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If therersquo;s anything wersquo;ve learned in recent months, it is that we should be a href=http://www.energy–smart.netenergy smart/a whenever possible. Conserving energy in our homes and driving is very worthwhile. Even though oil prices have come down to half of their peak in mid-2008, we know that they could go up again in a hurry.
I drive a large Yukon XL, which is basically a Suburban. Mileage is not so good, but Irsquo;ve cut back to making three trips to the office weekly whenever possible. That has helped my fuel budget. I would get a smaller car, but this baby is pretty useful for carrying loads and large groups of people on a trip.
Several years ago we put in extra insulation in our home, and we use a whole house fan to reduce the amount of air conditioning we use. When we hear so much a href=http://www.energy–talk.comenergy talk/a on the news, it does have the effect of getting us to at least think about ways to cut back on energy usage.
Talk about a waste of energymdash;the fuel spent on airplanes, helicopters and trucks in fighting wildfires in California is insane. Also, think about all the gasoline used by folks vacating their threatened homes. I found some discussion about wildfire prevention and other fire safety issues at the a href=http://www.minutemanfire.comMinutemanfire/a site. It is amazing that homes could be destroyed even with tile roofs and a swath where the vegetation had been removed.
Therersquo;s a lot of wasted energy in the work involved in rebuilding homes demolished by wildfires. So there is a relationship between energy conservation and fire prevention, that we often donrsquo;t think much about.
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