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  • How An Eco-Friendly Laundry Will Slash Your Bills

    How An Eco-Friendly Laundry Will Slash Your Bills

    I know usually we make eco-friendly swaps at home to better the environment, but here’s a great selfish reason to do it: extra cash in that back pocket, baby! You can save big bucks by becoming more water-efficient. And honestly, out of all the household bills we get, water has to be the worst. It’s…


  • Here’s Why Electricity Prices Are 10-Times Higher Than Usual

    Here’s Why Electricity Prices Are 10-Times Higher Than Usual

    Electricity prices in the short-term (“spot”) wholesale markets in Australia are surging again. As I first drafted this, at 11.30pm on Tuesday, while electricity demands were not high, the prices quoted for each five-minute interval in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia were around A$250 per megawatt-hour, roughly ten times what they would normally be.…


  • Let Your Kid See Paper Versions Of Your Bills

    Monopoly is going cashless — a new edition of the board game features a voice assistant that manages the buying and selling. This is weird. Doesn’t the joy come from basking in all the paper notes you’ve collected like you’re Scrooge McDuck? But the change may also be an indicator of a larger issue. If…