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...economy," he says, but not enough of one to tip us into recession. Still, slower growth means there will be pockets of pain. In Iowa, applications to the state's energy-assistance program are up 8%. Public schools, hit with high heating bills, are turning down the thermostat and spending less on field trips. David Callis, who grows corn, soybeans and wheat in Missouri, has seen the price of fertilizer, which is made in part from gas, rise 50%. Consumers, meanwhile, are paying more for items like paint and plastic containers. Sherwin-Williams recently raised the average price...
...where does this leave us? "I use a thermostat analogy with my patients," says Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatrician who sits on the board of the Alzheimer's Association. "Let's say you're dialed in to get Alzheimer's disease at 82. You may be able to push that back until maybe you're 92." Depending on where their personal thermostat is set, some people will do everything right and still develop dementia in their 50s. Others will do everything wrong and be perfectly lucid at 101. Most of the rest of us will fall somewhere between those...
...reduce the University’s environmental impact. Signers of the pledge must commit to following at least three of the initiative’s recommendations. Signers can fulfill the pledge by making sure their computer is set for “sleep mode,” turning their thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer, or turning off electrical appliances when not in use. They can also fulfill the pledge by making double-sided photocopies, taking the T or bicycling to work once a week, or buying “environmentally preferred products...
...homeowners will pay an average of $378 more this year for heating oil, up 32% from last year. Natural gas will cost $350 more, up 48%, and heating a home with electricity will run homeowners $38 more, up 5%. To trim 3% to 5% from your bill, set the thermostat at 68 in winter, 78 in summer. Padding the attic insulation can save 30%. Switching old heating and cooling appliances for those with the government-backed Energy Star label could cut energy bills...
...thing that will probably cushion the blow of this new and permanent energy crisis is something old, with an air about it of discomfort and duty: conservation. There's nothing particularly sexy or chic about consolidating shopping trips, carpooling, turning the thermostat down in winter and up in summer, or biking to the office and back, but it does work. In the early '80s, in the midst of soaring oil prices, we doubled the average efficiency of cars, furnaces and insulation. Katrina and Rita might not have pushed us into another energy-crisis mind-set yet. With the inevitable price...