Blue Sky Limousine

I just watched “Six Degrees Could Change The World.” It’s a documentary shot in high-definition and narrated by Alec Baldwin about how an increase of 6 degrees Celsius of the average temperature of the earth would be catastrophic. It would basically be the end of civilization. 1-2 degrees is the maximum we can allow, but the consequences of a 2 degree global increase are still pretty bad.

Anyway, one of the ideas presented was that if everybody changed their living and travel arrangements in such a way that their houses produced as much energy as they consumed and their vehicles produced no emissions, the world would be much, much better off.

This one guy walks through houses and points out all the areas in which the houses are lacking in efficiency. He said many are shocked and much more gung ho about conservation when they learn it can save you money.

A couple of his findings were that baseboard heaters and cold-to-the-touch freezer doors were wasteful. I guess a baseboard heater isn’t too efficient, and a freezer door that allows cold to seep through is not insulated properly, forcing the freezer to work harder to maintain a certain low temperature, and therefore use more energy.

So if there was a simple plan that each homeowner could follow to minimize energy consumption, we’d all be set.