Category Archives: Energy Footprint

For months now we’ve been hearing that ’1998 is the warmest year on record’.   However over at DailyTech it appears that someone has figured out there was a y2k type bug in the graph that charted the data.   After … Continue reading →

Back in August 2006 I made an effort to switch out all the lights I had in the house to CFL lights. I thought I’d follow up a year later and see how things looked.

Back in March of 2005 I mentioned that they say they last 5 years. Well the third and final one of them just burnt out. I lost the first one as early as August 27th, 2006 and now the final … Continue reading →

So you’ve watched TV, you’ve heard about this new trick that can make your car run on vegetable oil so you decided you want to stick it to the OPEC cartel and start making your own fuel at your home. … Continue reading →

I just had to put the second tank of gas into the ol’ Camry today. $2.88 a gallon, wowwee a price break. As previously mentioned the first tank was 33.9MPG with a bit of ‘ooh what can it do’. With … Continue reading →

No more than 3 days ago I commented on the idea of a carbon market and how I thought I should figure out a way to use this as an advantage to get solar power generation into my home. However … Continue reading →

I’m always on the lookout for ways I can reduce energy usage — the smart way. That means it saves me money, and uses less energy, for something I already do. CFL Lights, a Hybrid Car and things like that … Continue reading →

First tank is in on the Highlander. It has a considerably smaller tank than the Pacifica so filling it isn’t near the shock both from a MPG perspective as well as a cost. The Pacifica was running close to $60 … Continue reading →

So the first tank of gas is in on my Toyota Camry that I know drive to work. after about 460 miles I achieved the result above. 32.9 MPG. I’ve found this resource GreenHybrid.com that has a forum for all … Continue reading →

Back in March 2005 I put some candelabra base CFL lights in the ceiling fan over my office. I had to replace one of them back in August ’06 and now today another one started flickering. They were the ‘Lights … Continue reading →