me too but this was nothing to do with gasoline. Cheaper solar collecting equipment would be awesome though.
On 7/9/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The whole "carbon footprint" thing is more about not dumping more pollution > and crap into the rivers, streams and atmosphere than saving energy, any > energy savings is a by product of it. > > We're very dependant on foreign oil, that foreign oil lives in places that > aren't terribly friendly to the US, this oil *will* run out, sooner than > later. If we don't have alternatives we're screwed. > > I'd love to put solar panels on my house (and will when we can afford it) > just to tell the local electrical power company to go fuck themselves. > -------------- Original message from "Billy Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -------------- > > > > Considering that most power plants don't burn oil, I'm wondering how > > reducing my use of electricity/natural gas is going to have any effect on > > gasoline prices. > > > > > Get some solar-electric panels installed on your > > > roof. Reinsulate your house etc. In other words significantly reduce > > > your energy footprint. > > > > The whole energy footprint thing is just a feel-good marketing fiction. > > > > People lived very frugally during the Great Depression because they had to. > > As soon as economic conditions improved, most people became conspicuous > > consumers. I don't think we've reached a tipping point on gasoline prices > > yet, but the signs are there. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263633 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
