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Testing Your Energy IQ

Testing Your Energy IQ

Intelligent insights about buying smart appliances January-February 2025 by Scott Flood, Contributing Columnist This time of year, retailers start trumpeting deep...

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Not Your Grandmother’s Kitchen

Not Your Grandmother’s Kitchen

Whether you’re a master chef or a culinary novice, smart appliances add convenience to any kitchen. Smart kitchen appliances can guide you step-by-step or even guide the cooking themselves.

Cooperative Cybersecurity

Cooperative Cybersecurity

As cybersecurity threats continue to grow at home and in the workplace, it’s important to know what we can do, how we can work with others, and measures we can take to reduce our risk of cyber threats.

Driving Toward The Future

Driving Toward The Future

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, electric vehicle sales doubled from 2020 to 2021, reaching a record high of 608,000. By contrast, sales of internal combustion engine vehicles grew by only 3% in the same year.

Electrifying Tractors

Electrifying Tractors

It’s no surprise that sensitivity to fuel costs and a growing desire for energy independence are driving innovation in electric vehicles. Similarly, these factors are creating increased interest in electric farming equipment.

Battery Storage or Generator?

Battery Storage or Generator?

Power outages can be more than a minor nuisance. Extreme weather can knock out the electric grid for days to weeks at a time.

America’s Energy Sources

America’s Energy Sources

As the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the energy sector is still experiencing lingering impacts to fuel markets and sources for power generation. In the coming years, however, the industry is expected to normalize to recent trends and the pre-pandemic trajectory.

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