Energy Quiz...

[neptunebob]

Rich, there are several windmills along the PA Turnpike that are actively producing power and Governor Rendell has approved for more. According to the kiosk at the Somerset Service plaza they shut off if the wind is too high to prevent damage.

One thing I always wondered - Why are European washing machines like Miele so good with their long cycles, that is, would they have to be so effective if people just bathed and showered more often?

Oh, and Rich, you might enjoy the George Westinghouse Museum if you are in our area, they have a display about nuclear submarine there.

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[panthera]

Bob,

You are just being plain silly. Why, only last week we took our semi-annual bath. An old European tradition.
Well, ok, it was a voluntary bath. Nobody made you - this is a democracy.
But still, at least once a year we all have to have one...
Seriously, there are still a lot of Europeans who will launch into a passionate discussion of protecting the acid-balance of the skin (Saureschutzmantel der Haut) and how too frequent washing destroys this and blah blah blah.
I think a lot of this is just plain laziness, some of it is based on earlier (much earlier) cleaning agents which were awful base in their reaction. And most of it on a desire to just plain be individuals. Individuality is not encouraged in the US, it is over here.
(ducks and runs)
I recall very old windmills powering generators built back in the days before rural electrification. No, I am not THAT old, but a lot of those were still around in my childhood. Wonder how well they worked?
Wind is something we have in northern Colorado, southern Wyoming...

 

[neptunebob]

People here score pretty well.....

Frigilux, I am not sure why your score was so high, is the the car trips, the meat eating, the lack of recycling?

Actually, you will find that the worst offenders are people who live in the United Arab Emirates. Makes you wonder what people who live there do all day - Drive all day, take plane trips far away, have all their lights and appliances all day and steak and burgers all the time?