Are four-day school weeks a good idea?

Going to school five days a week has long been the norm, but with energy prices still high, some districts have gone or are considering going to four-day school weeks. This actually happened in the 1970s oil crisis, but most districts returned to a five-day week once the crisis subsided. [...]

Solar power – Can you really sell unused power back to the utility?

A lot of ads now tell you how to install your own wind turbine or solar panels and sell power back to the grid. Can this really be done? Can you really save money without spending a fortune? [...]

OPEC’s Prediction is More a Promise

OPEC today announced that it ‘predicts’ higher oil prices. I almost laughed when I read the crawler at the bottom while watching Good Morning America. I imagine it does since they are a huge factor in steering the price of oil anyway. [...]

The Great Oil Price Experiment

For those of you who thought that the high oil prices last year were due to “market conditions”, let me enlighten you. It was big oil’s experiment to see exactly how high they could raise the prices before Americans, and the rest of the world, had enough. They got their answer. [...]

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