Archive for the ‘EcoMetrics’ Category

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Admit it, you clean up your messy data by hand in Excel. You SHOULD be using these tools instead.

If you drink cup after cup of hot tea or coffee, you’ll want to know the most efficient way to boil your water. We’ve done the experiment and have the answers!

If you want four cups of tea in the morning, is it more efficient to boil each cup one-at-a-time, or boil all four at once?

“The Stimulus Worked!” You may now return to your regularly scheduled unemployment.

TweetI don’t want to alarm you, but do you realize just how dangerously close the moon is to the Earth?  I mean, seriously “the moon,” please step back a few paces.  You’re making me nervous. I made this life-saving discovery while zooming around a website called Solar System Scope.  Even if you think space is [...]

Would you shop at a grocery store with no prices?

What can Henry Ford teach the solar industry?

Forget watts – here’s what you need to know about lumens and color temperature when you’re buying an LED light bulb.

Sure, the national debt is a concern, but do you know how big our energy debt is?