Why is Mountain Lion eating my battery

I recently installed 10.8, then 10.8.1 and I am watching my battery deplete at an alarming rate. One of the reasons I swithced to the MacBook AIr was battery life. Anything I can do?

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    Unless... I have no right to be upset at a system that was put out and for which I even payed (a first in 25 years for me with Mac) and someone finds "offensive" (who is he, the system's mom or child?) some very harsh (IMHO with reasons) criticism of this system!
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  • Why does Mountain Lion triggers front fan in Mac Pro?

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