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Start Your Energy AuditThe World Runs on Oil. That's the Problem.
Every time a pipeline gets sabotaged, a cartel cuts production, or an oil conglomerate wants to make more profit, your gas bill jumps. Your grocery bill jumps. Your heating bill jumps.
The global economy primarily uses a fuel source that can fluctuate wildly based on the whims of world-wide oil barons. This concentration of money and power is used to fund free market regimes that use state power to overthrow existing political formations for ones that will be more aligned with Big Oil interests.
All of this leaves ordinary people vulnerable to shocks they didn't cause, and to be engaged in geopolitcal whims of governmental entities that don't care about you
You can't control geopolitics. But you can control your dependence on it.
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The best first step toward energy independence isn't buying solar panels. It's understanding your own energy use and plugging the leaks. Most homes waste 20-30% of the energy they pay for.
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