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pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2008-07-02 12:22 pm
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10 Things to Like about $4 gasoline

Interesting.

I have certainly been seeing 'way more bikes on the road. On Monday, I probably could have counted somewhere between 50 and 100 bicycles on my way home, a trip which is just under five miles. The Minneapolis Greenway is just teeming with bicycles.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
The one about four day work weeks was really interesting. That may mean 4, 10 hour days, but still... job turnover down 44%?! Sick leave down 50%? And over a quarter-million dollars less spent on energy in one three-month period?

Wow. I know that the clerestory windows in the living room have been back-burnered for years while we put in more efficient windows elsewhere. But W actually suggested I check out the prices at Andersen Windows, since they have a special on windows they install.

I had suggested UV film, but this might be even better. The living room is the one place where we want more insulation and can't get it -- the distance between room and roof is only a couple of feet, and it's sealed from either side of the house. We can a) rip the roof off/wait until shingles need replacing, and do it then. b)We can space bubble the ceiling and put another ceiling below that. Or C -- move the thermostat for the bedrooms, which is also in the open hallway by the living room.

I hate this constant nickel and dime-ing. W even got a new bike pump. To work is not a problem -- heading home, when it's 98 F and the humidity is also in the nineties? Brutal.