tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164113496966664037.post8718343931303313972..comments2024-03-16T09:21:50.356-07:00Comments on Pecan Corner: Incandescent Light Bulbs, and What Went BeforeTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06049681622118832305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164113496966664037.post-29172697282852965902012-01-02T04:01:28.995-08:002012-01-02T04:01:28.995-08:00That's an outrage, plain and simple. No matter...That's an outrage, plain and simple. No matter how "globalized" the markets, it is a government's responsibility to assure that we should not have to compete with foreign nations for our own energy resources. <br /><br />We need desperately to vote out the lot of them in Washington, and to send their 15,000 staffers home to spend more time with their families. <br /><br />Until we can elect people who will put America first in Washington, I would suggest a wood stove for those who can get one. I've been surprised to find that ours gives the best heat - first house in my life I've been warm all winter. Far less expensive to operate, and most of our wood comes from individuals who cut it themselves as part of the way they earn their own living.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049681622118832305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164113496966664037.post-70955777867370568352012-01-01T20:31:06.775-08:002012-01-01T20:31:06.775-08:00Yes, children studying by lamplight in a household...Yes, children studying by lamplight in a household with so little money that they papered their kitchen with newspaper. That was fairly common, but people understood that knowledge was the path out of poverty. <br /><br />I live quite near the coal-mining country of Pennsylvania, and I can tell you that our local coal-fired power plant is having a hard time getting coal deliveries: the coal is being shipped to--you guessed it--China. Meanwhile, our gas and electricity supplier just sent out a notice asking us, their customers, to wear hats <i>indoors</i> during the winter to avoid hypothermia.Quite Rightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454908849040454661noreply@blogger.com