Comments for Downpower http://www.colintedford.com/downpower My sustainability journal Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Off To A Bad Start by Marek Bennett http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2008/01/16/off-to-a-bad-start/#comment-11 Marek Bennett Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:45:12 +0000 http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2008/01/16/off-to-a-bad-start/#comment-11 Down, down, down... it's that time of year. Keep on downing that power, Colin! Down, down, down… it’s that time of year. Keep on downing that power, Colin!

]]> Comment on Walden, and the dryer update by Marek Bennett http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2008/01/02/walden-and-the-dryer-update/#comment-8 Marek Bennett Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:39:33 +0000 http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2008/01/02/walden-and-the-dryer-update/#comment-8 Thanks for the thorough Thoreau links! Also, for the dryer issue, nothing dries like an all-natural wood-burning woodstove! Thanks for the thorough Thoreau links!

Also, for the dryer issue, nothing dries like an all-natural wood-burning woodstove!

]]> Comment on Doing The Laundry by Marek Bennett http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/12/12/doing-the-laundry/#comment-7 Marek Bennett Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:33:59 +0000 http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/12/12/doing-the-laundry/#comment-7 Colin -- Yes! Dryers are part of the axis of evil. Let the sun and time do the work, I say! And anyhow, what's wrong with a little static electricity? It's like you're imbued with a magical energy. Colin —

Yes! Dryers are part of the axis of evil. Let the sun and time do the work, I say! And anyhow, what’s wrong with a little static electricity? It’s like you’re imbued with a magical energy.

]]> Comment on Cutting Your Car Use by Keith http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/11/28/cutting-your-car-use/#comment-5 Keith Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:44:56 +0000 http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/11/28/cutting-your-car-use/#comment-5 Go, man, go! I wholeheartedly agree that we're too car dependent, and advise everyone to re-think how much we (especially city-dwellers) really NEED these bulky, unsafe, and high-polluting devices. While I admit that it was the very, very stupid decision to drive whilst intoxicated that cost me my last car (but not my license, mind you, because I am the luckiest bastard that ever lived), I highly recommend going without one. Sometimes it sucks, primarliy during the very cold months, and when I want to go see people, I'm still quite happy to have significantly reduced my carbon footprint (full disclosure: I leave a light on at night when I leave the house -- as a burglar deterrent, and I burn oil for heat, but I feel kinda trapped there). And I think it's really funny how people who live in a city as small as Keene act as if I've acheived some sort of superhuman feat by walking everywhere! -k- Go, man, go!
I wholeheartedly agree that we’re too car dependent, and advise everyone to re-think how much we (especially city-dwellers) really NEED these bulky, unsafe, and high-polluting devices.
While I admit that it was the very, very stupid decision to drive whilst intoxicated that cost me my last car (but not my license, mind you, because I am the luckiest bastard that ever lived), I highly recommend going without one. Sometimes it sucks, primarliy during the very cold months, and when I want to go see people, I’m still quite happy to have significantly reduced my carbon footprint (full disclosure: I leave a light on at night when I leave the house — as a burglar deterrent, and I burn oil for heat, but I feel kinda trapped there).
And I think it’s really funny how people who live in a city as small as Keene act as if I’ve acheived some sort of superhuman feat by walking everywhere!
-k-

]]> Comment on Introduction by Marek Bennett http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/11/07/introduction/#comment-2 Marek Bennett Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:42:17 +0000 http://www.colintedford.com/downpower/2007/11/07/introduction/#comment-2 Colin! Of your two options, the latter ("death-fest") definitely presents more summer block-buster movie concepts... but nonetheless (or perhaps, "therefore"), I will choose the edible landscape option with you. As long as it isn't like that game, Candyland. I'v been riding my bike more and more this summer. Every day spent without touching a car is a day spent saving the planet! Colin! Of your two options, the latter (”death-fest”) definitely presents more summer block-buster movie concepts… but nonetheless (or perhaps, “therefore”), I will choose the edible landscape option with you. As long as it isn’t like that game, Candyland.

I’v been riding my bike more and more this summer. Every day spent without touching a car is a day spent saving the planet!

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