<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663523645141125159</id><updated>2011-09-06T04:51:56.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop the Energy Waste</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>CONSERVATION  MATTERS !</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12561718028655416117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tz0pIuzDQ5M/TOXNdxTj7pI/AAAAAAAABDs/dp0pcbNBL38/S220/Progress%2B%253F%253F%253F.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663523645141125159.post-8162262026852440475</id><published>2010-10-14T15:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T15:55:59.328-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="comment-text"&gt;    &lt;p&gt;AMERICA continues to WASTE over 70% of the energy we consume.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;1- 100’s of MILLIONS of lights burn unnecessarily every day and night.&lt;br /&gt;2- We overheat, overcool, and overDRIVE as if it does not matter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;SCHOOLS, government, businesses, and industries are the worst offenders.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;EDF, GREENPEACE, and all the other environmental groups should be SCREAMING for AMERICANS to Stop our hedonist energy WASTE !!!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Media and government need ongoing public service announcements  demanding a STOP to the ridiculous idea that it is culturally okay to  continue wasting energy.    WAKE up America !&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1663523645141125159-8162262026852440475?l=stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/feeds/8162262026852440475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1663523645141125159&amp;postID=8162262026852440475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/8162262026852440475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/8162262026852440475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/2010/10/america-continues-to-waste-over-70-of.html' title=''/><author><name>CONSERVATION  MATTERS !</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12561718028655416117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tz0pIuzDQ5M/TOXNdxTj7pI/AAAAAAAABDs/dp0pcbNBL38/S220/Progress%2B%253F%253F%253F.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663523645141125159.post-6732295117657957395</id><published>2010-09-15T04:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T17:11:15.399-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;AMERICA  continues to WASTE over 70% of the energy it consumes.&lt;br /&gt;Our hedonist energy waste is culturally pervasive, and abominable !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1)100's of millions of lights burn unnecessarily during the day and night.&lt;br /&gt;(2) We &lt;u&gt;over&lt;/u&gt;heat and &lt;u&gt;over&lt;/u&gt;cool our homes, businesses, offices, churches, SCHOOLS, etc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;     GOVERNMENT, Business, and Industry are the most egregious offenders&lt;/span&gt;(3) Recycling is inadequate, over packaging is the norm, our landfills  are busier than ever.  (Plastics are the ultimate polluter.)&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;(4) Most Americans do not minimize their driving; road congestion is horrendous.&lt;br /&gt;(5) America's incessant obsession with road construction is the ultimate contradiction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;only&lt;/span&gt; way to eliminate over demand and energy waste is by using the economic impact of &lt;u&gt;taxing energy&lt;/u&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Only with a substantial and tangible dollar consequence, will most Americans care to conserve.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Crude  oil must be taxed at $160  per barrel(42 gal) and 'offset' by making  Federal Income Tax begin at $60k.  Until the price of gas is $6 to $8  per gallon, Americans will not reduce their over consumption and energy  waste.  In the mean time, the USA continues its hedonist energy waste  and gives away its economic and political wealth to the Middle East via  OPEC.  Know that Islamic dominated OPEC is glad to allow supply and  demand market forces to drive energy prices to $8/gallon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mass transit must become FREE, SAFE, CLEAN, and CONVENIENT, thereby rewarding those who reduce their driving.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The world cannot continue to support all the automakers.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Yet; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Ford, GM, &amp;amp; Chrysler continue 'to do business as usual'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Quickly, they must transition to the lucrative business of  building solar and wind 'energy producers' for the world's 6.7 BILLION  people reason$.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Failure to innovate  from energy consumption to energy production will cause their  ruin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Global warming continues to increase with our persistent waste and overuse of fossil fuels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;   Extinction will be our reward if we fail to &lt;b&gt;STOP the Energy WASTE&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;   Incentives necessary to create sustainable and renewable energy supplies will occur &lt;u&gt;only&lt;/u&gt;  if we implement the economics of &lt;b&gt;Taxing Energy&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1663523645141125159-6732295117657957395?l=stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/feeds/6732295117657957395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1663523645141125159&amp;postID=6732295117657957395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/6732295117657957395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/6732295117657957395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/2010/09/america-continues-to-waste-over-70-of_15.html' title=''/><author><name>CONSERVATION  MATTERS !</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12561718028655416117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tz0pIuzDQ5M/TOXNdxTj7pI/AAAAAAAABDs/dp0pcbNBL38/S220/Progress%2B%253F%253F%253F.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663523645141125159.post-5212572535541245973</id><published>2008-11-23T06:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T17:12:26.332-08:00</updated><title type='text'>America's hedonist Energy Waste</title><content type='html'>America Wastes over 70% of the Energy it Consumes.&lt;br /&gt; Our cultural hedonist energy waste is pervasive and tragic !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) 100's of millions of lights burn unnecessary during the day and night.&lt;br /&gt;(2) We over heat and over cool our homes, businesses, offices,&lt;br /&gt;schools, churches, etc... (government buildings waste the most).&lt;br /&gt;(3) Recycling is inadequate. Our landfills are busier than ever.&lt;br /&gt;Over packaging is the norm. (Plastics are the ultimate polluter).&lt;br /&gt;(4) Most Americans do not minimize their driving. Road congestion is horrendous.&lt;br /&gt;(5) America's obsession with road construction is the ultimate contradiction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only way to eliminate over demand and energy waste is by using the economic impact of taxing energy. Crude oil needs to be taxed at $160 per barrel(42 gal) and 'offset' by making Federal Income Tax begin at $60k.&lt;br /&gt;Only with a substantial and tangible dollar reward/consequence, will Americans care to conserve. Until the price of gas is $4 to $6 per gallon, Americans will not reduce their over consumption and energy waste.&lt;br /&gt;In the mean time, the USA continues its hedonist energy waste and gives away its economic and political wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ford and General Motors continue toward bankruptcy.&lt;br /&gt;They must quickly transition to the lucrative business of building solar and wind 'energy producers' for the world's 6.7 BILLION people reason$.  America can no longer continue to 'do business as usual'.   The world cannot continue to support all the  automakers. We will run out of petroleum before 2050!&lt;br /&gt;Mass transit must become FREE, SAFE, CLEAN, and CONVENIENT, thereby rewarding those who reduce their driving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global warming continues to increase with our persistent waste and overuse of fossil fuels.&lt;br /&gt;The incentives necessary to create sustainable and renewable energy supplies can ONLY occur when we implement the economics of TAXING ENERGY.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1663523645141125159-5212572535541245973?l=stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/feeds/5212572535541245973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1663523645141125159&amp;postID=5212572535541245973' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/5212572535541245973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1663523645141125159/posts/default/5212572535541245973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stoptheenergywaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/americas-hedonist-energy-waste.html' title='America&apos;s hedonist Energy Waste'/><author><name>CONSERVATION  MATTERS !</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12561718028655416117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tz0pIuzDQ5M/TOXNdxTj7pI/AAAAAAAABDs/dp0pcbNBL38/S220/Progress%2B%253F%253F%253F.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
