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are co-ops able to receive tax credits for energy improvements? many of the apartment buildings are now co-op;s. if tax incentives were given to these corporations, they may chose to replace a old system , sooner. Many of the borough co-ops are owned by regular working families, and it is their started home. These are apartments that are under 200k, more like 100k,
should also have a show on co-op fraud, Their can be a lot of kickbacks in weatherproofing.

their's to side to the story , personal and events. I heard you call say this was a great decade most of them where Gen y , who haven't live long time to gage different decade. I am 39 I remember 80,90
Greg Caulfield

Another joke of the day - I guess it's writers like this who are causing subscribers to leave the NY Times and other newspapers in droves. This guest sounded like a propagandist and apologist straight off Obama's payroll. He was, of course not properly questioned by Brian. Perhaps Brian no longer knows the truth himself given his sources at NPR, BBC, AP and other totally biased companies. A person only has to read the WSJ or any one of many other papers here and abroad to get a fuller picture of what is really going here.

American water heaters waste energy by maintaining the temperature of a large amount of water. On-demand water heaters are more efficient and cost-effective. They are standard all over Asia and Europe.

In our country, this essential item is so expensive it seems like a crime that is being perpetrated on us.

Like the guest, I easily become overwhelmed by all the weatherization options and my lack of expertise in the area. The "Cash for Caulkers" program should help pay for the energy audit, to encourage people to get started (maybe by a refundable tax credit?). Back in the 1980s Con Ed offered free electric use audits for residential customers, to cut down the need for constructing new power plants.

Brian, pay attention. 30 years of research have shown that a third of the health care we pay for is unnecessary, unproven or redundant. Other countries control this. We should be able to do this.

I was on the phone with Cablevision yesterday and they're not acting like they have competition at all. I can't wait to get out from their awfulness.

It would be great if health insurance actually respected the consumer.

Another thing that happened to Green Collar jobs was the attack on Van Jones as well as the subsequent (and continuing) attacks on all things environmental by right-wingers who believe that environmentalists are either: 1) communists or; 2) believe in the environment as religion.

Of course these people don't realize that they live in and use the resources of the environment, too, and that the environment is the basis of the economy.

What about people who are not owners of either cars or homes - tenants and public transportation users. We have watched our rents go up, the landlords improvements or even repairs to his/her building get passed on to tenants in the form of MCI increases and transit fares keep rising. Policies that increase renter stock and mass transit ridership form smaller carbon footprints and contribute to community, yet are left out of any handouts that their tax dollars are funding.

I don't hear you addressing this in these discussions.

I have been a homeowner since 1976 (same home).
Unde Pres. Carter I received a tax deduction for weatherizing my home - insulating, caulking, upgrading my heating system, etc.. As a result, a plethora of new business and weatherizing gadgets and ideas appeared. Magazines such as Popular Science,Popular Mechanics,etc. were filled with ideas the average DIY homeowner could accomplish and get a tax deduction for. A great idea then, a great idea now!

On the correction preceding this segment:
If memory serves me right, it wasn’t a guest who stated twice that Major Hasan was on the Federal Terrorist Watch List, it was the WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal.
Big difference between a guest speaking for themselves and a station reporter supposedly reporting facts.

Of course people are down, Brian. Your show has been doing at least 60 minutes of doom and gloom *every* *single* *day* for months! What do you expect?

How has the rollout of the weatherization program been going?

Is NYSERDA still involved?

Does weatherization include boilers in older buildings?

Has Congress considered any plans to add to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program?

How about solar power and renewable energy?

Can your guest make a forecast for the cap and trade bill in Congress?