lumens Archives - Michaels Energy

Dec 05

Electric Bills and Waldo

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant One Comment

Recently, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy issued a report, “The State of the Utility Bill” and I thought, “now there is a topic for plenty of discussion.” No, that was no joke, although there was an interesting finding that I found to be very hilarious: All of the ~100 bills analyzed in the study (100%) included the amount due to the utility from the customer. I would say not having the amount due would have its disadvantages. (that WAS a joke) I’ve witnessed and studied many issues regarding end user understanding of energy, energy consumption, and end…

Nov 28

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No Pain? No pain.

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant No Comments

This will blow your mind. How many large power plants (500 MW) does it take to cook the thanksgiving turkey across the nation – just the ones cooked with electricity? Answer is provided below. Guess. Don’t be a loser. Guess. I’ve seen perhaps 100 ads for dust collecting contraptions that everyone including the buyers know will end up under the bed, in the closet, or basement, and finally onto the garage sale to somebody else who will decycle it. These include the things like the Ab Buster 5000 (just made it up), junk you sit on, junk you rock on,…