Comment My List (Score 1) 380
replace incandescent bulbs with CFs. Its the biggest-easiest win.
My wife likes our old quaint crappy windows, so I've installed Smith&Noble insulated shades, which I keep closed on the north side of the house as much as possible, and keep open on the south side from 8:30 - 4 p.m., which really helps keep the furnace off on sunny days.
I telecommute two days a week and carpool 48 of my 60 mile roundtrip to work the other three days. On the way home from carpooling I do the shopping to keep my wife from having to make the 12 mile roundtrip to town.
For our farm-stuff and lumber-store trips we've got a big diesel pickup we run on biodiesel made with good old Virginia soybeans. Its a bit of a PITA but makes having 1.3 vehicles per person livable.
My wife likes our old quaint crappy windows, so I've installed Smith&Noble insulated shades, which I keep closed on the north side of the house as much as possible, and keep open on the south side from 8:30 - 4 p.m., which really helps keep the furnace off on sunny days.
I telecommute two days a week and carpool 48 of my 60 mile roundtrip to work the other three days. On the way home from carpooling I do the shopping to keep my wife from having to make the 12 mile roundtrip to town.
For our farm-stuff and lumber-store trips we've got a big diesel pickup we run on biodiesel made with good old Virginia soybeans. Its a bit of a PITA but makes having 1.3 vehicles per person livable.
