Comments on: Introducing the NegaWatt! http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary Sorkin http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-4924 Gary Sorkin Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:06:20 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=193#comment-4924 I couldn't agree with the Negawatt being a better solution to the Megawatt shortage. If Ben Franklin was alive, he'd surely say, "A Negawatt generated is a Megawatt saved," or something like that. The most interesting aspect is that studies show 14% of energy can be "Negawatted" without any effect on customers - that's the common waste of keeping our electric pedal to the metal. 30% can be squeezed out, by AutoDR, smart grid, and our SmartBreaker products. The world is changing but one thing remains the same ~ humans waste stuff. Let's wise up and leave a legacy to our children of energy savings vs. legacy wasteful practices. I'm turning off my computer now ~ Gary Sorkin, Founder & President, Negawatt Inc. I couldn’t agree with the Negawatt being a better solution to the Megawatt shortage. If Ben Franklin was alive, he’d surely say, “A Negawatt generated is a Megawatt saved,” or something like that. The most interesting aspect is that studies show 14% of energy can be “Negawatted” without any effect on customers – that’s the common waste of keeping our electric pedal to the metal. 30% can be squeezed out, by AutoDR, smart grid, and our SmartBreaker products. The world is changing but one thing remains the same ~ humans waste stuff. Let’s wise up and leave a legacy to our children of energy savings vs. legacy wasteful practices. I’m turning off my computer now ~ Gary Sorkin, Founder & President, Negawatt Inc.

]]> By: Uncle B http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-4628 Uncle B Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:45:30 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=193#comment-4628 Meter power by the hour. Charge less for night-time power, more for peak power. Make the difference large enough for a profitable circumstance. Pay for power, put back through the meters, especially the premium at peak times. Allow greedy capitalism to take its natural course! Soon, TV offers of battery packs for reducing power bills will appear,complete with timers and switches, consortium's of greedy local investors will build reverse pumping reservoir schemes, Power companies will have to charge more for night-time street lighting just to keep up! Street lighting will go all LED to make more money! Anything that pays more than interest on bonds is fair game, power manipulations fall in this category, as do purchasing shares in desert solar installations! There is something constipating the natural system of capitalism in America if this mechanism is not roaring ahead, taking up any slack available and absolutely flattening the playing field. Obama's super government may see the logjam, and will certainly fix it up! Meter power by the hour. Charge less for night-time power, more for peak power. Make the difference large enough for a profitable circumstance. Pay for power, put back through the meters, especially the premium at peak times. Allow greedy capitalism to take its natural course! Soon, TV offers of battery packs for reducing power bills will appear,complete with timers and switches, consortium’s of greedy local investors will build reverse pumping reservoir schemes, Power companies will have to charge more for night-time street lighting just to keep up! Street lighting will go all LED to make more money! Anything that pays more than interest on bonds is fair game, power manipulations fall in this category, as do purchasing shares in desert solar installations! There is something constipating the natural system of capitalism in America if this mechanism is not roaring ahead, taking up any slack available and absolutely flattening the playing field. Obama’s super government may see the logjam, and will certainly fix it up!

]]> By: Jeff Barr’s Blog » Links for Friday, June 20, 2008 http://greenmonk.net/introducing-the-negawatt/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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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