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Spikes in the winter. Almost nothing in the summer.

The daily, average kilowatt-hour usage for my home in 2008 and 2009 was 25.4. That usage generates 12,500 lbs. of CO2 per year. As soon as I get my TED 5000 (they are on back order 3-6wks) I hope to get that number down by at least 25%. Can I cut it down 50%? We shall see. The savings should pay for the TED unit in a year and a half. Then the savings will cover the increase from the Windsource option.

If anyone wants to look at the specifics of my home’s energy usage for the past two years, they can find it here: http://bit.ly/EVOkWh01

What a drag!

When I was a kid I remember the news coverage of gas lines. I attended a trade show with my Boy Scout troupe where I saw a golf cart that had solar panels where the canopy would go. For my 12th birthday I got a solar panel kit and a motor. I made a motorized beanie hat powered by the sun.

Why has it taken us so long to get back to the good ideas of 30 years ago? Some day we will look back at automobile ads with a nostalgia similar to how we view old cigarette ads. Doctors taking a drag from a Winston, claiming how beneficial it was for your throat.

“Grandpa” my grandchild will say, “Is it true that people used to ride around in these smelly old cars?”

Today I worked on software instead of hardware. I made a new header image. I didn’t get any bloody knuckles doing it. Doesn’t she look so happy to be sucking on that tailpipe?

Tomorrow I will buy some wood, fasteners and pvc pipe for my mini-mill. Might even pick up a bridge rectifier. First I had better find out what a bridge rectifier is.

Attribution for image elements:

• woman
• smoke