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Are Fire Safety and Energy Awareness Related In Any Meaningful Way?

October 20, 2009

It seems that people are learning to be more energy smart gradually. There is a real payoff for  concerving energy as we drive and in our homes.  Even though oil prices have come down to half of their peak in mid-2008, we know that they could go up again in a hurry.

My vehicle is a large Yukon, which is great for hauling things.  Mileage is not so good, but I’ve cut back to making three trips to the office weekly whenever possible. That has helped my fuel budget.  If it weren’t for the load-carrying capacity I would look for a more fuel-efficient, smaller automobile.

Several years ago we put in extra insulation in our home, and we use a whole house fan to reduce the amount of air conditioning we use.  Energy talk on the news and in magazines slowly does have some influence on how we think and act.

Imagine the wasteful expenditure of energy in fighting a wildfire, with Diesel for fuel-guzzling choppers, planes and trucks.  Also, think about all the gasoline used by folks vacating their threatened homes.  Check out the Minutemanfire website to see if there are other posts about preventing wildfires and their effect on civilization.  It is amazing that homes could be destroyed even with tile roofs and a swath where the vegetation had been removed.

Rebuilding a fire-damaged home likewise utilizes energy that would otherwise be saved, a further link between fires and energy usage.  So there is a relationship between energy conservation and fire prevention, that we often don’t think much about.

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