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About energy benchmarks for energy modeling. There appear to be several separate national energy codes, several California standards, and a growing number of benchmark levels. (ASHRAE/ANSI 90.1, CalGreen, California Title 24, CEC, HERS, Energy Star ratings, etc) The situation is confusing a lot of folks. Blame the engineers AND politics. Politics is in everything these [...]
I went looking for news on energy efficiency and found this: Private Investment in Green Sectors tops $2 trillion. This was between 2007 and 2009. There is a bright future in green high-performance buildings, it seems. Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, former US government technology advisor and president of Ethical Markets Media said, “this new total [...]
The times are a changin’ Have you seen the worried look in the eyes of the career politicians? The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have failed. Again. It makes me sick thinking about what might have been. The free market suffocating by collusion of government, wall street, big oil and big defense. Eisenhower predicted [...]
Some of my right-wing friends and neighbors think that Occupy Wall Street is part of a left wing conspiracy. They believe the idiot cable pundits who say that OWS wants to get something for nothing. They think that OWS is driven by hatred of free markets because they chose to focus on Wall Street first. [...]
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Corporations are permitted unlimited spending on elections and politicking. The Citizens United case made sure of that. Spending now determines who controls. 92% of elections in the USA go to the candidate who spends the most. Here is a good read on how and why we must rectify the situation or risk further withering of [...]
Its hard anymore to find a politician as successful and honorable as President Clinton. And he supports energy efficiency! He knows government policy should support it and not the status quo of oil and coal. By the way, most of those politicians oughta forget it and get a job! I am driven to help building [...]
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Misinformation spreads like wildfire among those who do not read or watch more than one source of news. So-called conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, are particularly good at confounding this group. The truth : According to Wikipedia’s Cap and trade definition, it is where …an aggregate cap on all sources is established and these [...]
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From wikipedia we learn that an oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία, oligarkhía[1]) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military control, or religious hegemony. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the “military-industrial complex” was a necessary evil, shielding us from [...]
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The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is too big price to pay for our dependency on oil. Now we have to re-evaluate our energy plans. FINALLY. The sustainable approach is to stop drilling and spend more money on energy conserving measures and renewables. . . . . . . In this months [...]
We need another Square Deal. Its starting to happen, in spite of the terrible division in our government. Obama and the Democratic party are looking strong. Contrast that to the dissolution and confusion on the right wing. Republicans, look at your current state of affairs and compare that to the great accomplishments and leadership of [...]
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