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Reducing energy use in production agriculture

...facilities varies considerably depending on the type and size of the operation. For dairy farms, electricity is the biggest energy cost, used for collecting and cooling milk. Grain producers use significant amounts of diesel fuel to plant and harvest...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2012-06-29/reducing-energy-use-production-a
Business
U.S. is lacking in long range energy matters

...oil, and significantly increase its use of alternative energy. Its "Operational Energy Strategy" points out that energy costs can "too often be measured in lives lost guarding and moving fuel across the battlefield. As long as U.S. forces...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-07-09/us-lacking-long-ran
Guest Columns
Solar Power gets RREAL

...started buying used panels and refurbishing them to install on homes for low-income families to help reduce their energy costs, too. He operated his volunteer organization out of his garage for five years until 2005. The Rural Renewable Energy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-27/solar-power-gets-rreal
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Moral high ground

...Obama quote the Bible and bless our nation in eloquent speeches, but Obama's biggest success story is in lowering energy costs. Cars now get twice the mileage thanks to EPA regulations increasing MPG. Efficiency improvements like this and doubling...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-09-11/moral-high-ground
Open Forum
Simple steps to save energy, money this winter

...homes safe this winter. Commissioner Mike Rothman said consumers may take simple and low-cost measures to save on energy costs and prevent expensive repairs. "A small amount of preparation can go to great lengths in leading to more energy efficiency...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-11-01/simple-steps-save-energy-money-winte
News
It's time to rethink ethanol program

...University of California puts it, "In terms of renewable fuels, ethanol is the worst solution. It has the highest energy cost with the least benefit."ROLF WESTGARD is a professional member of the Geological Society of America and the American...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-07-27/its-time-rethink-et
Guest Columns
BIZ BUZZ: Party World expands retail space

...That was up from $2.4 million in the second quarter but down from $9.6 million the previous year. "Fiber and energy costs increased $4.7 million year-over-year as net sales and shipments decreased 3 percent and 6 percent respectively...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-10-28/biz-buzz-party-world-expands-ret
Business
Group dreams of guessing the future

...said he also sees "green cars" as luxury goods rather than a practical solution to reducing pollution and lowering energy costs. Levinson, who blogs prolifically about futurism, said mankind should leave for the stars by 2301 and "try to avoid...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-11-07/group-dreams-guessing-future
News
Lakes area businesses part of energy efficiency effort

...700,000 a year in natural gas costs. St. John's Hospital in Maplewood will save about $200,000 every year in energy cost reductions, and Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc. in Duluth will save $50,000 a year."Commercial buildings and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-12-23/lakes-area-businesses-part-energ
Business
What's key to the 2012 race

...health-care system that will increase the cost of both health care and health insurance; an energy policy that would drive up energy costs so Americans will use less of it; and excessively expensive and onerous regulation.Those Obama policies will elect...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2012-01-01/whats-key-2012-race
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