[SustainableTompkins] A great example - go Juneau!

Micheal Wheeler mmw5 at cornell.edu
Fri Apr 25 11:48:38 PDT 2008


On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Ben Heavner <bheavner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey list people -
>
> I just got a bit of what I think is such great news, I'd pass it along.


> They were initially estimating that they would need to use 100,000 gallons
> of
> diesel per day, so power rates would more than triple.

<snip>

> In other words, Juneau is currently a great example to share - an
> American city has been able to reduce its energy use by almost 40% IN
> ONE WEEK.
>

This is indeed great news, but does it mean we need to triple our energy
prices?    Or just threaten to?


--"The opposite of simplicity...is not complexity, but clutter." - S.R.
Sanders


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