Re: Bush's Home Energy Plan or Home Mold Retardation Plan?

[Guest guest]

I'm glad you don't believe the rhetoric since these energy saving tips

and devices have been around for a while. Bozo has contributed nothing

but MORE pollution to the planet in favor of his corporate

contributors. Don't be disillusioned about mold either. The expensive

" Operation Cloverleaf " (www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm) may actually

be spreading mold and other contaminants for many years.

Barth

TOXIC MOLD SURVEY: www.presenting.net/sbs/sbssurvey.html

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sac> News for Release: Monday, July 11, 2005

sac> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

sac> U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

sac> U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

sac> Federal Agencies Partner to Reduce Home Energy Bills and Protect

Environment

sac> EPA Press Contact: Millet, 202-564-4355

sac> DOE Press Contact: Craig s, 202-586-4940

sac> HUD Press Contact: Dustee Tucker, 202-708-0685

sac> (Washington, D.C. - July 11 2005) The Bush administration announced a

sac> new partnership aimed at reducing household energy costs by 10 percent

sac> over the next decade while improving our nation's air. The Partnership

sac> for Home Energy Efficiency will provide energy saving solutions for

sac> households across the country and support research and implementation of

sac> a new generation of energy efficiency technologies.

sac> The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Housing and Urban

sac> Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will

sac> provide Americans, including homebuilders, with the latest home energy

sac> savings information on a Web portal, http://www.energysavers.gov.

sac> " In this time of high energy costs it's important that the federal

sac> government help Americans find ways to reduce home energy use and save

sac> money on their energy bills, " DOE Secretary Bodman said. " Under

sac> President Bush's leadership, we have developed new technologies and we

sac> continue to invest new dollars in finding ways to help homes become more

sac> energy efficient. We want to pass along this knowledge to the American

sac> people as quickly as possible. "

sac> Americans spend more than $160 billion a year to heat, cool, light and

sac> live in their homes. By taking advantage of home energy efficiencies,

sac> an average American family could save $150 year.

sac> " For most owners and renters, utility bills are the second largest

sac> household expense, " HUD Secretary Alphonso said. " That's why

sac> housing affordability and energy efficiency go hand in hand. By

sac> reducing the price of utility bills, we reduce the cost of living for

sac> the nation's low- and moderate-income families. "

sac> In addition to the billions of dollars lost through energy

sac> inefficiencies, household power waste contributes to the power plant

sac> emissions that create soot, smog and acid rain.

sac> " Last year, through ENERGY STARR, Americans chose to invest in cleaner

sac> air and healthier lives - saving enough energy to power 18 million homes

sac> and cutting $10 billion from their energy bills, " EPA Administrator

sac> said. " We are delighted to work with our federal

sac> partners to help lower energy bills, reduce emissions from power plants

sac> and provide the next generation a healthier, cleaner environment. "

sac> Goals of the Bush administration's Partnership for Home Energy

sac> Efficiency include:

sac> Expanding efforts to promote ENERGY STARR products;

sac> $ Developing durable, comfortable, affordable homes that use 40-50

percent

sac> less energy;

sac> $ Developing new energy efficiency services to provide homeowners with

sac> greater savings, such as Home Performance with ENERGYSTARR;

sac> $ Delivering energy efficiency savings to low income and subsidized

housing;

sac> $ Continue to invest in innovative research in building science

sac> technologies, practices, and policies; and

sac> $ Providing design technologies and building practices to allow cost

sac> effective net zero energy homes, by 2020.

sac> In addition, individuals can take many simple steps today to help make

their

sac> homes more energy efficient:

sac> $ Replace incandescent bulbs with lights that have earned the ENERGY

STARR.

sac> $ Use a programmable thermostat with air conditioners to adjust the

setting

sac> warmer at night, or when no one is home.

sac> $ Use a fan with window air conditioners to spread cool air through a

home.

sac> $ Use an energy-efficient ENERGY STARR air conditioner, which can save up

sac> to 50 percent on cooling bills.

sac> $ Plant trees around your home. Just three trees, properly placed around

a

sac> house, can save between $100 and $250 annually in cooling and heating

costs.

sac> Daytime air temperatures can be three to six degrees cooler in tree-shaded

sac> neighborhoods.

sac> $ Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning units, but do not block

sac> the airflow.

sac> $ Install white window shades, drapes or blinds to reflect heat away from

sac> the house. Sunny windows can make air conditioners work two to three

times

sac> harder.

sac> $ Replace windows with ENERGY STARR models and consider the new

double-pane

sac> windows with spectrally selective coatings.

sac> $ Tightly close fireplace damper.

sac> For more information on the Partnership for Home Energy Efficiency,

sac> visit: _http://www.energysavers.gov_ (http://www.energysavers.gov) .

sac> Okay, have well learned to read between the lines of the disinformation

sac> machine.

sac> Do you all think that the term " Energy Efficient " is being substituted for

sac> " Mold Retardant " ?

sac> Maybe the press release should look more like this:

sac> (SPOOF)

sac> Goals of the Bush administration's Partnership for Home " Mold Retardant:

sac> include:

sac> Expanding efforts to promote MOLD RETARDANT STARR products;

sac> $ Developing durable, comfortable, affordable homes that cause 40-50

sac> percent less mold growth;

sac> $ Developing new mold retardant services to provide homeowners with

greater

sac> savings, such

sac> as Home Performance with MOLD RETARDANT STARR;

sac> $ Delivering mold retardant savings to low income and subsidized housing;

sac> $ Continue to invest in innovative research in building science

sac> technologies, practices,

sac> and policies; and

sac> $ Providing design technologies and building practices to allow cost

sac> effective net zero

sac> mold growth retarded homes, by 2020.

sac> In addition, individuals can take many simple steps today to help make

their

sac> homes more mold retardant:

sac> $ Replace incandescent bulbs with lights that have earned the MOLD

sac> RETARDANT STARR.

sac> (would this ultra-violet lights?)

sac> $ Use a programmable thermostat with air conditioners to adjust the

sac> setting warmer at

sac> night, or when no one is home.(so those suckers don't get

dysfuctional

sac> as quickly)

sac> $ Use a fan with window air conditioners to spread cool air through a

home

sac> and keep

sac> microbial killing oxygen circulating more effectively.

sac> $ Use a " mold retardant " STARR air conditioner, which can stop up to 50

sac> percent of mold

sac> growth.

sac> $ Plant trees around your home. Just three trees, properly placed

around

sac> a house, can

sac> save between $100 and $250 annually in cooling and heating costs.

sac> (Allowing one to

sac> leave their windows open and not have to live in a gigantic, airtight

sac> petrie dish.) Daytime

sac> air temperatures can be three to six degrees cooler in tree-shaded

sac> neighborhoods.

sac> $ Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning units, but do not block

sac> the airflow. NEVER

sac> BLOCK THE AIRFLOW!!!

sac> $ Install white window shades, drapes or blinds to reflect heat away from

sac> the house. Sunny

sac> windows can make air conditioners work two to three times harder, which

sac> greatly increases

sac> the run-off condensation.

sac> $ Replace windows with MOLD RETARDANT STAR models and consider the new

sac> double-

sac> pane windows with mold retardant coatings.

sac> $ Tightly close fireplace damper.

sac> For more information on the Partnership for Home Mold Retardant,

sac> visit: _http://www.hyniesavers.gov_ (http://www.hyniesavers.gov) .

sac> Sharon Kramer

sac>