Miles Drentell
No sooner had I broadcast news of the video’s imminent arrival, then YouTube let me know it was ready for pick-up. So here it is: Part 1 of 3, straight from the Wednesday Solar Summit here in the Valley of the Sun.
(Shout out to Greentech Media for organizing the event. It was, as my good friend Percy Piestewa would say, “awesoooome!”)
Parts 2 & 3 will be along, um, presently.
Since I happen to be in Washington, DC at the moment, I decided to take time off from work and visit the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. It’s great (and a good excuse to use my Flip video). It was a perfect day for it. Dramatic lighting, courtesy of the clouds. Cherry blossoms from deep pink to white. Kids running around everywhere. Traffic completely jammed.
It struck me that while I’ve been online looking for solar festivals to visit (and blog about) I was standing right in the middle of one of America’s biggest, oldest and most beautiful solar festivals. Fire up those cherry trees, Bucko!
Behold, the Kill A Watt
I promised to provide more information about a tool mentioned in a recent post: the Kill A Watt. It’s a small, inexpensive and addictive device for determining how much electricity your “Eco-Friendly Tofu Steamer” from SaveMotherEarth, Inc.™ has been sucking down while your plaid-shirted back was turned.
Just plug this meter into a regular wall outlet, plug the Tofu Steamer into the meter, push a button, and, Bob’s your uncle! (translation: there ya go!).
Of course, it helps to know which buttons to press and when. The folks over at the Alternative Energy Store made a pretty good instructional video on how to use the Kill A Watt and tossed it at the You Tube, where it stuck. Let’s give it a watch.
The video makes the process seem a bit more complicated than it needs to be, IMHO. But, still, it gives the essentials. I bought mine at Amazon.com for $22 and change last week (although the price fluctuates from day to day).
