tracking miles and kilowatt hours
Aug
My friend Bert just submitted a comment to the August 7th post about prioritizing play. In it, he suggests:
It might be time to organize a Wyoming time trial championship.
As I left home yesterday afternoon for a 400-mile round trip to Bozeman, Montana for yet another race, the same thought crossed my mind. I'm not sure, however, if organizing a race in Jackson Hole (or anywhere else in Wyoming, for that matter) would actually help reduce green house gas emissions? Given the minimal and very spread out population of Wyoming, folks would have to travel from afar to support any Wyoming state championship.
I will give it some thought, however, as I continue to pile on the miles.
Bleak as my driving stats may be–remember, my goal is 10% fewer miles driven this year–there's great news on the energy saving front! Our most recent monthly bill from Lower Valley Energy indicates a 47% reduction in use for the June/July time period as compared to a year ago.
As you can see in the table below, our year-to-date electrical use is still up about 8%, however, our year-to-date use of natural gas is down a whopping 58%. In total, our energy use is down 9.6% … right on track for a 10% reduction for the year.
| 2006 energy use (first seven months) | 2007 energy use (first seven months) | |
| electrical use (in kilowatt hours) | 11,475 kwh | 12,041 kwh |
| natural gas use (therms converted to kilowatt hours) | 6,883 kwh | 4,335 kwh |
| total energy use | 18,358 kwh | 16,736 kwh |
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