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...year; using electricity will produce about 4,700 lbs of emissions. Both numbers can be larger if you live in a cold part of the country. The problem is that many American houses are poorly constructed and insulated, leaking heat in winter and cool air in the summer - and that's not cheap. Oil and gas prices may have declined in recent months - of course, fuel costs in the U.S. have also been historically low, compared to our counterparts in much of Europe - but most experts believe that's only temporary and expect to see significantly higher costs to heat...
...Think of your house as a boat," says Richard Trethewey, the mechanical systems expert for PBS' home-improvement series This Old House. "If all the holes in your house that are letting out air were letting water in, it would sink your boat." (Listen to Trethewey talk about how to improve the energy efficiency of your home on this week's Greencast...
...also suggests investing in a home energy audit to help figure out exactly where the holes are. Such audits aren't cheap - they can range up to $800 - but as "fuel costs rise, the payback improves," notes Trethewey. A good auditor will use a blower test, which lowers the air pressure inside a home - air from the outside will then rush through openings, revealing any leaks. A truly high-tech test will use thermographic cameras, which detect infrared light, to detect exactly where heat might be leaking...
...Putting the film and its audience in the proper context, I stopped sniffing the air for traces of socialism and sat back and enjoyed the show...
...anti-Semitic?"- To Fox News anchor Sean Hannity during an on-air conversation about Obama's ties to Williams Ayers. Gibbs said that perhaps Hannity's association with a man who had made offensive comments in the past against Jews mean that Hannity himself held the same beliefs (Fox News...