Comments on: Heat http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:09:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martin F http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Martin F Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:56:25 +0000 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/#comment-937 Thanks for the comments. Idil, I really agree, we need to use more efficient lamps and also remind people to turn off the lights when they are the last one toleave a room. Asilaria, I have a feeling one day you will be lecturing a lot of people about these things! I also have a blog about consumer topics and environmental news, you are welcome to read and comment there as well: Kurashi News from Japan <a href="http://martinjapan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://martinjapan.blogspot.com/</a> Thanks for the comments. Idil, I really agree, we need to use more efficient lamps and also remind people to turn off the lights when they are the last one toleave a room. Asilaria, I have a feeling one day you will be lecturing a lot of people about these things!

I also have a blog about consumer topics and environmental news, you are welcome to read and comment there as well:

Kurashi News from Japan
http://martinjapan.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Asilaria http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Asilaria Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:18:18 +0000 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/#comment-936 I'm from Texas, and normally it's always that hot during the summer.... except this summer it's been cool and raining all summer. And, now I moved to montana, and this place is normally really cool during the summer, except this summer was hotter than it ever was. There were like 20 days above 90 degrees, which is just bizarre. "The leaflet explains that between 13:00 and 16:00, they are having trouble supplying the electricity needed, so please turn down the tempereture of your air conditioners, hang up curtains and blinds in front of windows, and turn off the TV if you are not watching." Besides lightbulbs, just try to keep the lights off. Darker rooms are naturally cooler. Don't leave lights on that you don't need. Turn off the computer if you know you won't be using it (like when you're sleeping.) Be conscious of overloading your washing machine, or making too-small loads. Don't use unnessacary electronics (I always seem to have everything plugged in and charging, even if its charged.) Haha...; I think of all of this because these are the things my parents lecture me about, but there must be something to it. I’m from Texas, and normally it’s always that hot during the summer…. except this summer it’s been cool and raining all summer. And, now I moved to montana, and this place is normally really cool during the summer, except this summer was hotter than it ever was. There were like 20 days above 90 degrees, which is just bizarre.

“The leaflet explains that between 13:00 and 16:00, they are having trouble supplying the electricity needed, so please turn down the tempereture of your air conditioners, hang up curtains and blinds in front of windows, and turn off the TV if you are not watching.”
Besides lightbulbs, just try to keep the lights off. Darker rooms are naturally cooler. Don’t leave lights on that you don’t need. Turn off the computer if you know you won’t be using it (like when you’re sleeping.) Be conscious of overloading your washing machine, or making too-small loads. Don’t use unnessacary electronics (I always seem to have everything plugged in and charging, even if its charged.)

Haha…; I think of all of this because these are the things my parents lecture me about, but there must be something to it.

]]> By: Idil http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Idil Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:08:21 +0000 http://tokyo.metblogs.com/2007/08/16/heat-2/#comment-935 Seems like global warming has hit every city in the world this year. We're having huge water restrictions in Turkey with only two more months of water supplies in Istanbul and just weeks left in Ankara. Some people don't realize how much electricity they use with light bulbs. If you use 60 or 80s downgrading to a simple 40 can also help alot. Good luck with all that! Seems like global warming has hit every city in the world this year. We’re having huge water restrictions in Turkey with only two more months of water supplies in Istanbul and just weeks left in Ankara.
Some people don’t realize how much electricity they use with light bulbs. If you use 60 or 80s downgrading to a simple 40 can also help alot.
Good luck with all that!

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