There can never be anything approaching a full economic recovery without the deliberate and active participation of the American consumer period. We, the American consumer, make up 70% of the entire U.S. economy.
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Guest Post from Wayne Mackey — Be Skeptical of Nuclear Energy
Last March, I became aware of a situation that gave me great pause of concern. I read that U.S. Intelligence had captured a U.S. Citizen in Somalia and while interrogating him they discovered that he had worked as a laborer in 5 of …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, nuclear energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
[The Vector] Solar Gets Serious in the United Arab Emirates
The Emirates Solar Industry Association was launched in early January 2011. The association is bringing together industry players in photovoltaics, concentrating solar power and solar thermal as well as those involved in supplying and subsidiary roles, like engineering or glass …
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Guest Post from Wayne Mackey: How I Reduced Home Energy Consumption by 80%
On December 23, 2009 my wife Diane and I installed a 5.4Kwh PV Array on the roof of our home at 920 Cypress Street, Chambersburg, PA. Prior to our “going solar” we had reduced our home’s energy use by 65% …
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Derailing the Energy Discussion with Meaningless Facts
A well-meaning reader quotes some figures from energy industry author Robert Bryce: Nuclear 300 hp/acre Nat gas 288 hp/acre Solar 36 hp/acre Wind 6.4 hp/acre Corn ethanol 1/4 hp/acre From what I’ve seen, Bryce appears to have made his fortune …
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World Energy — Where Are We Going?
I think we’re all a bit curious about the ultimate disposition of the energy industry – both here in the US and around the globe. In the States, 49% of our electricity comes from coal, and the penetration of renewables …
Guest Post: Arizona Utility Signs up to Solar, Biogas and Wind PPAs
Tucson Electric Power has signed up to solar photovoltaic array projects with capacities of 35MW, 25MW and 5MW; single-axis tracking PV arrays with capacities of 12MW, 4MW and two of 5MW each, a concentrating PV plant with capacity of 12MW …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, Arizona., biogas, clean energy, green energy, PPA, Renewable Energy, solar, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Solar Thermal, wind, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Thermal Anaerobic Gasification — Turning Lemons into Lemonade
New York and the New England states produce about 14 million tons of waste from the construction and demolition (C&D) of buildings. And one of my clients is in the process of building a gasification plant to process with as …
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Survey on Sustainability — Thanks For Your Participation
Please scroll to the very bottom to enter a sentence or two (more if you like) that summarizes your vision of the most likely future that mankind faces over the coming few decades.
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[The Vector] Super Offshore Turbines in Development – Despite Difficulties
A consortium of companies in Spain are planning to build a 15 MW turbine. The turbine manufacturer Gamesa will lead the €25 million ‘Azimut’ project to build the 15 MW giant together with 11 other wind and engineering companies and …
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