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BP Decathlon
I've been pretty impressed with BP's efforts lately to be more responsible and environmentally conscious. They seem to be honestly committed to the effort to find and develop alternative sources of energy and to promoting environmental awareness. The latest example of such is the BP Solar Decathlon, a semi-annual event hosted by the Department of Energy that pits 20 university teams against each other in the quest to design and build the most livable, efficient and entirely solar-powered house. This year's event takes place in Washing, D.C., starting tomorrow and running through next Friday. If you're in the DC area, it sounds like it could be a lot of fun to stop by and check out. I'll be following updates in the hopes of getting ideas for when we finally have a house of our own—when that happens I'd love for us to go solar-powered as much as possible. I think it's both commendable and a sad commentary on the industry that BP is the only energy company sponsoring this event. It makes me wish BP stations were more widespread and accessible in my part of the country. I'd be happy to give my gas money to them instead of to the greedy oil giants who seem to be parked on every corner here. Labels: disclosure, green, PPP |
