Borg’s Blog

Yes there is an energy crisis. No. We cannot wait for the government or industry to help us. We have to do whatever we can to reduce demand for oil in hopes of tipping the supply/demand curve toward easing gas prices. What can we as professors do?

1. We can voluntarily decrease our driving speeds.
2. We can buy more fuel efficient vehicles.
3. We can adjust our thermostats to use less energy.
4. We can make sure our tires are properly inflated.
5. We can keep our cars tuned.
6. We can cancel vacation trips
7. We can carpool
8. We can cancel plans to attend conferences.
9. We can teach online one day per week.
10. We can talk to our students about being wise consumers of energy.
11. We can schedule future courses to meet between monday and thursday.
12. We can vote for candidates who will face the challenge with us instead of profiting from it.

What ideas do you have? Please post them here as comments.