Eco-guilt - Page 6

Ghoulish Delight · 12-18-2008, 02:02 PM

The rabbits have definitely upped our home climate control use. They can neither be too warm or too cold. I recently replaced our old thermostat with a decent digitally programmable one so at the very least we try to run the a/c and heat intelligently.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-18-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

CP, PM me your mailing address. I have a book I'd like to send you that discusses that urge.

Out of curiosity, what is the title?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-18-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

EH: did you try CFLs or LEDs? And if not both, try the other and see if that's better for you.

Hate them both.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-18-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Oh, and Ken and I have decided against having a child unless through adoption, so I think we've already beat out a lot of people by eliminating the impact of adding to the population.

The first gift (and probably only) gift I will purchase for your adopted child is a t-shirt with the recycling symbol.

Disneyphile · 12-18-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

The first gift (and probably only) gift I will purchase for your adopted child is a t-shirt with the recycling symbol.

Well, he/she would technically be a "recycled" child, so it fits.

CoasterMatt · 12-18-2008, 04:23 PM

The 1100 watt power supply in the Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace kind of undoes the ccfls throughout the house.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-18-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Well, he/she would technically be a "recycled" child, so it fits.

Exactly the point of the purchase.

Chernabog · 12-18-2008, 04:42 PM

Why did I read this thread as "Eco-Quilt"? I thought we were gonna knit something fun, instead it's all about saving the stinky old polar bears.

Morrigoon · 12-18-2008, 04:55 PM

Who wants to explain to Cherny the difference between quilting and knitting? Anyone? Anyone?

Prudence · 12-18-2008, 05:55 PM

Someone replaced most of the light bulbs in our place with CFLs. Someone else, namely me, finds them annoying. Sure, they're fine when they warm up, but when I just want to pop on the light for a moment to put some laundry away, it's so dim to start off with. And by the time they're actually all the way on, I'm long done. So, there's no point in turning on the light at all, and I just put stuff away in the dark. Which, I suppose, saves energy, although not in the intended fashion. Or is it? Maybe it's a plot to make CFLs just useful enough that we'll buy them, but just annoying enough that we'll just do stuff in the dark rather than wait for them to actually turn on.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The rabbits have definitely upped our home climate control use. They can neither be too warm or too cold. I recently replaced our old thermostat with a decent digitally programmable one so at the very least we try to run the a/c and heat intelligently. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	The 1100 watt power supply in the Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace kind of undoes the ccfls throughout the house. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Why did I read this thread as "Eco-Quilt"? I thought we were gonna knit something fun, instead it's all about saving the stinky old polar bears. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Who wants to explain to Cherny the difference between quilting and knitting? Anyone? Anyone? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Someone replaced most of the light bulbs in our place with CFLs. Someone else, namely me, finds them annoying. Sure, they're fine when they warm up, but when I just want to pop on the light for a moment to put some laundry away, it's so dim to start off with. And by the time they're actually all the way on, I'm long done. So, there's no point in turning on the light at all, and I just put stuff away in the dark. Which, I suppose, saves energy, although not in the intended fashion. Or is it? Maybe it's a plot to make CFLs just useful enough that we'll buy them, but just annoying enough that we'll just do stuff in the dark rather than wait for them to actually turn on. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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