>> Downtown loft living’s fun — and saves you money, apparently. Two stories: Guy moves to downtown LA loft, enjoys walking to work, loses 10 lbs, saves a lot of money. Girl moves to downtown LA loft, saves lotsa money, gets a life: “In the last month alone, I’ve attended a free salsa class, an evening concert on Grand Avenue, an art lecture at MOCA, a “locals” happy hour with complimentary appetizers and a $10 marimba concert at the Colburn Music School.”
>> Why we waste so much energy in the US. “The only way a typical utility can lose money is if demand drops. So the last thing most utilities want to do is seriously push strategies that save energy, strategies that do not pollute in the first place.” Things’re much better in Cali, however: “If all Americans had the same per capita electricity demand as Californians currently do, we would cut electricity consumption 40 percent…. Significantly, California adopted regulations so that utility company profits are not tied to how much electricity they sell.”
>> Sewage closes our beaches — yet again. And just yesterday my friend Kristen and I talked ’bout how sewage spills seem to have decreased from last year. Guess we spoke too soon –
>> Electric dirt bike Zero X gets a rave review from the LA Times. Cost: $7,450.
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