{"id":940,"date":"2009-08-25T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=378"},"modified":"2009-08-25T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:58:09","slug":"378","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"do the math…"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Chicopee, Massachussetts, we talked with Jackie and Bob Mashia on our last tour. \u00a0 They have a modest, one-story ranch style home. \u00a0 On the roof are four solar panels that were put in in the early ’80s. \u00a0 Bob said the panels heat the water for the water heater and saves him, on average, $100 a month. \u00a0 The initial outlay for the panels, with a government rebate, was about $2,500. \u00a0 When you do the math, the Mashias have saved a considerable amount of money over the years and the environment has benefitted as well. \u00a0 The Mashias also have a large rain barrel out back. \u00a0 They use the rain water to water their garden. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Last year the Mashias took a homeless woman into their home for awhile. \u00a0 The reason: \u00a0 She needed a place and Jackie said its, well, what Jesus would do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Chicopee, Massachussetts, we talked with Jackie and Bob Mashia on our last tour. \u00a0 They have a modest, one-story ranch style home. \u00a0 On the roof are four solar panels that were put in in the early ’80s. \u00a0 …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}