Last week, while busily bullet-pointing how to prepare for a power outage, I noted that my wife and I were considering going “off the grid” one day a week as a way to save a bit of money and to spend more quality time together.
Although my wife thought it was a great idea at [...]

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Since most power outages occur during the spring and summers months, this article will focus on power outages in warmer weather. If you experience an outage in cold weather, make sure you have an alternative heat source such as a propane-powered heater and lots of fuel! Either that, or you’ll need a generator.
This past weekend [...]

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While a great many Americans have been focusing on the possibility of another stimulus check, the $1000 Emergency Energy Rebate has been flying a bit under the radar. In case you’re not aware, President-Elect Obama has floated the idea of enacting a windfall profits tax on “excessive oil company profits” in order to fund an [...]

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Earlier this week, I wrote about the fate of gas-related surcharges given that fuel prices have dropped so steeply. Shortly thereafter, I spotted an article in Smart Money talking about this very topic. They argued that, while some businesses actually have reduced or eliminated their fees, others are sticking to their guns.
What follows is a [...]

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The other day while driving home from work, I was struck by how far the price of gas has fallen. Around here, it’s down into the mid-$2 range, well below the $4+ prices that we were dealing with just a month ago.
This sudden drop in fuel prices got me to wondering about what will happen [...]

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I was recently presented with an opportunity to run a little gas mileage experiment. I’ve done this in the past when I investigated the degree to which I could improve my gas mileage by altering my driving habits around town. Interestingly, I was able to increase my mileage by 15% in return for a few [...]

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With all the recent talk about high gas prices and strategies for improving your mileage, I thought I’d highlight a recent article from Consumer Reports on getting the best fuel economy for your buck. CR dug through their recent ratings and compiled a list of the most reliable cars ranked by their cost per mpg.
The [...]

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About two months ago, I wrote an article detailing my progress in improving my gas mileage. By making a few small adjustments to my driving style, I was able to improve my mileage by 15%. Today, I wanted to share a more general tip for saving money on gas: track your mileage mileage.
If you’re at [...]

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With all the recent talk about how to improve your gas mileage, I thought I’d highlight some of the “coming attractions” in the automotive world. I’m talking here about plug-in hybrids (a.k.a., plug-in electric hybrid vehicles, or PHEVs), which are hybrid vehicles that can be recharged by plugging them into an electrical outlet, thereby reduces [...]

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Since I’ve recently written about how to save gas, I thought I’d go ahead and highlight some tips from Jean Chatzky in the latest issue of Money Magazine. In the end, she figures that her tweaks will save her over $1,300 dollars and 0.74 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. Not bad. So how’s [...]

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