generates electricity. "Our estimates show we can have up to 80 milliwatts per square meter of this fabric. This is enough to power a little iPod or charge a cell phone battery," he said. Read More [suite...]

Date: 2008-02-13 20:19:51
Blog: Technocrat...

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