{"id":2592,"date":"2006-10-12T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2006-10-12T11:05:14","modified_gmt":"2006-10-12T11:05:14","slug":"energy_robin_ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=2592","title":{"rendered":"Energy Robin Hood to speak Oct. 18, Pyle Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Randy Udall sees himself as a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts, taking from the rich and giving to the poor.  Udall heads the Community Office for Resource Efficiency in Aspen, Colorado, which oversees the world&#8217;s stiffest tax on energy use. The tax, called &#8220;REMP&#8221; or Renewable Energy Mitigation Program, requires owners of new homes larger than 5,000 square feet to pay fees of up to $100,000 for excess energy use.<\/em> &#8212; The Osgood File, July 31, 2003 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Randy Udall, whose father (Morris) and uncle (Stewart) were conservation giants, will discuss America\u2019s energy challenges at 7:00 p.m. on October 18, 2006, at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison.<br \/>\nUdall also write prolifically and insightfully on energy issues and the coming end of cheap oil.  His articles include: Stud Muffins and Kilowatt-hours; When will the Joy Ride End?; Methane Madness; Cleopatra to Columbia.<br \/>\nHe will also speak at 8:30 a.m. on the same day at the Monona Terrace during the Sustainability Energy Efficiency conference of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance.<br \/>\nSponsored by Madison Peak Oil Group, RENEW Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Wisconsin Green Building Alliance.<br \/>\nLinks:<br \/>\nCommunity Office for Resource Efficiency \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspencore.org\">www.aspencore.org<\/a><br \/>\nMadison Peak Oil Group \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madisonpeakoil-blog.blogspot.com\">www.madisonpeakoil-blog.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\nRENEW Wisconsin \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewwisconsin.org\">www.renewwisconsin.org<\/a><br \/>\nGaylord Nelson Institute &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ies.wisc.edu\">www.ies.wisc.edu<\/a><br \/>\nWisconsin Green Building Alliance \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgba.org \">www.wgba.org <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Udall sees himself as a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Udall heads the Community Office for Resource Efficiency in Aspen, Colorado, which oversees the world&#8217;s stiffest tax on energy use. The tax, called &#8220;REMP&#8221; or Renewable Energy Mitigation Program, requires owners of new homes larger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}