Advancing "Green" Energy
NKY.com today has an article titled "Attitudes shift on green energy" which reveals great truth. See if you can pick it out from these quotes from the article. I've added emphasis to help you out:
Just within maybe five years we've seen increases in fuel, in propane, in electricity, and all those are taking a bigger chunk out of people's budgets," Davies said. "They're looking at new opportunities, other opportunities to save on costs, but there's also been a new interest on the environment, on greening."
Covington's city government recently hired two companies to trim $180,000 per year in utility costs from its budget.
"People are thinking green," she said. Plus, "The price has come down - they're much more reasonable now."
"If we encourage customers to (conserve), No. 1, there are systemwide savings because instead of spending $4,000 for the same service reliability, you're spending $400 - that's a good deal," Migden-Ostrander said. "And secondly, any customer who participates in the program gets a reduction in their bill, because they have reduced their usage."
She has thrown away all the old incandescent bulbs in her house "because they're too inefficient," she said. "Because it'll save me money in the long run, and it's the right thing to do."
What kind of "green" do you think is driving this supposed shift?
