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Entries from April 2011

Solving the energy wasting dilemma of residential master metering

April 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

Ouch! Laura’s monthly electric bill just arrived. The kilowatt per hour rate and local taxes went up …again… but her take home pay didn’t. She needs a strategy to cut back on her household’s energy consumption. She gets her family together to discuss the increasing cost of all utilities to map out a conservation plan […]

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Tags: Energy · energy efficiency

Win the Future with Real Solutions

April 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment

With our seemingly ever mounting trade and budget deficits, unemployment stubbornly above 9 percent (and, dependent on counting, un- and under-employment perhaps 20 percent), looming peak oil and other resource (water, for example) limitations, enviornmental challenges, and ever-mounting climate chaos , we are in a very serious situation. Our serious challenges are, as the previous […]

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Tags: Energy

Senator Webb Doesn’t Want You to See This Ad

April 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Senator Webb Doesn’t Want You to See This Ad

Very simply, clean air saves lives. Senator Webb doesn’t want Virginians to realize this as he takes a prominent role in the efforts to shred the Clean Air Act.

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Tags: Energy

President’s Energy Security Path Will Solve Our Problems

April 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on President’s Energy Security Path Will Solve Our Problems

Several days ago, I wrote a dismayed post about a White House background teleconference prior to President Barack Obama’s speech on Energy Security at Georgetown University. Two days has provided time to reflect on the plan and crunch the numbers. After such extensive analysis, the plan’s strengths have become clear. The plan’s four core elements […]

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Tags: Energy