There’s been a lot of emphasis lately on making houses that are more energy efficient — with better insulation, windows that seal out heat and cold and better weather stripping. Many feature the use of solar panels to capture the natural heat of the sun. The first house in America with solar heating and radiation cooling was built by Raymond Bliss and opened this week in 1955 in Tucson, Arizona. A large, slanting slab of steel and glass converted sunlight into heat, which was brought into the house by ducts. Across the U.S., the average household spends $3,645 annually for utilities, fuels, and public services. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Obama has released their first campaign ad. President Obama has taken steps to make us energy independent and create an economy that’s built to last. He’s been a strong supporter of domestic energy production, has made historic investments in clean energy technology, and has nearly doubled fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. Because of the progress we’ve made, our dependence on foreign oil is the lowest it’s been in 16 years. Yet, conservative groups funded by big oil are spending millions trying to distort the President’s record.
The ad seems a direct response to another ad by Americans for Propereity, which says they will spend over $6 million dollars in ads criticizing the administration over Solyndra as shown below: Americans for Prosperity exposes the outrageous cronyism and disregard for American taxpayers in the growing Solyndra scandal.
Both ads will soon if not already run in North Carolina.
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