Our Everyday Earth - Green Blog » Our Everyday Earth – Green Blog http://www.oureverydayearth.com A Texas Family Green Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:51:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 An Interesting Infographic – Power Consumption Facts for the USA http://www.oureverydayearth.com/an-interesting-infographic-power-consumption-facts-for-the-usa/ http://www.oureverydayearth.com/an-interesting-infographic-power-consumption-facts-for-the-usa/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:58:08 +0000 Martin http://www.oureverydayearth.com/?p=8080 The PowerSupersite has just published a very insightful infographic showing power consumption facts for the USA.
The statistics show that over the course of a year the US actually uses more electricity than Japan or China topping the list at 4.40 Trillion kwh, however Canadians use more electricity per day than Americans, the stats show that Canadians use around 51.50 kwh per day compared to 39.25 kwh per day in the US.
Globally, added up together, we all consume around 55.6 Billion kwh per day!!!
Texas, California and Florida are the top 3 power consuming states in the US.

One of the most interesting facts is that having a hot shower followed by blow drying hair is one of the largest consumers!

Check out the full infographic below for the full story…


Facts about electricity consumption in the USA and how to reduce your impact

Source by Power SuperSite

]]> http://www.oureverydayearth.com/an-interesting-infographic-power-consumption-facts-for-the-usa/feed/ 0 New Weekly Column on Proven Green Strategies http://www.oureverydayearth.com/new-weekly-column-on-proven-green-strategies/ http://www.oureverydayearth.com/new-weekly-column-on-proven-green-strategies/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:17:09 +0000 Jim http://www.oureverydayearth.com/?p=1250 Hi, I’m  Jim, a new contributor to Our Everyday Earth.

Not a Harbor Seal!

This picture of me is included to show an unfortunately unforgettable example just how practical the strategies described in future posts to this column will be.  Real Problem ~ Solution stuff. “P ~ S”

In this case, the problem  was my fear of Sharks.  My job as chief hunter (Karen was chief gatherer) on our Sailing expedition forced me into the water almost daily.   My real instinct was to follow the plan endorsed by one of our cruising companions who claimed he had a deal with sharks, “If the sharks would agree to stay out of the Pubs he would promise to stay out of the water.”

Having seen many tearful interviews in which the victims, or their next of kin,  stated that the shark must have mistaken them, in their black wet suit, for a Harbor Seal or Walrus, I resolved to make sure that I did not – by proportion or color – resemble any standard selection on  “The Bull Shark Catch-of-the Day Menu.”

“P ~ S”.   “Problem ~ Solution”  Still alive and not so much as a close call.

In our sailing days we fitted out both of our boats with wind power and solar power and the deep cycle batteries to store all that we generated.  In future posts we will discuss those systems and power conservation strategies .  We even had a wind powered self-steering system to drive for us on long passages.

After our sailing days we moved to a totally undeveloped 10 acres situated 2 hours west of San Antonio Texas.  There we designed a super energy efficient  home, using passive solar principles and SIP Panels, that included a solar hot water outside shower, grey water system, tankless propane water heater, rain water capture system and a composting toilet.  We did all of the work ourselves.

Like on our boats, through research,  careful design and installation,  our homestead was very successful.  The climate in that area is desert-like. It gets over 100 degrees for days at a time and then down into the teens.  And yet, we never had an electrical bill over $100. and never felt like we were camping out.

Future posts will cover these green adventures and more.

See you then,

Jim

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