.- Install added insulation (attic, basement ceilings, ect)- Install Energy Star appliances- Convert oil furnaces to gas if possible.- Upgrade furnace to high-efficiency unit (90+ rating)- Convert oil water heater to gas if possible.- Recycle: demo, paper towels, drink bottles, ect.- Replace the toilet (old toilets use a lot more water!)

I've been trying to preach about the myth of loan modifications for months now.Sheila Bair and Barney Frank are trying to sell snake oil to distressed home owners.

I don't see how it's really cheaper to ship our raw materials to China and let them make things and then ship them back here than it would be to make things locally and save mass quantities of oil in shipping costs.

They all made fewer mistakes than their financial peers,were pretty large risk takers,and involved themselves in either public companies,highly leveraged LARGE acquisitions or oil and gas.

I got into the survey work, positioning assets for oil companies in a marine environment, which led me to some networking and real estate deals, which led to my working for the investor group…..none of which are any less stressful than the previous jobs.I look forward to networking here and learning from more experienced people

We remain addicted, courtesy of the oil, gas and automobile industries20and a corporate-controlled government, to fossil fuels.

Oil and natural gas are biggies here--but we've also been blessed by major downtown development: a new NBA franchise, a convention/restaurant/entertainment hub around our new Riverwalk, a new and expanding Dell facilitiy, Tinker Air Force Base, etc.

And for the last 2 years, we have stagnated the economy, allow oil companies to get record profits, while unemployment rose.We need people in Congress to work together, so that is going to be key for the next President to deal with.I would caution that a more "cooperative" government where the government is controlling everything is not necessarily what this country was founded upon.

"this should be fun"LMAOBush wanted to take over The mideast so he can have all the oil.

Just a quick thought . . . as long as I have the mineral rights to my property, can I just theoretically dig for oil under the ground?