After spending decades tallying our energy spending in Megawatts, will Negawatts steal the limelight.
The bedroom soul classic Turn Off the Lights by Teddy Pendergrass takes a new meaning if we start thinking how all our lights, gizmos, computers and the rest are burning a hole in our pocket and in the ozone layer.
As Fiona Harvey states If you want to use less power, think ‘negawatts’ (FT, October 31).
She credits the term 'negawatts' to US environmental 'guru' Amory Lovins.
To my surprise the term can be tracked back to 1989 and a Keynote Address by Amory Lovins at the Green Energy Conference in Montreal.
Setting an example is Earth Hour, an initiative that finds its origin in Australia.
Very simple: for an hour, people switch off the lights, the last event is reported to have been 50 million people strong.
The next event takes place on March 29, 2008 at 8:30 pm.
You can sign up right now.
Green and Practical for Green Day # 51
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