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need to wait for certain politicians to get into power and slowly enact policies that you like. Effective immediately, you can distance yourself from your electricity or gas company bills by utilizing green technologies and energy efficient appliances. You can take control of your money and not just sit by and watch your bills go up and up. What if you could buy a device that would put you in a


lower tax bracket? Would you do it? a heat pump, solar panel, geo exchange or high efficiency boiler will do that, not for the irS, but for your utility bill. That old boiler, electric water heater or oversized pump you have is not unlike Congress. it takes all of your money and gives you a smaller percentage of actual work. i wouldn’t mind modulating and condensing my tax contribution to 95%. The government has already used your tax money to


fund federal and state energy efficiency tax credits and incentive programs. Go get some of your money back. in some cases, you can reduce your payback to five years or less for new equipment. Unless you particularly like send- ing money to the Middle East for oil, you should be using more of our american resources — the sun, wind and ground — to power your home. limited energy resources such as oil, coal and natural


gas do not increase in supply as our demand for them increases. We may not run out of these sources of energy in our lifetimes, but how much will this energy cost us in


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10 years? annual energy prices graphs have spikes and valleys over the years, but they always trend up. Stay ahead of the game and buy some energy price insurance by making your house energy efficient and using on-site renewable energy. Plus, when energy prices go up, you will have more money left over to buy that Corvette you have been thinking about.


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Max Rohr is the training coordinator at Able Distributors in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Utah, he has worked in the hydronics and solar industry for the last 10 years in the installation, wholesale and manufacturing sectors. Max is a USGBC member. Let us know what you think of this article. Please send comments to editor@plumbingengineer.com.


Sources


Emissions: http://www.eia.gov/aer/pdf/pages/sec12_5.pdf Expenditures: http://www.eia.gov/aer/pdf/pages/sec1_15.pdf Consumption: http://www.eia.gov/aer/pdf/pages/sec2_6.pdf


OBITUARY


Jane Allen, wife of Charles S. Allen, Chairman of Sloan Valve Company


Franklin Park, ill.— Jane allen (nee Connaughton), the beloved wife of Charles S. allen, Chairman of Sloan Valve Company, passed away sud- denly on December 19, 2010. Married for 45 years, she is survived by her husband and sons Charles S. allen Jr. (amy), James C. allen, Graham C. allen (Brooke), six grandchildren and her two brothers, Thomas Connaughton (leslie) and Steven G. Connaughton (Michaelene). Services will be held at 11 aM on January 15, 2011 at Saints Faith, Hope & Charity Parish, 191 linden Street, Winnetka, il 60093, Phone: 847 446-7646. in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ara Parseghian Medical research Foundation, 5050 Via de la Granja, Tucson, aZ, 85718, www.parseghian.org. For more information, call (520) 577- 5106, or e-mail allenfamily@sloanadministration.com. Jane was born on June 4, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH, moved to Wayne, Pa


and then South Bend, in. after their marriage, Jane and Chuck moved to Oak Park, il, where she was active with the Chicago Chapter of the Junior league. Jane then served as the Chairperson for the annual Gold Coast Fashion award Show, one of the premier events of the Children’s Service Board of Children’s Memorial Hospital. She also served as the President of the Children’s Service Board itself, an auxiliary of Children’s Memorial Hospital, working to further the Hospital’s mission of service to children and families throughout Chicagoland. Jane actively supported Chuck over the years as he built Sloan Valve Company into one of the most successful, privately-owned businesses in Chicago.


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