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September 13, 2009

Great Idea, TaiPower

In the top right corner of my bi-monthly bill from Taiwan Power Company 'TaiPower', I noticed this little CO2 section. Apparently, my daily living over the last 60 days has spewed 412kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, no doubt contributing to global warming in some small way.
Kudos to TaiPower for making consumers aware of their environmental impact, although I can't say I love the accompanying guilt that comes from thinking about that huge amount of carbon. To my credit, I have already replaced just about all my light bulbs with compact flouresent ones. Now it's time to switch off the air conditioner and get a fan going instead - something that's definitely going to be a challenge for me during these hot summer days.

Filed under  //   CO2   electricity   environment   Taiwan  

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May 24, 2009

Never Again, Please!

Halfway through teaching my last English class of the week, on a Friday evening, the power went down. Unfortunately the classroom I was in had a combination of bright emergency lights, no emergency air conditioner and 22 whining heaters, each set to 37degrees C (also known as students). This meant that the class had to continue for over an hour, and by the time we finally finished, everyone was thoroughly pissed off from having sweated away 3kg of their body weight.
This made me wonder - how did people function in places like Taiwan before there was electricity? Did they just not move during the day, or was everything done outside?
 
In the photo - the Tai Power dudes who arrived to fix the problem, an hour after class had finished.

Filed under  //   electricity   Taichung   Taiwan   teaching  

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