People all over the world are waking up to the fact that now is the time to do all we can to save the environment, that it’s cool to be going green today, and that we can gain a lot personally (financially and emotionally) by initiating eco-friendly measures.

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Let’s go back to the basics of wealth building. There are essentially two ways to increase our cash. One way is to earn more money through investments, entrepreneurship or taking on another sideline job - seemingly futile exercises in this economic climate. Alternatively, we can cut costs by being frugal. In fact, saving money has now become a top financial priority among my friends, and me included.

Houston, the fossil fuel capital of America, is setting the right examples by converting to wind power. On July 1, Houston will receive 25 percent of its electricity from wind energy.
Wind farms in West Texas will provide the needed wind energy, and at a savings to consumers. A kilowatt hour of wind-generated electricity costs 7.5 […]

And you thought oil at $135 is unbearable. Well, oIl breached the $140 level over the weekend to settle at $142. Advocates of peak oil theory are hailing the increase and exodus of smart money from the wobbly stock market into the commodities sector.
Saudi Arabia has promised to increase oil production by 200,000 barrels a […]

Previously, I wrote about adverse climate changes leaving trails of destruction around the world. Like depressing news on financial markets, subprime and credit crisis, there seems to be no end in sight for storms and floods either.
The latest casualty is Philippines. Fengshen (or “God of Wind” in Chinese) is the sixth typhoon to reach Philippines […]

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