The biofuels produce from biomass briquetting machines serve as an alternative to fossil fuels like wood, black coal, lignite, diesel etc. It is basically extracted from agricultural waste and converted into biomass briquettes under high mechanical pressure. Have you ever …
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Will An Energy Policy Based on Natural Gas Fracking Be Effective in Stemming Climate Disruption?
Here’s a very solid article from Bill McKibben summing up the current approach to energy in the U.S. which, summarizing even further is as follows: a little wind, a little solar, but an enormous effort to substitute natural gas, harvested …
Tagged with: Bill McKibben, causing climate disruption, gas leaks, natural gas fracking, solar energy, Wind Energy
From a Guest Blogger in the UK: The Environmental Benefits of LED Lights
When we think about how ingrained into our day to day lives electric lighting is, and how we struggle to function without it, it is a bit ironic that only one hundred years ago incandescent lights were novelty items that …
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From Guest Blogger Alex: Clean your Home without Polluting the Planet
Imagine 275 pesticides all over your home. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), everyday sprays, liquids and concentrated powders make this collection of poison more of a reality than an exaggeration. The purpose of these antimicrobial pesticides are to …
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Climate “Disruption”
This afternoon, my wife and I attended a screening of “Disruption,” a documentary on climate change and a presentation of the work that 350.org has done to organize what we hope will be the single largest assembly of people in …
Brazilian Politics Looking Better than Ever for Renewable Energy
Of all the renewable energy investment opportunities I’ve come across over the last couple of years, the collection of small run-of-river hydro projects in Brazil is possibly my very favorite, as the collection is enormous, and the technology is arguably …
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Hillary Clinton Nails Presentation on Climate Change, Economic Benefits of a Cleantech Revolution
There are 4339 posts on this blog, and not a single one mentions Hillary Clinton; it’s time to rectify that. Is she an insincere politician? Obviously. But that doesn’t mean she’s off-base when it comes to climate change and the …
Tesla’s “Gigafactory” Accelerates All Things Environmental
It looks like the Tesla “Gigafactory” will be built in Reno, NV, enabling the assembly of batteries for 500,000 electric vehicles annually. That’s a peck of EVs in anybody’s book (see photo). Tesla believes that their new vehicle, the Model …
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Earth: A Pale Blue Dot
If now seems like a good time for a mind-blowing experience, take a couple of minutes and check out this video on planet Earth, juxtaposing some incredible imagery with a voice-over from legendary astronomer Carl Sagan. Anyone with a pulse …
Wind Energy Infographics
I’m very fond of the people at AWEA, the American Wind Energy Association, and I’m also quite keen on well-made infographics that speak to the job growth potential represented by the wind industry, and by renewable energy more generally. For …
