A poster (or flash based) of the 2009 federal budget.
http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/
April 13, 2009
April 11, 2009
Hearing for Renewable Energy Resources Act
Public hearing for the “Renewable Energy Resources Program” (Feed in Tariff) legislation:
1:30 pm, Tuesday, April 14
Utilities and Energy Joint Committee’s hearing room, Room 211, Burton Cross Office Building, Augusta.
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Energy Star certified home loans.
Here is an interesting money saving opportunity for reducing your monthly mortgage payments and saving money on fuel. Make your home an Energy Star certified home and refinance with the new Gov. program, attached.
North Carolina town prints it own currency
Samuel Kaymen has sent you a story from Democracy Now!, a daily independent radio and TV news program:
We take a look at how one North Carolina town is trying to become more self-sufficient by moving toward being able to feed, fuel and finance itself. The town of Pittsboro houses the nation’s largest biodiesel cooperative, a food co-op, a farmers’ market and, most recently, its own currency, the Pittsboro Plenty. Pittsboro is one of a number of communities across the country printing their own money in an attempt to support local business. [includes rush transcript]
To read, listen to, or watch the whole story:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/9/north_carolina_town_prints_own_currency
April 10, 2009
Sustainability Post #43 – Maintenance.
[From a discussion on making a house maintenance free, and a comment that humans were the weak link in ensuring energy efficiency]
To my mind, the STRONGEST link is the human. Humans are the best multi-purpose machine yet devised on this planet. By orders of magnitude. An empty house, even without any need to accommodate humans and their needs, is doomed to die in short order. A house loved by humans can potentially last as long as that love lasts.
One of the characteristics of humans is that they get better through practice and repetition. Having a house which needs periodic maintenance trains and encourages the humans to look after it. If a house makes no demands on its humans, they will come to ignore it, and it is doomed. Furthermore, the next house those humans occupy is also in for a hard time.
For example, look at the houses around you, some will be wood, and need paint, some will be mostly ‘maintenance-free’ siding plus some painted trim. Count the percentage of wooden houses which need paint, and compare to the percentage of sided houses which need paint. If your experiences matches mine, the latter will be a larger number, and the condition will be worse.
