treehugger.com - 3/11/2009
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"Leave a 100 Watt light bulb on for a year, pay $100."
Eric Drexler (sometimes called the father of nanotechnology, or more precisely, of molecular manufacturing ) has been blogging for a little while and he recently had a short post with a useful rule of thumb to ...
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Green Santa Fe Home, Quick Green Cleaning Tip, and MoreSlinks for 03.11.2009
Re-Nest —
Just a few things on our radar this morning: A quick green cleaning tip from CasaSugar, a really green, cutting edge home that doesn't look unattainably modern, an interesting light bulb fact, and a cool Etsy find.
Get all the links after the jump.
Casa Quickie: Mirror, Mirror (at CasaSugar)
Santa Fe Sustainability with Solar (at Jetson Green)
One Watt, One year, One dollar (at Treehugger)
Etsy Find of the Day: Sweetshorn Vintage Letter and Number Vessels (at ...
One Watt, One Year, One Dollar
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Eric Drexler, a great scientist and engineer who also recently started blogging, noticed something interesting about the average electricity rate in the US ($0.115 per kilowatt-hour): One watt for one year costs one dollar. Why is this interesting? Because most of us aren't really good at estimating our energy usage and what part of our electricity bill comes from what. Even if you buy or borrow an ...
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