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A digital display showing energy usage, battery status, and vehicle range in a car.

Tech

After 15 years in one gas car, driver says EVs made the speedometer hard to ignore

A hand in a glove holds a metal carabiner on a wooden surface with various objects in the background.

Tech

DIYer gives used glow sticks a second life with a refillable design that recharges in sunlight

Solar panels installed on a rooftop with a cityscape in the background.

Business

Homeowner's 3.125-kW solar install cost $1,939, and subsidies cut it to $943

An electric vehicle is connected to a charging station in an urban area by an apartment building.

Tech

EVs are ready for most drivers, but apartment charging still holds them back

A Mitsubishi outdoor heat pump unit next to a wall, with a pipe and pebbles on the ground.

Home

North Carolina homeowner weighed $1,500 mini-splits as commenters praised units that 'never die'

A wooden cutting board on a black surface next to a box of kitchen trash bags.

Home

A $10 Goodwill cutting board looked rough, then Reddit saw a buy-it-for-life score

A person adjusts the temperature of a water heater.

Home

A $38,000 quote left a Massachusetts homeowner weighing mini splits against baseboard heat

A tire planter with wilted, dry plants and exposed soil.

Home

Ohio grower's ruined zucchini sparked theories about missed watering and squash borers

A computer screen displaying the Ubuntu operating system settings and system information.

Tech

A simple install kept this 10-year-old Asus laptop off the shopping list

A basil plant covered in fungus gnats.

Home

Home gardener says store-bought basil brought fungus gnats, then the pests spread beyond the pot

Several bags filled with dark soil are arranged in a grid pattern.

Home

Gardeners say bagged 'top soil' is mostly mulch now, and 'nothing will grow in it'

A mini split mounted on a wall.

Home

Cold first floor, hot upstairs, and $300 gas bills — a mini-split could fix all three