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...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 and cool our homes in the future. For poor families, especially those on fixed incomes, a drafty house...
Trethewey 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...
...which makes them a renewable resource more akin to a stalk of corn than to a wild Douglas fir in the forest. When a yule tree is chopped down and sold, farms will plant another one in its place, making that part of the process carbon-neutral. The fossil fuel burned to transport the trees from farm to hearth is another matter. But given that most artificial trees are manufactured and shipped from China, fakes have their fuel costs...
...world’s demand for biofuel can be attributed to several factors including the European Union’s alternative energy targets, American fear of dependence on the Middle East, and the rise in the price of fuel. As fuel prices skyrocketed up to $145 a barrel this summer, biofuel became an increasingly appealing and economically viable solution to our oil addiction. But we are really addicted to oil, and what little ethanol the U.S. produces domestically (made from surplus corn that we used to donate as food aid) has not been able to cut it. In order...
...reported almost daily. Millions of workers are being thrown out of their jobs, and economic indicators seem to presage more gloom, with electricity production for industry falling 4% in October, the first time it has declined in a decade. Even the country's seemingly insatiable thirst for oil to fuel its decades' long boom seems to be fading: China's national oil company said late in November that demand had declined "sharply" in recent months as industrial production slowed and was set to fall further...