Re: Strike a blow for energy conservation

["Lawrence E. L'Hote" <llhote@MAIL.COIN.MISSOURI.EDU>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Bellina <jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU>
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU <PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:31 AM
Subject: Strike a blow for energy conservation


> For those of you who are experiencing this extended cold period, I'd like
> to suggest something that will encourage energy conservation, get science
> into the public sector.
> When it is sub-freezing for so long, it is a pretty good bet that the
> icicles that form on buildings are due to poor insulation, since there
> isn't any other thermal source which could melt the snow and form ice.
> I have found that the local newspaper, which has run out of things to say
> and showed up all over the country, leading to an even larger spread in a
> subsequent issue of the local paper.  Its a good topic for people to know
> about, and a good way to show that science is good for something locally.


If global warming continues, it is predicted that Minnesota will have
climate much like south Florida.  So forget about insulating your house and
lay in a good supply of tanning lotion.

<<Larry>>