Archive for February, 2007
Monday, February 26th, 2007
“An Inconvenient Truth” Wins Best Documentary Oscar
Could this be a sign of a change in societal thinking? We’ll see.
Read about the big Oscar wins here.
An Inconvenient Truth website: www.climatecrisis.net
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Fun Energy Conservation Site for Kids
With a bunch of educational flash games energyhog.org is a fun place for kids to learn about energy conservation. There is both an adult section and a kids section on the site. I found the adult section to be pretty basic, but if you are new to all this energy stuff, and haven’t [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Discovery’s Future Car TV Show Talks Fuel
The Discovery channel is 3/4 of the way through their four part series on the car of the future, appropriately called Future Car. The most recent episode was about fuel and hit on everything from ethanol, bio-diesel, hydrogen and solar all the way to having a car powered by air.
A few of the finer [...]
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Thin-Film Solar Bags Charge Your Device Anywhere
Reware has a trio of nice-looking bags that have thin-film solar panels built right into them. I have not seen the product with my own eyes, or tested it in any way, but they look really cool. Check it out for yourself:
Reware solar bags
Check out the Power Pockets while you’re there, and they [...]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
The Holy Grail Accessory for the Toyota Prius: Solar Panels
This is the accessory that I have been dreaming about ever since we bought our Toyota Prius: integrated solar panels. Of course, isn’t this always the way it works? Now that I’ve found the product I’ve been hoping for, it is temporaily unavailable. I have emailed Solatec, and I will post any [...]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Incandescent Light Bulbs Headed for the Endangered Species List
California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is going to propose a bill that would ban the use of incandescent light bulbs in his state. Since fluorescent bulbs use far less energy this is a move to save energy statewide. It has created quite a buzz in New Jersey where Edison got over 400 patents, and [...]
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
“Greenest” and “Meanest” Cars: Top Ten list Released
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released it’s annual list of “Greenest” and “Meanest” cars once again. Topping the list are well-known and highly publicized hybrids Toyota Prius and Honda Civic, but there are some other interesting appearances as well.
Read more here.
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Update on New Jersey Solar/Hydrogen Home
Well, they did it. In East Amwell NJ Michael Strizki has managed to get himself a home that is completely powered by solar and hydrogen power. Apparently he’s not living a monk’s life either… he has a hot tub AND a wide screen TV. I hope he uses them both at once.
Since [...]
