Bringing it back

Sitting here in my office chair; stuck behind a desk listening to music I listened to when I was growing up. I find in myself a re-awakened sense of not giving a fuck. I don't live in the nice end of town anymore.

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After upgrading iBooks I got this error today. I fixed it by downloading a free book.

Police

The Winnipeg Police Service has reams upon reams of reports that are as of yet unread. Perhaps some data entry clerks or a Re-Captcha driven OCR to enter this information into a search able database or auto-correlation software would assist them in becoming more efficient.

Winnipeg's Traffic Circles

This fall, a number of traffic circles have made their way into Winnipeg neighborhoods. Not everyone likes them, some people outright hate them. The most common lament I've heard is "Wait until some idiot doesn't see the circle in the winter and slams right into it!"

Really? You're not going to see a raised boulevard with standard height chevron signs on a straight-away? Perhaps that driver should just take the money MPI offers for the newly written-off car and use the money saved monthly on car insurance to get a bus pass.

Write your local power utility and ask them about these products.

I've written my local electric utility and I would implore you to do the same. I'll be updating this page with the replies I receive both from powersmartexpert@hydro.mb.ca and publicaffairs@hydro.mb.ca

To whom it may concern,


I'm just an average joe living in an old home in Winnipeg with a flat rate water tank. I have questions about three products and I’m wondering if you’ll ever be offering incentives to install these in Winnipeg.

1) The first is the Power Pipe. http://www.renewability.com/video.html It’s a Canadian product that reclaims energy from the grey water stack and comes with a 10 year warranty.

2) The second is a hybrid hot water tank. http://eternalwaterheater.com/technology.html http://www.geappliances.com/heat-pump-hot-water-heater/electric-water-heater-features.htm. When used in conjunction with the Power Pipe, some serious savings can be realized.

3) The third is "Google PowerMeter" http://www.google.com/powermeter/about/ in conjunction with "Current Cost" http://www.currentcost.com/powermeter/ a simple power usage meter that uses a claw ended current meter to measure the current coming into the home. It then connects and displays it (at the option of the customer) online and on a device visible to the homeowner.

I'd like to install all three of these in my home, and I believe other people will as well once the savings potential is laid out for them.

Simple math right? Lower the amount of power we're using here, increase the amount we can export.

Less Garbage.

Want less garbage? Increase your ability to recycle and compost.

Recycling:

• Get a larger bin
• Buy more fresh produce and less packaged products
• Pay attention to the packaging of the products you purchase

Compost:

• Buy more fresh produce and less packaged products.
• You can't compost processed foods
• Eat more vegetables. What you don't eat goes back into your land

One bag of garbage a week baby.

Twenty Percent

Want to be in the top 5%? Start with 20%. 20% of your earnings, sock em away. If you can't afford it increase your income, but while you're doing the math account for another 20%, or lower your costs by 20%.

If you make 1K a check, sock away $200. Can't afford it? Make $240 more. Why $240? You need to sock away 20% of the extra 200 you just made. How? It's not hard a part time job will facilitate it. Don't have time for the part time? Cut your costs. Take the bus, trim your cell bill, take shorter showers. The list goes on.

Aim for 20% and you'll stack chips.

take your yearly income, x2 and drop a zero. That's what you'll save in a year.

If you make $30,000 you'll save $6000. That's enough to put $120,000 on your first house. That's power.