Comments on: Introducing the NegaWatt! http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jeff Barr’s Blog » Links for Friday, June 20, 2008 http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/#comment-3490 Jeff Barr’s Blog » Links for Friday, June 20, 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:35:19 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=193#comment-3490 [...] Tom Raftery: Introducing the Negawatt - “What then is a NegaWatt? A NegaWatt, is a MegaWatt of electricity that you don’t use! Huh?“ [...] [...] Tom Raftery: Introducing the Negawatt - “What then is a NegaWatt? A NegaWatt, is a MegaWatt of electricity that you don’t use! Huh?“ [...]

]]> By: Negawatt defined « Community in the Age of Constraints http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/#comment-3470 Negawatt defined « Community in the Age of Constraints Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:20:39 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=193#comment-3470 [...] June 17, 2008 at 10:20 pm · Filed under blogging, demand pricing, energy, negawatts and tagged: GreenMonk, negawatts Another perspective on Negawatts from GreenMonk [...] [...] June 17, 2008 at 10:20 pm · Filed under blogging, demand pricing, energy, negawatts and tagged: GreenMonk, negawatts Another perspective on Negawatts from GreenMonk [...]

]]> By: Meryn Stol http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/#comment-3467 Meryn Stol Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:10:29 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=193#comment-3467 I have a sense that "negawatt plants" can be built much faster than regular plants. I think the main problem is ownership/control. Most of the "sites" where negawatt plants could be deployed are owned by individuals (homes) or businesses without a green mindset (be it factories, offices, whatever). It may be that getting the space and capital required for power plants, wind farms etc, including all the regulatory hurdles, is easier than getting access to the all the wasteful infrastructure now in use. Pretty sad, if you think of it. I have a sense that “negawatt plants” can be built much faster than regular plants. I think the main problem is ownership/control. Most of the “sites” where negawatt plants could be deployed are owned by individuals (homes) or businesses without a green mindset (be it factories, offices, whatever).

It may be that getting the space and capital required for power plants, wind farms etc, including all the regulatory hurdles, is easier than getting access to the all the wasteful infrastructure now in use. Pretty sad, if you think of it.

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