For example, a large corporation that I worked for spent $1.5 million per
*quarter* heating and cooling their sky scraper. How many solar panels does
$1.5 million buy? This became a whole issue for moving to a new campus,
especially when this corporation was Owens Corning who tries to sell their
product with energy EFFICIENCY in mind.
Their solution was to threaten the city with moving where someone would
accomodate their energy needs because it looked bad and they were tired of
paying it. Why did the city have to also add a 15 year tax abatement to keep
them? How many solar panels would that buy?
I guess what I'm getting at is... Being green about things really can save
money, a *lot* of it, and it doesn't mean you have to subscribe to a whole
slew of leftist idealogies and -isms-.
And it really is simple, people just have to change the way they think about
things a little bit :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Travis Haas
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:42 AM
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Re: Environment down the tubes
"Crail, Todd" wrote:
>
> When was anyone in support of wind and solar energy talking about
converting
> natural ecosystems? There's plenty of land that has already been converted
to
> human use that could be multipurpose, and should at least be given a chance
to
> see how far it can go.
Yeah, why hasn't anyone considered plopping a big wind mill on the top
of each of those skyscrapers in the windy city? What's a few more tons
of weight really gonna hurt?
Okay, so maybe it's not that simple, but it would sure be nice if it
was.
Travis Haas
Appleton, WI
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