>> > Out here in the west ... The land of the coal fired power plants where > even > the hoover dam doesn’t put out enough hydro. > I picked up an August 2004 Fortune in the Dr.'s office this summer and read an interesting article about weaning our nation from oil. The author stated that the argument that more efficient electric motors would raise the cost of home appliances was counter-illustrated by an improvement made to refrigerator motors in the 1970s. Refrigerators, he went on to say (hope I remember this accurately) cost less now in real dollars than they did then, not to mention adjusted dollars, and that the savings in electricity from that improvement was equal to the annual output of the hoover dam. Just thought you'd like to know! Jim |
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