Stickin' it to "The Man"

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Ahem...My name is Craig and I am frickin' tired of paying utility bills!

Join the club, right? Here is North Texas, every summer it takes more and more money to keep from melting into a puddle of sweat inside your own home. Most folks just assume that this is a unavoidable consequence of attempting to live the "American Dream" (or what's left of it, these days). The cost of oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy firing our power plants continues to climb. Corporate utility companies are increasingly looking out for shareholders now, rather than their customers. Our "good friends" in the middle-east literally have us over a barrel. But we have to heat, cool and light our homes...what other options do we have?

One of the biggest problems facing homeowners seeking to reduce their energy bills is that there is no one clear source that consolidates all the solutions in one place. My purpose here is to provide that forum; to report on the energy efficiency options available to us and provide some commentary on what works and what I'd like to try, if given the opportunity. I'm not a professional, but I have been investing time with this topic for 10 years and implementing solutions whenever possible. I don't know everything, but that's why there's a comments section, right?

So welcome to my forum for energy efficient home ownership. Make yourself at home. My hope is that my musings may inspire further exploration of ways to reduce, and ultimately eliminate our dependence on those greedy energy companies and their best buddies in the middle-east. Maybe we can change the world for the better in the process.....