Installation of Solar Power Systems-A Pre-Preparation GuideToo overwhelmed by the amazing benefits of solar panels and want to get a solar power system installed on your rooftop? Well, slow down. Do not rush in. They may be very efficient and may profit you a lot after a payback period of about 5 years, but if you do not do your research before getting a solar power systems installed, your investment may result into a waste. Before starting to look for a solar company, make sure you have an idea about these points: (more…)

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Good Reason To Remember Johns Hopkins on His 222nd BirthdayWhen I learned that today was the birthday of Johns Hopkins and began to peruse his biography, I thought I’d be reading about the life of a man extraordinarily devoted to medicine.  As it turns out, he was a businessman, extraordinarily dedicated to getting rich by selling dry goods to farmers in 19th century Maryland, often taking moonshine in exchange and reselling it as “Hopkins Finest.” (more…)

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How to Prepare for a Household Move and Stay SustainablePlanning a move to a new home is always stressful and requires a lot of planning and organizational skills. Not to mention how time consuming it can be, even with the help of friends, family and professionals. You are the one who has to make all the decisions and precisely say where every single item should end up. To make sure everything goes according to plan, stick to these rules:
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Shipping Container Home--More than Just a FadThe trend of building a home out of shipping containers is growing in popularity around the world because of their availability, versatility and durability, as well as its eco-friendly and sustainable properties and affordability. While the perquisites are substantial, and the benefits certainly seem to outweigh the costs, it is important to note that every material comes with its advantages and disadvantages, and it’s imperative you learn everything there is to learn about building a shipping container home before starting construction. (more…)

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Mankind has embarked on a millennial long search for the perfect energy source when our ancestors learned how to rub two stones together to ignite fire. Several thousand years’ worth of carbon emissions later, we might be closer to the answer than ever before. “What you need is right in front of you, you just have to open your eyes and see it,” and with the prospects of solar energy literally dawning on mankind, this old saying has never been more true. (more…)

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Quantum Physics Makes a Real DifferenceI’ll be the first to admit that the cartoon isn’t for everyone, but it does have a couple of virtues:

1) It has nothing to do with the imploding U.S. presidency, and I figured readers could use a break from my rants on the subject.

2) It deals with quantum physics, which, if we still have a civilization here in 50 years, is bound to occupy an even more important aspect of the technologies we’ll be using at that time. (more…)

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Lots of Stuff Happens As Ice Melts on Earth--And None of It Is GoodWhat happens as the Earth warms? Well, farmland turns to desert, storms worsen, the sea level rises (as 24 cubic miles of ice melts every year in the Antarctic alone), and the oceans lose their capacity to support most animal life.  What could be worse?  (more…)

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Burning Coal Is Choking Our Planet and Its People, But Strangely, That's OKHere’s something that will put a smile on a few faces, i.e., those investors whose meager integrity and broken moral compass enables them to support coal as an energy source.  According to Energy Matters: Nearly all publicly traded US coal companies reported positive earnings per share in the first quarter of 2017, and the market value of publicly traded US coal companies has doubled (to $15 billion). (more…)

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Like All Flavors of Renewable Energy, Geothermal Keeps ImprovingThere is no doubt that geothermal energy occupies an important place in the pantheon of renewable resources.  Perhaps the post child of success in this endeavor is Iceland, a place where fossil fuels are hard to come by, and one that has geothermal energy coming out its ears. (more…)

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The Truth Will Set You FreeHere’s an illustration of why it’s impossible for the Trump administration to suppress facts that stand in the way of their aims.  The City of Chicago has posted on its website all the climate data that was deleted by the EPA in order to “reflect the administration’s priorities under the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt” (and was never updated).

Censorship of science may exist in various forms, even in a country as great as the U.S. But, fortunately for us all, it has a very short shelf-life.

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