A leaky faucet can be one of those vexing little irritations that often pop up around the house. The unceasing Drip! Drip! Drip! can be quite annoying – especially late at night. However, beyond the minor irritation, a leaky faucet …
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From Guest Blogger Susan: Energy Saving Sustainability Tips and Guidelines
High energy bills are only one side of wasting electricity, the other side of the coin being an increased carbon footprint and thus affecting the environment in the long run. Prices for utilities are likely to go up as time …
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Tesla Motors’ Opting for Open Standards Is a Good Idea
A young reader of 2GreenEnergy asks for my reaction to Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’ s decision to open up many of his company’s patents into the public domain: Are you watching Chris Hayes on MSNBC? He just ran an …
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Collecting Solar Energy in Space and Beaming It To Earth
I notice periodic comments and guest blogs on the prospect of beaming energy from space; linked here is one that went up today. I feel I should point out that this will never happen. Why? Because it doesn’t need to …
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Sustainable Building Products Use Phase-Change Materials
We’ve all noticed the phenomenon associated with “things coming in clumps.” For example, we may have lived to this point in our lives without ever having come across a certain word, only to hear it used two or three times …
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From Guest Blogger Anago: How Can Restaurants Go Green?
All around the world, companies working in different industries are seeing the benefits of going green, whether it is from a purely financial aspect or because they want to help Mother Earth by being more environmentally friendly. The food hospitality …
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From Guest Blogger Blake: Drones Have Environmentally Important Purposes Too
Drones, in spite of the stigma surrounding them, are proving to be an asset in the modern world. For all of the deaths that result from the deployment of drones by militaries, there are several ways that drones improve society, …
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From Guest Blogger Ashley: Could the Navy Succeed in Beaming Solar Energy to Earth from Space?
Recently, the United States Naval Research Laboratory put into plans to build solar panels that are to be placed in space with the capability to beam the energy collected directly to Earth. Sounds like a plot to a James Bond …
Energy Policy in the U.S. Is a Broken Process
My mother wrote to me earlier today about the need for immigration reform, noting that any successful political party needs to embrace the notion. At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I responded: I agree, both that a) our immigration processes …
U.S. Navy Making Fuels from Seawater?
I can’t be the only one who keeps coming across a press release suggesting that the U.S. Navy is successfully making fuel out of seawater. Here is a conversation I had with a friend in which I explain why this …
