If NSTAR is green then why so much paper?

NSTAR's green program may not be so green after all.

A customer who enrolled in NSTAR's green-energy program reports that the company is continually sending her paper and unnecessary resources in the mail.

Although she wants to help the environment, she's rethinking her choice about the green program enrollment. According to blogger Chokmah, she writes: "...This weekend I got a flag and letter thanking me for going green. Gee, I wonder how many thank you for going green mailings they sent out? Think about it..."

The NSTAR green-energy program does support the development of renewable energy resources in the region. The program helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel consumption and helps to increase the sustainability of the renewable industry.

But why so much wasted paper?

CONSUMER WOES: Gas prices for dummies

Due to the rapid gasoline spike and decline, gasoline stations seem to be selling for extremely different prices. So keep your eyes on the news and the current price at the pumps.

Adam Gaffin from UniversalHub.com had an interesting observation here about the tumultuous fluctuation of prices at the pumps. He points out on his blog here that the gasoline price at a Shell station in West Roxbury, MA was $4.20 a gallon. Meanwhile, the Hess station a mile away on Centre Street was selling gasoline for $3.86 a gallon.

It seems to be a city-wide phenomenon. On Memorial Drive, for example, two stations had gasoline prices at $3.85, and a third station with a price of $4.10 per gallon. The stations listing these prices are all in a row.

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