Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency

diamond writes "The NYT has an article on how Japan is squeezing to get the most out of the costly fuel. 'The government recently introduced a national campaign, urging the Japanese to replace their older appliances and buy hybrid vehicles, all part of a patriotic effort to save energy and fight global warming.'"

In addition...

[The Slaughter]

In addition to other energy conservation techniques, they've asked Godzilla to take fewer showers. That guy, like, he uses a lot of water, man.

So...

[c0l0]

... that means they got to trade in all their Intel x86 chips for AMD ones, right? ;)

Japanese geeks are leading the effort..

[Exluddite]

By underclocking their computers in order to save electricity and slow global warming.

Re:New trend?

[TorKlingberg]

Nah, saving energy is unamerican.

Re:Tax increases

[Daniel Dvorkin]

You can pry my SUV from my cold dead fingers

With pleasure.

made in Japan :)

[roman_mir]

-Unbelievable that this little piece of junk could be such a big problem. NO wonder this circuit failed. It says, 'Made in Japan'.

-What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.

-Unbelievable.

Re:Australia and Kyoto

[MochaMan]

Just a guess, but Canada has a bit more forest than Australia, yet ratified the Kyoto protocol. We also have a ton of forest fires. [www.cbc.ca] on the order of 25 000 square km burn per year.

That said, I will still argue for hours on end that Australia is one of the best countries on the planet in my eyes.

For the record, while I think Canada's also a pretty damn fine country, I now live in Japan where I flush my ultra-efficient Japanese toilet every day.

Re:And Japan will suceed

[mtec]

Wow. It really got to you losing that election.

Swift Boat bastards...

25000 sq km?

[Chuck Chunder]

Call that a fire?
This [waterconserve.info] is a fire.

Everybody, but the USA, should reduce their demand

[$criptah]

This is working out quite well, I must admit. If we get Japan and other countries to decrease their energy usage and drop their demand for oil, we'll get cheaper oil if the production does not slow down!

With that, I will finally be able to get a Ford Excursion or a Hummer (H2, not the pussy H3 version) a good gas-loving asphalt-ripping sports car and cheap gas that I can pump on a daily basis without destroying my wallet.

Re:Huh? Where?

[Thing 1]

I just got done fighting with my oven for an hour [...]

Kung-fu fighting?

Slashdot's Political Bias

[thelizman]

So, it's news that Japan is pushing for more efficient poweruse, but Slashdot have never mentioned how the Bush Energy Plan promotes the use of high efficiency appliances, such as no-power standby devices which don't consume power to maintain a ready state. In spite of the obstruction from members of Congress, Bush has already allocated some $77 million for research and development of high efficiency appliances like waterheaters that use a heat pump to efficiently warm water instead of a wasteful heating element (the element also corrodes and taints water).

I have a live, and can't be here to pimp the President's energy policy 24/7. It's disconcerting to see that Slashdot goes all the way to Japan for a story taking place in their own back yard.

Why bother?

[Tau Zero]

Just drop it in the crusher... with him still at the wheel.

Re:Just trading problems?

[isorox]

we cant just vacuum up the atmosphere

I'm sure Mega Maid would have something to say about that!

Re:Australia and Kyoto

[Scrameustache]

Now, if only we could find a way to prevent forest fires. I have a friend who is trying to get a job as a postgraduate research assistant at the Victorian Fire Prevention Center with her very good botany degree... maybe she can help.

No she can't.

Only YOU can prevent forest fires!

Re:New trend?

[Doc Ruby]

You mean LIBERATED.