Attn Washington DC: Stop dithering on Energy !!!!!!

My previous post was a cute diversion from the horrific economic mess we have dug ourselves into. We have watching the policy monkeys in the Fed kick the can for 30 years. But this is not cute. I am sick and tired of the wait. Now they talk about a major, comprehensive energy bill getting through sometime on 2010. Yeah right.

Political paralysis :

Between the “Do-nothing, know-nothings crowd “, and the “Lets bail out Wall Street crowd” , we seem to be witnessing the death of common sense.

Why do we care about having the big banks still extant? Fire the execs and break the banks up!!!

Why is it in the public interest to encourage more drilling for oil?

What are we doing here in the USA?! We haven’t cleaned house yet! We still have to retro-commission what we already have, which is falling apart! Fixing and updating the many millions of old buildings with ORDINARY UPGRADES, will create more jobs and save us $30 billion year, easily. We are already falling behind and its getting worse day by day. And it has very little to do with the ridiculous comments about global warming.

Recommissioning is quite inexpensive (10-30 cents a square foot?). The so-called low hanging fruit can return up to 40% annual ROI , cash on cash!

Think about lighting occupancy sensors. Inexpensive and wireless now.

How about sealing leaky walls and windows and ductwork? Easy to detect with pressure testing, and infrared scanning in cold weather. Also scan your building in the summer, from the inside, shade the sunny windows, and so on.

Do the TV pundits (FoxNews, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN) know this? Do they and the politicians they talk to know much, if ANYTHING about SCIENTIFIC METHOD and the FACTS? No, they are too busy yacking with Sarah Palin. Heck, now they all want to jump on the nuclear generator bandwagon, when just a few years ago they were deathly afraid of them! Fuggedaboutit guys, scientific method will win in the long run, politicians go to the 7th circle of hell!

Add some ground-source heat pumps, simpler to use controls, a little more training for building owners, some heat recovery and we will be on our way. A new and improved, SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.

And do not forget energy independence! We needed that 30 years ago and we are not waiting any longer.

Tags: Political Ignorance