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It takes a frugal spouse to make a frugal home

Posted April 2, 2009 - 06:20 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

Spouses

Something of an exaggeration, of course--a one-person household can be very frugal. But there's an underlying truth: A household is only as frugal as its least-frugal member.

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Hands in Your Pocket: The Cost of Standby Power - Environmental and Otherwise

Posted March 4, 2009 - 22:07 by Nora Dunn

General Tips, Lifestyle, Green Living

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Go check your electricity meter box. Is the wheel turning and clicking over, recording your power usage? Probably. Now go back inside, and turn everything off. The lights, the coffee maker - even the fridge - and check your meter again. Is it still turning and clicking? It probably is, if even a little bit.
You are a victim (and wanton consumer) of standby power. And you are paying dearly for it, in more ways than one.

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The student who created a PR nightmare via Wikipedia.

Posted August 22, 2007 - 08:31 by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

Wikipedia Globe Keychain

Virgil Griffith is someone I am proud to look up to. In a moment of inspiration, he created a program called Wikipedia Scanner that lets you know who has been editing articles on Wikipedia and what they've been removing. Not surprisingly, the revelations have left many giant corporations and even the Whitehouse staff in a tailspin. For those of you that know me and my "power to the people" philosophy, this is defintely 1-0 to the little guys.

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The end of the Energizer bunny: SIX products that don't need batteries.

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Shopping, Lifestyle, Consumer Affairs

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Since I became a father, my household's battery consumption has quadrupled. It seems like we're always running out of batteries, or batteries go "missing" from my tools, flashlights and other household items to make their way inside one of a dozen Fisher Price toys. I swear, Duracell and Energizer have some kind of secret deal going with the big toy companies.

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