Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
BeUtilityFree Puts The Means Of Renewable EnergyProduction Into The Hands Of The People.
I’ve been adding articles to this site from time to time and I think I ought to make a plug for the company I work for, which is working on making renewable energy available to everyone. Hey, Mark okayed it, so plugging your company must be cool! ; )
Shameless Plug for BeUtilityFree
Take the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Bio-Fuel, Gadgets & Products, Green Building, Hydrogen, Solar, Water, Wind by Brett
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Google Lays Out the Big Bucks for Renewable Energy
In late November, Google announced that it plans to spend somewhere in the tens of millions of dollars to support the development of renewable energy infrastructure in 2008 and hundreds of millions in the near future. Their plan is to spur the development of high-altitude wind generation (a technology as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Solar, Wind by Brett
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
NBC News Goes Green
This week Nightly News on NBC is doing a series on green technology and trends. So far they have covered Wind and Wave power, and there is more to come.
No Comments » - Posted in Water, Wind by Mark
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
A Strong Argument for Nuclear Power… in the Short Term
I have been against nuclear power for as long as I have given any thought to the issue. I hate to say it, but I have just changed my mind. There is a great article in a recent Discover Magazine that lays out the important details, and is the first comprehensive comparison I have seen [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Solar, Wind by Mark
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
New Eco-Friendly Car Manufacturer
photos: Michel Zumbrunn
The Venturi Company from Monaco is hitting the renewable energy vehicle market full-force. They have three different models already: The Eclectic (a golf-cart looking super eco-car; below), the Astrolab (in between a sports car, and a an eco-car; above), and the Fetish (all-out sports car).
Only the Fetish is in production at the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Solar, Wind by Mark
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Buy Green Power from Your Local Utility
While the costs of setting up a solar or wind power system for an individual home can be prohibitive, there is another option. You can buy green power from the utility you already use. For a nominal fee (we pay four dollars a month) you pay your utility a little extra to buy [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Pete Lauf
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
A Plea to Our Nation’s Leaders: Get Us Off Foreign Oil!
Tonight I was visited by someone from the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and it inspired me to make the following plea to our nation’s leaders:
To our Leaders at all levels,
It’s time to get serious about Renewable Energy. This country has made some good steps, but it’s time for more serious action. We [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Bio-Fuel, General, Wind by Mark
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Giant Windfarm Proposed in Iowa
Iowa Winds LLC is working on a windfarm that would cover 40,000 acres and involve 193 Iowa landowners. This single project is a big step forward in the quest to be free of foreign oil, and will be a much more long-term and quickly profitable solution that drilling oil wells in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge.
40,000 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Wind by Mark
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Vail Resorts Switch to 100% Wind Power. 100%!!!
Vail Resorts has announced that it will purcahse wind energy credits equal to 100% of it’s energy consumption for all five resorts, 125 retail locations, AND its new corporate headquarters in Broomfield CO. That’s amazing. Not only does it make them the second largest corporate purchaser of wind power, but it’s a really [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Wind by Mark
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Make Your Own Wind Generator
Nice instructions for the do-it-yourselfer. Join the Renewable Energy club!
http://www.velacreations.com/chispito.html
