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Favorite posts about money, insurance, customer service, debt and saving from 2006.

Well, it finally happened….2006 has ended and it’s time to begin again. Just as a recap for the beginning of the New Year, I looked back through my archives to when I began and picked out a few of my favorite posts for those of you who are just starting to read this site now and might have missed some of these when they were originally posted. Enjoy, and let’s really move forward this year, both financially and personally!

Start the New Year off Right…How to organize your Finances

How I Saved $60 per month on my Car Insurance



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banking • credit • debt • environment • estate planning • saving
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Airlines charge you more to fly so they dont have to recycle to save money.

According to ENN, airlines do not recycle aluminum cans or paper or plastic from their flights. Jeez…thats just scary. Is that why its so expensive to fly? Want to see some numbers on how much waste is throw away and how much money they are wasting?

“-discarding 4,250 tons of aluminum cans and other items that could be recycled

-the industry threw out 9,000 tons of plastic and enough newspapers and magazines to fill a football field to a depth of more than 230 feet

-”Airlines in the U.S. throw away enough aluminum cans every year to build 58 new 747s,” said Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at NRDC

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Alternative Car Expo this weekend in Santa Monica, CA

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, this weekend could be the weekend where you learn everything there is to know about alternative fuel cars! If you have any questions or are curious about the possible money saving ideas that alternative cars have to offer, this is the place to come. At the Santa Monica Airport Barker Hangar, they are having the Alt Car Expo on both Saturday and Sunday. And its free to get in! Here is some info for you:

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automotive • environment • saving
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Renewable Energy=The Next Job Boom?

Ok…I graduated from college over 10 years ago…make that 12…and well, there was no such thing as renewable energy discussions or climate change talk. But now, according to MONSTER.COM, there will be many jobs available for new graduates in the coming years dealing with solar power, renewable fuels, green building and other environmental issues. So, if you are in college, or soon to be graduating, now might be a good time to reconsider that basket-weaving degree you have been working so hard on…chances are the world could use you to help it out, and not with it’s falling basket market.

environment • working
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