Word: thermostat
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...thermostat is set at 62°, and my monthly oil delivery was over $80. Now the President wants an additional tax on our heating oil, which also generates our electricity. Perhaps the answer is to move south. Are California, Texas, Florida, etc., ready to absorb all of us New Englanders...
...overheated in winter, overcooled in summer and overlit year round. All the talk notwithstanding, Americans have not yet begun to conserve. As soon as last winter's oil embargo started leaking and the gasoline lines began shrinking, people quickly stepped on the gas and turned up the thermostat. Sooner rather than later, however, Americans will have to learn to live with less. The U.S. now imports 6.2 million bbl. of oil a day. The Federal Energy Administration reckons that the total could be reduced by a number of measures that would conserve oil without basically changing American life...
...consuming devices--fans, motors, etc.--were used sparingly. But most significiantly, Hall set up a team of "troubleshooters" who spent much of the fall and winter fixing Harvard's antiquated facilities. A long-term project which could continue to save Harvard energy is an effort to decentralize the regulating thermostats in large buildings. Presently, many older buildings have one thermostat for the entire building or House. Hall also stepped up his plan for monitoring heat consumption by computer. He has moved the date for its completion to three years from now instead of five. Harvard was able...
...William Simon should raise the thermostat setting in his home to 68°, keep his library doors open and not "keep the fire going." Then let him find out how the rest of us have to live...
...home, on a seven-acre estate in McLean, Va., Simon seeks to set an example of energy conservation. Wife Carol keeps the thermostat down to 64°, and gathers the family in the library (four daughters are living at home, another daughter and a son are away at school, and a second son is working on Wall Street). "I close the door and keep the fire going," she says. "We close off the living room and other rooms." Dinners are by candlelight, though father is seldom home for them. In another gesture of conspicuous non-consumption, the Simons are getting...