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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In Alaska, where thinking hard to stay warm can be a requirement for survival, 258 residents?one out of every 2,000 souls, a rate higher than anywhere else in the U.S.?submitted ideas to a Department of Energy small grants program. Elizabeth Hart of Galena won $13,800...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cooling of America | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

It is easy to dismiss such tiny projects as tinkering?as it is easy to dismiss the wood-stove phenomenon. Crab wastes and the body heat of chickens are not going to save postindustrial America (though Ecologist Barry Com- moner believes that methane, generated from a wide variety of wastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cooling of America | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

In New York, Chicago, Boston and other major cities, he can call for heat on a hotline. While the federal ceiling of 65° applies only to commercial and public buildings, most cities enforce local laws requiring landlords to keep residential buildings at a minimal 68° by day and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotlines and Comforters | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Once they have buttoned up their dwellings against the cold, more and more conservation-minded homeowners are turning their attention to what would otherwise be the frills and extras of the energy saver's world. Energy-saving gadgets are appearing on hardware-store shelves and in department-store mailers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Gizmos To Save Energy | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Vent dampers. Before a furnace or boiler can heat a house, it first must heat itself. Only after the inside temperature climbs to about 130° F does the furnace begin transferring warmth. Yet whenever the system shuts off, much of the accumulated heat within the furnace escapes up the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Gizmos To Save Energy | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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