The average American family spends about $2,000 a year on home energy bills, the Energy Department reports. In most cases, a quarter to a third of that energy is wasted: Air leaks through windows, ducts and poor insulation; older appliances hog power. The Obama administration believes that creates a prime opportunity to create jobs and free up cash for homeowners. Full Story »
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This is a short article on the increased business that is being seen or anticipated by businesses that weatherize homes and otherwise improve energy efficiency -- as a result of money for that purpose in the stimulus package. While there is probably a real story here, there is no depth -- the article just skims the surface.
I recommend this story not as it is now, but what it can grow to be. Saving energy by making houses more energy efficient will save billions.In the South, when you get out of the cities, people still heat by wood, with the heat just blowing in the wind.
I myself just moved into a house that has air leaks in every window, door, floor and even the roof. People in low-income houses need this program.
Incredibly uncritical of silly nonsense. Weatherizing homes has been done in many previous campaigns. Another campaign is more government money wasted to dubious effect. How many jobs will this create and how many of the unemployed are suited to using power tools and crawling around in attics and under houses? The author of this article probably never visited a Home Depot.
The Obama energy plan is unfocused and irrelevant to the real energy challenges. It's as if he thinks the Sierra Club has serious insights on these ... More »
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