
Chimneys : Warm and Cozy or Easy Exit for Your Heat How Saving Energy Might Be Contagious January 11, 2010 16:13 I was wondering the other day if saving energy might be , you know , contagious . And yes , that's an awfully dorky thing to think . But I found myself wondering that because I really was being a bit of a . dork You see , before I started working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory , I never thought about saving energy . It wasn't that I didn't care , mind you , I just didn't know what to do . I turned off my lights , sure , and tried not to keep the house too warm . But that's all I knew , so that's all I . did Then I started working here , and it all . changed I discovered this the other day , when one of my friends bought a house . It was an exciting and stressful time for him , and the moment that he announced that he was done , that the house was his and he was moving in , I happily turned around and bombarded him with links to Energy Savers There was a time in my life where I wouldn't have done this . But there I was : he was curious about how he could save money on his pricy new purchase , so I sent him over to our financial opportunities for Consumers