It may encourage other technologies, such as cellulosic ethanol, that may give better results.If we were really concerned about this as a fuel, we would not be slapping a huge tarriff on ethanol refined from sugar cane.

What blogs, websites, newspapers, etc do you read to keep yourself educated about your local market?

If you as the landlord are paying for water, you have to consider wasteful consumption by the tenants; they might have a car wash for charity running there on weekends.

Young people consume lots of hot water.We have a 5-bdrm student house which has undergone a significant energy efficiency retrofit ... but ~50% of the monthly electrical consumption is hot water.

There are no sugar coating things at BP my friend.

WE have experienced 30% plus savings in gas consumption.

This is a huge consumption of his time but he has done it since day one and has stuck with it (at the time he just called lists of people he knew just to say hi and tell them what he does for a living).

But he is correct in his statement.I can guarantee you that any non-accountant using some cheap computer program for  taxes is losing more money than it cost them and more than if they had paid a good, qualified accountant over time, you should be saving more than you pay, but your income needs to be sufficient as well.A basic economic principle, the "marginal propensity of consumption" it basically says at some point the value of anything becomes less as consumption increases, that applies to your time as well, thinking in reverse, that means the cost of you doing something increases when you do everything yourself as the value of the benefit remains the same.

You might want to find one that is already if you want an investment and not another personal consumption decision like your current home.

Be aware of the gurus that sugar coat how great notes are; while they can be very profitable, you can also lose your shirt if you don't know what you are doing.