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Q: Last summer the pilot light on my gas water heater, up in the attic, kept going out. I'm no longer a spring chicken and don't want to climb up there. What can I do to avoid it?

—Sharon Savill, Allen, TX

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Most Americans think their car is the largest source of pollution, but according to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average home—with its furnace, stove and water heater—produces twice as much carbon dioxide as the average car does.

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