Posted on August 31st, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
Over the previous several years, as the price of oil continues to rise and the Green Movement also continues to rise, people are experimenting with using different forms of energy when heating and cooling their home. One of the types of energy people are trying in their homes is solar energy. Solar energy involves having solar panels, usually put on your rooftop, that take in the suns rays and turns the heat into power. This form of energy is practical in cities with warmer climates such as
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Best Selling Hybrid – Part 1 When gas prices hit upwards of $4 a gallon, it scared a lot of drivers. Many of them switched to the most fuel efficient hybrid car models they could find, and of course, they searched for as much ‘green car’ information as they could get their hands on, too. Hybrid cars can power the car use an electric motor when the gasoline engine isn’t necessary. Consumers can save more gas because this car allows the ICE or internal combustion engine to shut off
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Just north and west of Seoul, South Korea, a company called Foster and Partners has won the right to develop a green master plan community on the islands of KangHwa and OnJin-gun. The sustainable master plan is supposed to be an extension of the Incheon Free Economic Zone. One of the islands, KangHwa, will be used as a developmental center creating solar panels and wind turbines. The buildings in this center will use biomass energy, hydrogen fuel cells and even have hydroponic roofs. The oth
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Most solar panels are strung together like Christmas tree lights, so that if one panel stops working, performs poorly or ends up in the shade, the whole string is affected. To address this problem, 2-year-old startup eIQ Energy came out of stealth mode Monday night and announced it has raised $10 million in funding from NGEN Partners and Robert Bosch Venture Capital , for a system that helps connect solar panels in parallel instead of in a series. The San Jose, Calif.-based company says its
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Why on earth has Verizon Wireless decided to sponsor a climate-denying, mountain-destroying, union-busting, PRO-MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL labor day rally (that they are ironically calling the “Friends of America” rally) being organized by Massey Energy, featuring noted right-wing radio nutjobs Ted Nugent and Sean Hannity? Massey Energy is the poster-child of mountaintop removal and has been under fire for many years from everything to political corruption to destroying the Appalachian Mountains wi
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