Miami Herald: To reduce her energy bill, Eckels added insulation throughout her house made from recycled blue jeans. The meter shows energy generated from Eckels’ solar panels. What she doesn’t use is added to the FPL grid. Her lap pool helped motivate Eckels to go solar — the state- of-the-art panels now help to power the pool pump. In all the complex discussions about how to combat global warming, Vicki Eckels does her small part in her Fort Lauderdale home: She sets her air …