Now here’s a guy with the right idea: a concentrated effort, performed on an international scale, to develop solar energy and combat global climate change. Obviously, this is what I’ve been calling for fairly constantly for years, but this fellow …
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Low Price of BMW's All-electric i3 Causes a Stir
Writing for the Motley Fool, Katie Spence opines that the low price ($41,350 less incentives) for the neat little BMW i3 (pictured here) is seriously bad news for competitors of various types. The most obvious, head-on-head player is the Nissan …
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New Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant Coming to California
It appears that planet Earth is on its way to its third implementation of CAES (compressed air energy storage) – one of a handful of different technologies that warehouses off-peak energy production and makes it available for times of greater …
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From Guest Blogger Teacaus: Important Considerations about Solar Powered Homes
Having a desire to convert your homes to Solar Powered Homes? Well, certainly in today’s high tech savvy world it makes sense doing something for our environment. With each passing day, solar technology has become more affordable and practical. For …
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From Guest Blogger Angie Mansfield: Five Countries Loving Solar Energy
Emitting no greenhouse gases, producing free energy (after the initial installation and maintenance costs), and providing a major portion of the jobs available in the green energy sector, solar technology has much to recommend it. It’s no wonder, then, that …
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From Guest Blogger Tina Samuels: Going Green in Canada
Like many countries, Canada has been busy making the environment a better place. Their green movement focuses on finding sustainable agriculture options, families going green by saving on water and energy, switching to solar energy, and more environmental-related jobs. There …
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From Guest Blogger Amy Morin: How Do I Turn the Kids on to Solar Energy?
As more information becomes available about alternative power sources, it becomes clear that teaching the next generation about solar energy is very important. There are some excellent resources available to get kids excited about solar energy. The Importance of Getting …
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Renewable Energy and Moral Character
Those of us who follow renewable energy would like to think that participants in the industry are of a higher moral character than those in the 20th Century forms of energy that are now being replaced. While that may be …
Renewable Energy Infographic
I’m always on the lookout for good infographics on renewable energy. I just came across the one I linked above, but it’s flawed for several reasons: • It treats as separate items things like “hydro” and “biomass” (sources of energy) with …
Clean Energy Investment Opportunities Becoming More Attractive By the Day
This article on fracking reminded me that I haven’t written too much on the subject. For the record, my position is that fracking carries with it serious ecological consequences that we’re sweeping under the rug, and that natural gas does …
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