I got a call from the home alarm company last week informing me that the house alarm had gone off. When I inquired about what zone set off the alarm, the company rep told me it was the door to the garage from the house. I knew one of two things had happened; 1. The door was not properly closed and had cracked open 2. The one of the pets in the house may have been playing around the door and tried to pry it open. I asked the alarm company rep not to call the police - ...
I read an interesting fact today... “In a given hour, more energy from sunlight strikes the earth than the entire planet consumes in a year" Basically means that if we covered the entire earth in solar panels that had the ability to absorb 100% of the energy, we could get all of the power that we need for the year in just 1 hour. Obviously that's not feasible for many reasons. ...
Originally Posted by mr.pete How to raise a BWM onto Jack Stands To cut back on costs I decided to do some basic auto repairs in my garage. Using DIYs from enthusiast websites as well as repair manuals I have been able to save some money by performing the repairs or service myself. Some tasks call for the car to be raised allowing room for me to crawl and work under the engine. Doing so requires either raising the car using a jack, driving onto ramps or using jack stands. Jack stands are the way ...
I just saw a good, short article about a GE Exec regarding going green. A quote I thought was pretty meaningful: "As consumers ... we speak from our heart, we express concern about the environment but we respond from our wallet," I think the point is that although we all like the concept of going green, the world as a whole won't begin going green until it becomes cost effective to do so. We all like the concept of solar panels, solar hot water heaters, ...
I have been on Georgia Powers FlatBill for about 2 years now. I will calculate my savings or lack there off with this service and post my results here. I found this site - The Georgia Power Bill calculator, which will help estimate my power costs based on KWH usage and month in the year http://www.psc.state.ga.us/calc/electric/GPcalc.asp From the Georgia Power site I can see what my month by month KWH usage has been, plus I already know how much I have been paying ...
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