A government website for anyone interested in saving energy and money ..

With ever escalating energy costs there are many things individuals and businesses can do to reduce energy use and thus save money. This website is fairly comprehensive and has resources for everyone (and who doesn't want to save a little money these days). According to the Energy Savers website, "many households could save 20-30 percent on their household energy bills by implementing energy efficiency improvements".

Under the "Homeowners" link of the above page there is another link to the IRS website detailing the Tax Credits from the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This act of Congress was intended to "provide tax credits for individuals who make energy efficient home improvements or who purchase hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles," but in the typical fashion of our political leaders you will see that these tax credits for home improvements have essentially expired. All credits from this act had to be claimed for energy saving items "placed in service after Dec. 31, 2005 and before Jan. 1, 2008".

This blogger can't think of a worse time for these tax credits to expire, right when the average person needs them most! I would encourage anyone reading this to write your Congressman and urge him or her to make reinstating these energy saving, home improvement tax credits a priority over steroid investigations, questioning of oil executives, a farm bill filled with wasteful subsidizes for wealthy farmers and even the housing bailout plan to help people stay in houses they couldn't afford in the first place. Why not do something to help the middle class for once? And why not do something to promote common sense and conservation?

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