George Bush Won’t Be Able to Limit Oil Imports
Kommersant - And the consumer who installs a solar water heater in his house (with the exception of swimming pool heaters) will receive a $2000 tax credit. Under the new law, American oil refineries are to increase their use of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) gasoline

Energy system worries officials
Contra Costa Times - about how effective the new meters and varying rates would prove at reducing demand. He urged regulators to instead expand programs that allow utilities to ramp back electricity consumption by customers’ air conditioners and swimming pool heaters.

Warming trend: Solar heaters warm water, even as outside temperatures
Southern Illinoisan - Several hundred thousand solar systems have been installed in Florida alone since 1979, and about 15,000 new solar pool heaters are being installed every year in the state. These new systems are saving the state’s pool owners hundreds of thousands of