February 27, 2014: These items both came in today's mail. I'm proud that my home uses less energy than the average efficient similar home, which is one of the more efficient categories of home that can be found around here. Yeah there are people that use less energy, but they are the exception. Yeah, that small a carbon footprint is more worthy of bragging rights than this, but mine is okay to. The problems are those consumers that use way more energy! Don't get me started on how opposed I am to having a gasoline bill on top of your power bill. Now I'm over seven years car free and still loving it!