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This is an article from Michael Bloch's "Green Living Tips" E-letter, Issue 38.

An excerpt which hits home the most of all the paragraphs in the short article:

Originally Posted by Baseload Power Bull

The era of cheap energy is over and it's best we all get used to it. Energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and baseload power needs - it's not going to hurt us to not having our houses lit up like Xmas trees. Increased electricity costs might finally see us realizing that.

The quote is also the article link. Enjoy!