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Slaying the Energy Cost Dragon. Mike Morris and Dave Ryan National Center for Appropriate Technology. Thanks to CEFS. Thanks to our funder, the USDA Risk Management Agency. 1. Understand Your Enemy. How the US economy uses energy (100 quadrillion Btus). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Slaying the Energy Cost Dragon
Mike Morris and Dave Ryan
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Thanks to our funder, the USDA Risk
Management Agency.
Thanks to CEFS.
1. Understand Your Enemy
Source: Kastens, T., K. Dhuyvetter, et al., Energy Use in the Kansas Agricultural Sector, Kansas Energy Council, June 15, 2006.
How the US economy uses energy(100 quadrillion Btus)
How the US food system uses energy (10 quadrillion Btus)
Home Refrigeration &
Preparation
31%
Agricultural Production
21%
Transportation
14%
Processing
16%Restaurants
7%
Food Retail 4%
Packaging 7%
Source: Heller & Keoleian, 2000
How US agriculture uses energy
Fertilizer Production
29%
Herbicide/Pesticide Production 6%
Irrigation 7%Diesel Fuel
(Non-Irrigation) 25%
Gasoline 9%
Natural Gas(Non-Irrigation)
1%
Liquid Petroleum Gas 5%
Electricity (Non-Irrigation) 18%
Source: Heller & Keoleian, 2000
How Cherry Farm Uses Energy(FY05-06, billions of Btus)
7 billion Btu
Cherry Farm’s “Energy Footprint”
Raw Fuels
Source: USDA Economic Research Service
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0Total # US farms (millions)
Energy used per unit of farm output (1996 = 1.0)
US farms have doubled their energy efficiency since the 1970s.
2. Arm yourself. Get dangerous.
Become keenly aware of how you use energy.
Read and understand your power bill.
• Are you being charged according to the right rate schedule?
• Energy rates
Declining block
Demand
Time of use
• Beyond the bill: tariffs
3. Now let’s go to war.
Lighting
• CFL• T8• T5• HPSV• MH
Heating
• Radiant Heating
• Heat Pumps
Ventilation
• Passive Cupolas
• EE Fans
Cooling
• Evaporative
Refrigeration
• Heat Reclamation
• Ground Water Cooling
Process
• Demand Reductions
4. Turn waste energy streams into revenue or savings.
• Wood Waste
• Heat from Milk
• Process Waste
• Manure and Litter
5. There’s free energy all around you. Start using it.
• Solar Water Heating
• Solar Electric
• Wind
• Biofuels
Any questions?