easi - Joe Merlo - Droughts, Earthquakes, Energy, Water Supplies, and Conservation

Droughts cause more than just water restriction in your town or little
letters from the water district to please conserve. For instance as ground
water is taken out and aquifers dry up, cavities are created and left
unfilled and we know that that is a problem with earthquakes as under ground
cavities collapse. Imagine a situation like that happening in Utah during
the Winter Olympics causing a slide big enough to trigger the Big Fault line
underneath the city? Is this a crazy notion? It happened in the Coalinga,
California Earthquake in the Central Valley after all the oil was removed
from the ground? How bad is the drought;

http://www.drought.noaa.gov/

Some may deny Climate Change and Global Warming, even Solar Cycles, and say
that it is not as bad as it seems, but the stats keep coming in and are
indicating that there is a situation brewing. May 2001 was the hottest in
137 years in Northern Nevada. Las Vegas had 27 consecutive days in the 100s.
In 2001 Phoenix also hottest Reno set a 113-year old record; 8 degrees
average hotter that year in Nevada. Causing a situation for Hydro Plants due
to record low level rains this year in Nevada and also elsewhere in Oregon,
California, Arizona, etc. Elko Nevada set two records on one month in 2001.
Another problem is that with less water it means Hydro Plants cannot produce
the maximum energy necessary to counteract the maximum usage with
air-conditioning units in the hottest climates causing imminent outages.

I have always pondered how everything which effect the flows of our
civilization are inner related to each other. As I studied this problem of
water supplies effecting hydro electricity and seeing the Arizona issues, I
visited Palo Verde Nuclear Power station, which is the largest US power
producer. I applauded the expansion, taking place there with another
additional six reactors being built to put power into the grid. Right now
today there are three full functioning reactors there.

Meanwhile during the construction of upgraded power systems, we need to find
ways to conserve energy during droughts, as it is hotter as well, meaning
huge usage of electric power. With these issues at hand there is also
opportunity to conserve energy in HVAC air-conditioning units on top of
buildings. When the flanges on the units are clean they stay cooler longer
and prevent the units from running constantly and sucking up energy. A clean
HVAC unit is said to be 15-20% more efficient and therefore using 15-20%
less energy. This we believe is a great service business in itself helping
customers save money and helping the West Coasts temporary energy issues.
Perhaps many small businesses can help us by improving efficiencies and
conserving energies.

If energy costs are nearly triple in some markets like San Diego, California
then the 15-20% more efficient units use 45-60% less dollars to operate. So
a constant cleaning the is in the ball park of 20% of the cost savings is
more than viable and beneficial to the leanest and meanest corporations
looking to save money and increase shareholders equity and quarterly
profits. Companies like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Large Hotel Chains will
have to buy these services. But small business people can make money doing
this and we all save energy. Think of the savings to government, education
facilities, hospitals, and large homes? Think on these factors as everything
affects everything else.


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easi - Joe Merlo - www.energysystems.com
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