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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
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Subject: Re: Help: rapped and robbed monthly
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 15:21:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 12 15:21:00 1985
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Jan 24 12:21:00 1985

<<<

  "We have the best average climate in the nation. One would think we would
   have the lowest rates."

Since when does buying a small amount of anything mean paying a lower rate
than someone who buys a large amount. Ever hear of quanity discounts? Just
because your wires carry less current than those in Chicago doesn't make them
any cheaper to string.

Why don't you give your house a complete energy audit. San Diego has such a
nice climate that many builders decided that all that insulation and weather
stripping just wouldn't be worth the trouble. After all they aren't paying
the utility bill.

Don Lancaster has some really good tips in his "Secret Money machine" Book.
One of these is to "Target" your utility bill. This means buying enough 
SDG+E stock to pay $120 a month dividends that pay the utility bill. Of 
course there are some Washington rate payers that don't think of that as
such a hot idea. But it does tend to average out the rate increases with
dividend increases.

Last and not least: Go Solar! All that sun going to waste down there. If every-
one had their own solar panel then you might not have needed that San whatc-
youmacallit nuke plant.


John Eaton

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