Separately, wind and solar energy are effective ways to power a home or a business but can be limited due to lack of sun or a sudden shift in wind velocity. Using a combination of these will provides a stable, ...
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College Finance Discussions: Finding Answers That Work
Each spring, millions of families wait by the mailbox for that all-important college acceptance letter. This simple piece of paper holds the verdict on weeks of application work, and could very well be the key to the kind of future ...
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There are a number of factors to consider when researching whether a wind turbine is the correct choice for your home’s off-grid power source. Issues such as your home’s overall power need, the location and topology of your property, and ...
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If you live in the northern U.S., you will probably benefit more from solar water heating than you would from solar power (photovoltaic or PV). Because of the amount of average cloud cover and other atmospheric issues in the north, ...
Read More »Financial Terrorism Suspected In 2008 Economic Crash
The 2008 economic crash was painful for millions of average Americans. While the crash has been blamed on a number of factors ranging from the cratering housing market to a spike in oil prices, a new report from the Pentagon ...
Read More »Non-Lethal Self-Defense
According to the F.B.I. Bureau of Crime Statistics, there are over 1,300,000 violent crimes reported every year in this country, and these include over 800,000 aggravated assaults, over 88,000 forcible rapes, and over 400,000 robberies. People often feel uneasy in ...
Read More »Pigs Don’t Stink!
Okay, sometimes pigs can stink, but like the old farm adage goes “it smells like money!” Go to the local grocery store and price a ham, and you’ll begin to truly appreciate that sentiment. However, if kept in clean conditions ...
Read More »Successful Wood Burning
Well, it’s not like it’s exactly rocket science, is it? You get some wood, cut it to length, split some of it, leave some whole, and burn it. Pretty simple and straightforward. Well … yes and no. The key to ...
Read More »More Mortgage Misery In 2011
If you listen to the chirping analysts on television, 2011 is supposed to be the year that the housing markets finally get themselves turned around. Unfortunately, you can take most of their sound bites and substitute in 2010 or 2009 ...
Read More »Smoke and Mirrors: What You Don’t Know About Unemployment Figures
America got some good news for the first week of the new year – the unemployment rate dropped from 9.8% to 9.4% for December, the lowest since the spring of 2009. However, if the news was so great, how come ...
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