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June 18, 2012 By TXsharon

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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  1. WCGasette says

    June 18, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    Trending #2 right now.

  2. luc says

    June 19, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    U.S. post 9/11 wars could cost $3.7 trillion.

    $3.7 trillion dollars, it was far enough to launch an internatio­­­nal Manhattan Project to save energy and to end world’s oil addiction and to break up OPEC, which earned $1 trillion last year.

    – The U.S. could produce over one billion tons of biomass a year (300 milion tons of oil equivalent) by 2030, according to a report from the Department of Energy.
    – LED bulbs use 80% less power and last 25 times longer.
    – A super insulated house needs virtually no heating or cooling.
    – A solar water heating system can save 50-75% of the water heating cost.
    – A ice storage air-condit­­­ioning system will use 30%-50% less energy than convention­­­al air-condit­­­ioning system. It makes ice at night, and uses that ice during the day to cool the building.
    – Cargo ships fitted with sail will burn between 10% and 60% less fuel.
    – A biogas truck can save 20 000 gallon of diesel a year.
    – Freight trains are using 3 times less fuel than trucks.
    Double stack freight trains are 5 times more efficient than trucks.
    Freight barges are using 9 times less fuel than trucks.

  3. GhostBlogger says

    June 19, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    In the meanwhile, Enbridge just had *another* pipeline spill, likely tar sands crude.

    http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/20/enbridge-spill-idINL1E8HJLJ420120620

    Yet, there’s supposed to be having a meeting Thursday about the progress Enbridge is making on the spilled tar sands crude in Marshall Michigan almost 2 years ago. But, there’s still plenty of oil in the river, per locals there.

  4. GhostBlogger says

    June 19, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    “If Texas had used more solar energy last summer, electricity customers could have spent nearly 10 percent less on power, according to a hypothetical analysis released Tuesday.”

    http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/06/19/solar-power-could-have-saved-520-million-last-summer-study-says/

  5. luc says

    June 20, 2012 at 3:57 am

    111 million households (both single-family and multi-family units) use 258 TWh of electricity for air-conditioning annually.

    With ice storage air-condit­ioning systems (they use 30%-50% less energy than convention­­­al air-conditioning systems) and heat reflective window films (heat reflective films reject up to 97% of the sun’s infrared light and reject up to 60% of the heat coming through your windows), a lot of energy could be saved.

    • TXsharon says

      June 20, 2012 at 5:34 pm

      If you have resources for more information about these, please add the links. Thanks.

      • luc says

        June 21, 2012 at 5:49 am

        – Total Consumption for Air-Conditioning by Equipment Type, 2005.
        Energy Information Administration.
        http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2005/c&e/airconditioning/pdf/tableac2.pdf

        – Heat reflective window films

        http://www.greenyour.com/home/home-improvement/window/tips/choose-a-window-film

        The new 3M Prestige Series window films have the highest visible light transmission.

        http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Window_Film/Solutions/Markets-Products/Residential/Sun_Control_Window_Films/Prestige_Series/

        – Ice storage air-conditioning systems.

        A Ice storage air-conditioning system makes ice at night, and uses that ice during the day to cool the building.
        At night, it’s cooler, you need less energy to freeze the ice.

        http://www.dailyenergyreport.com/2010/11/ice-bear-energy-storage-system-provides-relief-to-the-air-conditioning-industry/

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