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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash
Its hard to cut back on oil. I don't think anyone outside of a commune can truly live petrolium free, but I think on a grander scale if everyone was to change habits to preserve and conserve- while not a solution- it would make a dent.
When I lived in Olympia, WA it was a bit easier to get around car free but in suburban FL its a much different game, things are very spread out and public transportation is nearly non existant and extremely impractical. I've hired a few bus riders in the past, and occasionally I would wind up giving them rides home because I felt so awful they had to commute 2+hrs for a distance that buy car only took 30 mins.
Since we're talking about energy, is anyone else getting jacked by their electric company? Our energy consumption has not increased but they changed the billing down here maybe 6 months ago and it tacked on an extra $100 a month. (insert angry face)
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Well that's exactly what's happening here - the more you save the more they fuck you over.
The price per kW goes up 12 - 15 pct. every year and then you watch adverts on how to "save" on energy they sponsor on TV.
The problem is, if you're really saving, then you get fucked the most,
because they have such a "sophisticated" system of calculation that you just can't go below a certain amount, even if you plugged everything off and left for a month to live in wild lands.
While if you would be wasting energy you obviously get the best price / kW ratio.
They're basically securing the same revenues with higher profit margins and less consumption.