We were conserving it during the war (1914-1918) - back then a shovel full was the same value as a half-loaf of bread!

http://docsouth.unc.edu/wwi/fuel/fuel.html


I found this interesting:

http://books.google.com/books?id=JJgzgsw4zkQC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=1914+coal+conserve&source=web&ots=dnPXyQPols&sig=ejdXEpz5ayKoHaVQncUrSS3wOaU

We had Fuelless Mondays and Gasless Sundays to conserve.

>i didn't check where mine are made but i bet its probably on the assembly line right next to yours. i don't think of the environmental transport costs of the goods that i am buying and i should. one of the things about coal that suprises me is how much is actually used, and how little uses clean coal technology in power production
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>>I have also started replacing my bulbs with CFLs. Unfortunately, mine are made in China. It's not that I object to buying things from China. However, those bulbs were likely made with energy from coal (China uses more coal than any country in the world). Burning coal releases a lot of carbon dioxide, along with pollutants. Also, those CFL have to be shipped here to the U.S. I'm fairly certain those ships aren't using wind power :).