A few simple tips to big energy savings!

You could be saving as much as 85% on your monthly energy bills by making a few simple efficiency upgrades, says Jeff Wilson, a ‘Do It Yourself’ expert who’s hosted more than 200 episodes on stations like HGTV.

First, replace your old incandescent light bulbs with longer lasting, and now more affordable, LEDs. “They have great light quality,” says Wilson. “They’re dimmable and will save you between 70 and 90% on energy costs. The trim just pops out on your ceiling canned lights, you unscrew the bulb, and just screw in the LED adapter, and plug it into the back of the new light housing! And four springs hold it in.”

While many of you are probably already aware of these energy-efficient LEDs, something you probably haven’t heard of before is a shower-drain heat recovery unit. Sound complicated? It’s not! This device reuses the heat from water that runs down the drain by collecting it in a separate coil.

 “The used water is piped around a main copper pipe. The heat that’s in the shower water is transferred to the incoming cold water line. That means you’re going to use less hot water from your hot water tank to take your shower. (About) 40 percent less hot water,” Wilson explains.

This heating system can be installed for less than $400 and pays for itself in less than two years! Spend a dime now. Save a quarter later. And take more steamy hot showers!

Finally, new spray-coated insulator is helping homeowners keep the heat in during the winter, the cold in during the summer, and energy prices down across the board. Kits are available for ‘Do It Yourselfers’ for around $200. Spray the coating around door frames, in the basement, attic – anywhere you think there might be a leak.

Some, like Wilson, are even coating their entire homes in this new insulator, creating an energy force field! “It’s far more effective than other insulation,” he says. The stuff comes in two tanks that mix together. It goes on wet, and when it cures, it expands to six times its size, and it’s inert when it’s cured, so it’s safe. When you’re spraying it on, you want to wear protective gear, but once it’s cured, it’s a highly effective insulator and air sealer.”

After adhering to these three tips, Wilson has reduced energy costs on his 70-year-old home by a whopping 85%! But you don’t have to be as extreme as Wilson. Listening to even one of these tips will help you save money while simultaneously cutting down on your carbon footprint.

So what are you waiting for? Get moving! You’re letting your hard earned money go to waste as you read this very sentence!

Truly Yours,

Ana Shell

Save Your Money

         Today, there is a lot of talking about financial and economic crisis. A lot has been written about the reasons that forced International Monetary Fund, (IMF) and European Union (EU) to carry out a confiscatory reform in Cyprus. Some of the issues in this reform are critically important. One of the main questions is: who initiated such a reform?

         The European Union is one of the organizations functioning according to regulations defined by the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944. EU is one of the most powerful organizations in the world; however, it is not authorized to change the existing legislation. Especially when this legislation deals with the “sacred right” to private property. In spite of the fact that property rights are being breached left and right, there are always “legitimate” excuses to why these violations are exceptions to the rules. An example of such violation can be confiscation of funds that are not convenient to the “powerful of the world”. It is very likely that IMF was involved in the Cyprus story; otherwise, EU would not have made such scandalous moves.

         Let’s look further. Why did IMF allow such a gross violation of its own fundamental rules? The answer is simple: this kind of step makes sense only if all attempts to save the current bank system are futile. Assets of the current bank system are devalued, while liabilities are fully intact. In other words, it is impossible to return funds to clients, so the only question that matters is how to write off all the expenses. If this is true, Cyprus might as well be a “pilot project” – carried out to see what the reaction would be and how strong the resistance might appear.

         It is very possible such confiscatory reforms might be repeated in other countries as well. However, Anglo-Saxon countries, which are closer to the financial center of the world, are more open and free. New Zealand and Canada, for instance, are openly talking in their budget discussions about the possibility to bail out problematic banks at depositors’ expense.  So no one should have any illusions about safety of their bank deposits (now that the confiscatory reform becomes an integral part of the economic crisis).

         After the mortgage and the financial crises, we are witnessing the economic crisis. Many experts start to understand that this crisis will be absolutely global. Please note that the problems we had before had not disappeared. The mortgage and the financial crises still exist; they just became a part of the bigger economic crisis. Just like this economic crisis will very soon become a part of the world culture crisis.

         Who can influence the way this world culture crisis develops? The leaders of this culture can. We think that everyone needs to contribute in order to help those suffered from the world culture crisis. We have developed a program to visit countries of South-East Asia to talk to people face to face. We hope for productive collaboration and partnership. Unfortunately, we cannot influence the global crisis of the world culture, and our abilities to affect long-term development of the world culture are limited; however, we will strive to work productively. We will offer specific solutions, which will allow people to be a part of our community. We are together in this and we will win!

By Mika Newton: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mika_Newton/154511211382242

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