Rebates for buying energy-efficient appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners are available from both the government as well as manufacturers.
Tax Credits are available for installing things like high-efficiency water heaters, air conditioners, heaters, roofing, insulation, doors & windows, solar panels, etc.
Most "awards" I get are useless because they're from tiny sites that nobody's heard of, and the award-giver is just fishing for a way to get free advertising for their own site. But one morning I woke up and found that Kim Komando had sent more traffic to my Laundry Costs Calculator than Google had sent to my entire website! So I'm happy to publicly thank her for the traffic here. Thanks, Kim!
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questions accepted.
I'm
sorry, I'm not accepting any more questions (or offering any kind of
advice) to the general public. Period.
I'm happy to answer questions for the
media (only), who are welcome to use the menu below.
And of course, I welcome any information you want to share.
My websites have exploded in popularity and it's impossible(not inconvenient, but impossible) for me
to reply to even a fraction of those who want to ask me something. I'm
sorry, I can't help you, so please don't send questions or requests for
help of any kind.
Trust
me,
I've already heard your arguments, ad nauseum.
But you haven't heard the explanations, or else you ignored them.
Because if you had heard and understood them, you wouldn't be
advancing ridiculous ideas. In my experience climate change deniers
haven't done even the minimum amount of reading before
deciding that they know better than all the world's scientists -- which
is a pretty arrogant position when you think about it. If you want to
truly understand an issue, you have to read both sides (which of course
I've done). So before you write to me to tell me why you're right and
all the world's scientists are wrong, I'll expect you to have done a
little reading in the matter. On my climate change page
I
have a short reading list. Good luck.
Are you
really from the media?
Did you lie about
the answer to the previous question?
Members
of the media ONLY can contact
me at (512) 322-0638 or email.
Review
samples.
Please note that I'm currently about one year behind on
reviewing products. If want to send a sample for me to review anyway,
you can send
samples to:
Michael Bluejay
2605-B Oaklawn Avenue
Austin, TX 78722
Power factor devices. If you're a consumer and
want to know what I think about devices that purport to save energy by
improving the power factor, see my power factor page.
Other products. If you want me to check out some other
energy-saving product (NOT a power factor product), you can let me know
about it here.
Electric rates
differ from provider to provider. Not everyone in your state pays
the exact same rate for electricity, just like no one pays the exact
same price for a loaf of bread. What's listed in the calculator is an average
for the state. All this is explained in the calculator.
Google picks the
ads, not me. They change all the time, too. Though frankly, I don't
care what ads Google picks. I'd like to have enough faith in my fellow
humans that they can understand the difference between editorial and
advertising, and that they treat the latter with a little more
skepticism. If people are really so stupid that they accept what's
presented in an ad without question, then humanity has a lot bigger
problems than the fact that Michael Bluejay's website contains some of
those ads. Anyway, if an ad really troubles you, feel free to not click
on it.
