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Ride Surfcity: Bicycle Riding Can Be Fantasitic in Huntington Beach

Ride Surfcity: Bicycle Riding Can Be Fantasitic in Huntington Beach

Riding a bicycle can be fantastic in Huntington Beach. The city has all the right ingredients for a pleasant ride….lovely weather, wide roads, and almost exclusively flat terrain. Plus the recent economic downturn has illustrated the advantages of changing to a means of local transportation that is convenient, healthy, and low-cost, in other words, cycling.

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Community Voices: What to Do Before Buying A Solar Electric System for Your Home

Community Voices: What to Do Before Buying A Solar Electric System for Your Home

Before signing the contract get references. An experienced solar contractor should have no problem producing references of at least five satisfied solar customers. Actually visit a few of these locations to make a visual inspection of the work and ask whatever questions will make you feel comfortable before signing a contract.

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Poseidon Adventure: Water Corp Breaks Promise to Taxpayers

Poseidon Resources Inc. told elected officials and taxpayers that if its energy intensive and costly desalination projects were approved in Carlsbad and Huntington Beach, California that there would be no cost or risk to taxpayers. But they will directly benefit from a $350 million subsidy with much more likely to come. Support the OC VOICE [...]

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No Cost Desalinated Water Costs A Lot

No Cost Desalinated Water Costs A Lot

City council and company claims to the contrary, Poseidon Resources Inc.’s desalination projects have little to do with free-market karma and the entire desalination industry was built on over $1 billion in tax subsidies–and more is on the way.

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No Crap Tap: Recycled sewage water helps solve water shortage and tastes good!

No Crap Tap: Recycled sewage water helps solve water shortage and tastes good!

By John Earl OC Voice Editor If you live in Orange County, pat yourself on the back the next time you sit down on the toilet with your copy of the OC Voice, because you’re helping to solve California’s water shortage. Think of it as one way of giving back to nature what you take [...]

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