Author Archives: Josh Champagne

Grid Level Battery – TED: Donald Sadoway

Science has enabled us to choose to live simply, to reduce our carbon footprint, and to conserve earth’s limited resources effectively. However, science is often driven by opportunistic capitalism and big business and enterprise. Here’s an incredible TED talk by … Continue reading

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Helping the Poor – Without Hurting Them

Should I Build Personal Wealth or Help the Poor? A creatively critical comment on my recent writings about saving and investing money, sparked the idea for the following post.  Chris commented that rather than focusing on improving our lives with … Continue reading

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Culligan FM-15A Water Faucet Filter Review – Or ‘How to Spend Less on Drinking Water’

There is nothing like drinking a tall glass of clear, pure thirst-quenching water. But most city water doesn’t qualify, so filtration is a given. Continue reading

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High Gas Prices This Summer? Here’s how to Fight Back

It happens every summer. Fuel prices climb along side the rising summer temperatures here in the Northern Hemisphere. And, until we all start driving our hydrogen powered cars, our budgets will continue to need an ever expanding slot for gasoline … Continue reading

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