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I'm as green as I care to get, thanks...
Dec. 7th, 2009 04:47 pmAround the edges, I've been hearing some talk of legislation mandating that households will have to reduce their energy consumption by some percentage.
But what if you're already living pretty low on the energy food-chain?
We live in the city. We don't have a car. We ride our bikes or take public transportation (or walk) for about 90% of our daily travel. We keep our thermostat at 78-80 in summer and 62-64 in winter. We're up to about 70% compact fluorescent in our light bulbs. (We positively draw the line at putting them in our chandeliers until there are some nice and affordable LED alternatives -- CF chandelier bulbs are fugly.) We're pretty good about turning off lights etc when we're not using them.
We recycle. We don't buy much in the way of processed food, and our non-recyclable trash has a smaller and smaller footprint.
So if we get some mandated percentage-of-use energy reduction, just where, pray tell, are we supposed to cut?
But what if you're already living pretty low on the energy food-chain?
We live in the city. We don't have a car. We ride our bikes or take public transportation (or walk) for about 90% of our daily travel. We keep our thermostat at 78-80 in summer and 62-64 in winter. We're up to about 70% compact fluorescent in our light bulbs. (We positively draw the line at putting them in our chandeliers until there are some nice and affordable LED alternatives -- CF chandelier bulbs are fugly.) We're pretty good about turning off lights etc when we're not using them.
We recycle. We don't buy much in the way of processed food, and our non-recyclable trash has a smaller and smaller footprint.
So if we get some mandated percentage-of-use energy reduction, just where, pray tell, are we supposed to cut?
