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A 5kW Solar Project in Southwest Miami Dade

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:10:00 PDT

A 5kW Solar Project in Southwest Miami Dade we recently completed for a Professor at FIU.

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A 25kW Industrial Solar PV Install by VES for Niagara Bottling LLC

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:23:00 PDT

A 25kW Industrial Solar System installed for Niagara Bottling. Niagara bottles water for its Niagara label found in places like Lowes. They also do private bottle labeling for the likes of Kirkland,...

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Better energy solutions

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:29:00 PDT

June 7, 2010 While the Gulf Coast oil disaster unfolds before us, Congress is considering a bailout for the oil industry. The Senate will soon take up a resolution to undermine the Clean Air Act —...

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4kW Residential Solar Project in Stuart, FL

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:16:00 PDT

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The Clifton Hotel is the First Hotel in South Beach to Install a Solar Powered System

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:17:00 PDT

The Solar Photovoltaic System is a 14,580 Watt Fixed-Tilt 150 mph Hurricane Proof System installed by VES. This system is a local engineering feat as it is a low penetration and a tilted system. All...

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5kW Residential Solar Project in Lake Worth, FL

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:58:00 PDT

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Lets Talk Economics...

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:09:00 PDT

There is a lot of talk lately of tightening the belt. Much of that is based upon the notion that we spend too much individually and that we're doing so because of how we see our own government...

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RESTREPO

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:00 PDT

RESTREPO The fine, fierce new documentary "Restrepo" tracks a year in the lives of a15-man U.S. Army platoon under fire in the Taliban-ridden Korengal Valley of eastern Afghanistan, near the...

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Energy-Saving Measures Can Add $20 of Home Value for Every $1 of Yearly Energy Cost Savings

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:31:00 PDT

When it comes to home value, a solar power system may be your best “remodel” option. Based on a recent study by ICF Consulting (funded by HUD and the EPA) energy-saving measures such as solar can add...

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Pass A Clean Energy Plan Today!

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:15:00 PDT

Brigadier General Steven Anderson (Ret.), Chief of Logistics in Iraq under General David Petraeus, calls for the U.S. Senate to pass a Clean Energy plan. He says, "Our troops are getting killed...

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Companies pile up cash but remain hesitant to add jobs

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:35:00 PDT

If corporations are sitting on so much money, why aren't they hiring more workers? The answer to that question has become a political flash point between the White House and big business groups...

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HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:50:00 PDT

When the incentives are such that it pushes you in the wrong direction, you can take a step back and say: "No this isn't right" and stop & change course. But when you see that many are being rewarded...

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Let us Celebrate an Example of Corporate Responsibility: the "Rule The Air" Verizon Commercial... Rule The Air! ;-)

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:56:00 PDT

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energy shouldn't be... STRUGGLE

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:42:00 PDT

Energy shouldn't be struggle. But it is. We come into sparse contact with the production of energy such that it is out of sight & thus out of mind. It is often an afterthought until we have...

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A/C rebates up to $1,500 Begin Monday Aug 30

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:34:00 PDT

A new program will give Florida residents who buy energy-efficient air conditioners a $1,500 rebate -- as long as no more than 15 percent of the cool air leaks out of their ducts. BY NIRVI...

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Preamble

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:07:00 PDT

Preamble to US Constitution We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the...

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Florida will keep AC rebate money but program frozen

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:12:00 PDT

By Diane C. Lade, Sun Sentinel 7:34 p.m. EDT, September 28, 2010 U.S. Department of Energy officials say Florida will not lose federal grant funding for its "cash-for-clunker" air-conditioner...

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Pursuit of Happiness

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:18:00 PST

The other day I watched Pursuit of Happyness Starring Will Smith et al on TV and it struck me at how ignoble the protagonist's wife responded to the lack of happiness in their life. The protagonist...

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To Whom Do The Benefits Accrue?

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:08:00 PST

In economics, an important question that is asked in economic analysis is: "To whom does the benefits accrue?" After making that determination, a value judgement typically yields a policy...

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Tax Debate or Obfuscation...???

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:53:00 PST

One of the most intriguing parts of the tax debate is the dramatic inability to articulate the differences in positions distinctly enough to allow for making a clear choice. This leaves the American...

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Remember Martin Luther King Jr & his efforts

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:07:00 PST

Back in 1947, Martin Luther King Jr argued that the critical intellect requires moral development. It is clear this still holds true even today. "The function of education is to teach one to think...

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The Orange of Compromise

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:30:00 PST

Two girls are fighting over an orange. Their mom walks in and hearing that they're fighting over the orange, admonishes them to compromise, cuts the orange in half and gives each half to the girls....

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VES Solar Powered Attic Fans

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:06:00 PDT

VES Solar Powered Attic Fans Ventilate your attic with free, clean, abundant solar energy VES Solar Powered Attic Fans are eligible for a 30% (up to $1,500) Federal Tax Credit (FTC) on the purchase...

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How Solar Power Considerations Factor in Today's Economic Climate

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:39:00 PDT

With contemporary political discourse focused on the recent deficit cuts & debt ceiling issues, the mainstream news media happily covered the drama. And recent volatility in the markets had...

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Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012)

kevinotway@ves1.com (Spark Plug) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:46:00 PST

A year ago, I wrote an entry: Remember Martin Luther King Jr & his efforts. Since then I have periodically reflected on how a particular circumstance met with the specifications of my entry....

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