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A regular reader recently asked, “Wait, you think we could see another financial market meltdown like in 2008?” I was actually surprised that a regular reader and other sentient beings witnessing macro forces and the extreme leverage and risk-taking in the world all around them today, would not already know the answer to this question:  “Why, of course!’

Can we protect ourselves from the next banking meltdown? David McWilliams separates myth from reality to help identify a few rules of thumb.  Here is a direct video link.

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization, looked at data from U.S. government databases and other sources on renewables and energy efficiency from 2016 and the first half of 2017. It found that the U.S. made record-breaking progress in several areas, from increasing solar and wind power capacity and generation to reducing carbon pollution and greenhouse gases.

AND:

“…The good news is we don’t have to choose between the environment and a booming economy. Clean energy not only reduces pollution harmful to public health and our environment, it is also one of the fast-growing areas for U.S. jobs and contributes billions to the U.S.economy annually.

See:  The US is breaking clean energy records even as Trump doubles down on fossil fuels

Adding a Tesla Powerwall or other battery storage increases self-sufficiency, but one doesn’t have to have on site storage.

Producing your own solar electricity, it’s a cool idea right? But when is the right time to go solar? In part III of our Smart Home Series, we talk to Ron Kube, who installed solar on his home and Clifton Lofthaug of Great Canadian Solar about everything you need to know before going solar.  Here is a direct video link.

Also see Tesla is shipping hundreds of Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico:

In a continued streak of goodwill during this year’s devastating hurricane season, Tesla has been shipping hundreds of its Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Since the hurricane hit on 20 September, much of the U.S. territory has been left without power — about 97 percent, as of 27 September — hampering residents’ access to drinkable water, perishable food, and air conditioning. The island’s hospitals are struggling to keep generators running as diesel fuel dwindles.