Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve only bought water in a bottle once in my life. In an airport Heading for Grand Cayman Island, I was dog sick and needed water to take medicine.

At security they said get rid of it. I poured it out, went thru, found a drinking fountain and re-filled it.

We went thru a period when restaurants had little signs on the tables, saying water served upon request. Now they fill glasses automatically, with ice. And how many places give you a plastic straw automatically.

I think we should get back to ’ask for water’, and ’ask for straws’ (paper).

If you have ever worked in a commercial kitchen, worked the dishwasher, you know how much energy it takes to: make ice, use water, heat water to wash a lot of glasses, and need additional space to store all those glasses, thus the place has to be a bit bigger, more materials to build it, more lighting and ac for the larger storeroom, it ALL adds up.

buying that water felt like buying Exxon, I still resent it.

Why are the roads filled with people, driving back and forth to work. Covid taught us you could trust your workers to get the job done from home.

That reduces the size of office space needed, 

While we are at it, I’m an advocate of a permanent 4 day week. Work 4 long days for the same pay, or, take a 20% cut, which, after taxes is only -15%.

You get +50% more leisure time for -15% income. That’s a smart deal.

And, employers could employ +20% other workers, to keep output 100%, thus helping keep unemployment low.

@hilde45 Dug your post

For my gear...

Class A amps (48W): (2 mono’s each @ 24W)

1,501 kWh ÷ 0.048 kW = 31270 hours
31270 hours ÷ 2 hrs/day = 15635 days ≈ 42.8 years..such a deal!

Anyway...

At our upper central valley CA house we are privileged to have solar (and drive EV’s). In seven years the solar panels have generated 61MW and returned 27MW (27000KW) to the grid. In that time we have purchased 14MW  (or just 166KW a mouth). This is all meaningless feel good clap trap. We eat meat, travel far sometimes, buy crap, and when I was working I rolled up 2.5M air miles. I’m aware of my hypocrisy despite trying to be "good."  Reminds me to “Going Mobile” by The Who.

“I don't care about pollution

I'm an air-conditioned gypsy

That's my solution

Watch the police and the tax man miss me

I'm mobile” 

It's all clear as mud to me.

@wsrrsw Enjoyed that response. Sometimes I think about the tradition of some native American groups of "seven generations" -- namely, trying to think ahead that far when one is considering actions. Instead, so many people not only roll on with consumptive lifestyles, they go further -- and just scoff at the idea of preserving the earth even for their own kid’s generation. There is a doubling-down that is both nihilistic and narcissistic, summed up by my kids generation in the offhand put-down, "Ok, Boomer."

Why are the roads filled with people, driving back and forth to work

Good question!   

The answer is probably because that’s what corporate america wants us to do.

It’s definitely not because its best for the average Joe, especially with inflated gas prices.   

See how that works?   

Best to pay attention!  Decisions are mainly made by Corporate America and their government lobbiests.  THey are also very good at convincing people that doing their bidding is a good thing, the "American Way".  I wonder about that sometimes, more of late than ever....