by Jamie Wolf | Oct 2, 2010 | Discovery, Performance
Like someone on a diet who wonders why, despite their best efforts, they can’t seem to lose weight, we sometimes make mistakes in our choices to save energy in our homes. Unless you knew better you’d expect that these seemingly sensible energy saving...
by Jamie Wolf | Mar 5, 2010 | Craft, Performance
My career started in the 70’s as a house painter. A painter touches the surfaces of each project three times: Prep. Prime. Paint. Over dozens of projects I saw and touched every finished part of a house, inside and out. As a result I got to know the parts and how...
by Jamie Wolf | Dec 15, 2009 | Performance
Do we appreciate what energy is? Do fish know they’re wet? Like clueless fish, we’ve lived within a world of cheap available energy our whole lives. We have no visceral understanding of how remarkable this actually is. For instance, what’s a Watt? How’s this for a...
by Jamie Wolf | Aug 3, 2009 | Discovery, Performance
Its no surprise that the “cash for clunkers” program is a hit. Not only do you get a significant subsidy for a new car, those who participate are going to save big on fuel. Based on average annual mileage of 13,500 and $3/gallon gas, a modest 7MPG improvement saves...
by Jamie Wolf | Jul 30, 2009 | Performance
For the past twenty years we’ve been caught up in an investment fever. Everyone needed to have investments that were working for them just to stay economically afloat. So you had to think about your income and how to optimize it. Stocks. Mutual Funds. IRA’s....
