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Environment
The Zombie Lives of Inefficient Refrigerators
This chart shows the fate of old refrigerators after their owners take advantage of cash incentives to buy new energy efficient machines. The...
Environment
The Energy Efficiency Trifecta: Rural Edition
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the HOME STAR-aka, "cash for caulkers"-home energy efficiency program that would offer healthy rebates to...
The Community Board
Obama Makes Good on Executive Order to Reduce the Federal Government's GHGs
On Friday January 29, 2010, less than 2 days after his State of the Union address, President Obama made a pledge to reduce the federal...
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DIY ‘Boat Tail’ Gives Little Car Big Fuel Economy | Autopia | Wired.com
In his endless quest to squeeze every possible mile from a gallon of gasoline, our friend Darin Cosgrove has given his econobox a homemade...
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Empower The People: Energy Production For Everyone
Fast Company magazine covers the latest best and "next" practices in the business world. In their July 2009 article "Beyond The Grid," Pulitzer...
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Testing, Testing
The wonderful Atul Gawande has once again hit it out of the park with this New Yorker article on what it will actually take to solve the cost...
Environment
Waste Not, Watt Not
It's been a bummer of a week for climate news. The Senate bill continues to languish behind health care and there have been some disconcerting...
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It's All About the Money
Ever notice how inefficient most things are? Imagine a world without a monetary system. Could that ever work in this day and age? How about a more...
