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Man Claims He Can Help You Cut Your Electricity By 75% Or More

Chris Allen — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:39:35 +0000

A man named Frank Bates, who lives just outside of Nashville, claims he has a secret of how to beat the electric companies. If your tired of watching your electricity bills sky rocket, he says he has the secret, a trick he say’s “could get him in serious trouble.” According to the video and write [...]

Why Do Air Conditioners Weigh So Much?

Rayman — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:48:20 +0000

When I was knocking around as a kid living in the South I was broke most of the time.. Broke and hot. I remember the yearly chore of installing the window air conditioner. After I slid that dog in the window and turned it on, I was still broke, still hot, and wondering how I was going to pay the electric bill

Growing Marijuana Indoors Accounts for One Percent of U.S. Electricity Use

Kool Staff — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:40:36 +0000

The quasi-legalization of marijuana has produced quite an unintended side effect: Now one percent of all electricity used in the United States is spent on growing cannabis indoors.

Analysis from Evan Mills at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory also found that in California, where marijuana can be grown legally for medicinal purposes, the state's 400,000 authorized growers consume an amazing three percent of all the state's electricity while conducting their business.