By Richard Strock In the previous article I discussed preparation of the EV and driver. This month I would like to discuss some tools that can help in planning an EV road trip and some possible pitfalls you may want to avoid. The first is A Better Route Planner, or ABRP. It is designed specifically […]
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by Richard Strock [Poolesville Green column for the November 2024 Monocacy Monocle] When friends and acquaintances, even strangers, find that we travel extensively in our EV, we get the same old questions: how far can you go on a charge, how long does it take to charge, and do you have trouble finding chargers? The
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Poolesville Green column for the Monocacy Monocle By Patrick Lee The heat is on this summer. As I write, we’re just exiting several weeks of a brutal summer heat wave and but are still staring down drought conditions in much of our area. If you haven’t received an alert yet, the Town of Poolesville is
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by Rachel Epperly – Board Member, Poolesville Green and Owner of Maid Brigade Monocacy Monocle column for July 2024 Here we are – the summer season has begun and with it, the incessant attempt to cool our indoor air and provide a respite against the grueling Maryland summer heat and humidity. “It’s not the heat
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by Doug Boucher – President, Poolesville Green Monocacy Monocle column for May 2024 Spring has finally arrived in Maryland and I think we’re all celebrating the blooming of the wildflowers, the greening of the trees and the chance to walk the dog without even putting on a sweater. But it wasn’t that long ago that
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For Poolesville Green, by K.L. Kyde April weather brings out the “inner gardener” in many of us. By now, dedicated earth tillers already have potatoes and peas planted in their vegetable beds, and have cut back last year’s perennial stalks, which the overwintering insects and birds no longer need for shelter. Even those of us
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Karen Lefkowitz Poolesville Green column for the Monocacy Monocle, March 2024 If you are considering installing solar energy at your home you may encounter the term ‘net energy meter’, or ‘net capable meter’. It will be useful to understand what a net energy meter is and what it means. Most people install solar generation at
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John Snitzer Poolesville Green column for the Monocacy Monocle, February 2024 What is pervious paving? Why might it be important? Is it the key to a brighter tomorrow? Before Maryland was settled by Europeans, our land was mostly forested. Annual precipitation was about the same as now, 40 inches per year, but only about 10%,
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Doug Boucher Article for the January 2024 issue of the Monocacy Monocle As the threat of climate change has become more and more evident, religious congregations have been reflecting on what they can do about it – not just as individuals but as communities of faith. Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples have found in their
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Doug Boucher Article for the December 2023 issue, Monocacy Monocle As electric vehicles (EVs) become more and more common on our roads and their prices keep dropping, we can start to see that they will lead to some important changes in how we live. Some of them are pretty obvious. Since EVs cost considerably less
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