2GreenEnergy super-intern Louis de Saint Phalle writes:
Dear Craig: I am out of good ideas for articles, is there anything you would like to dispatch me on? Hope all is well.
I thought I’d publish my response:
Hi, Louis: Oh, you know me; I NEVER run dry. 🙂 Here are five quick ones off the top of my head: (more…)
If you’re concerned about protecting your home against the ravages of winter, as well as skyrocketing energy costs, you should begin to safeguard your property now, while the weather is still warm. As a companion to our recent article on winterizing your home, here are five additional ways to save money and stay warm, applicable to both those who own and rent their homes. (more…)
Over the years, there seems to have been a quiet but increasingly popular revolution when it comes to building alternative structures and homes, with shipping containers being increasingly used to build structures in limited spaces. A great example of this is Container City, which is located in East London. This was initially constructed in 2001. This ambitious construction project took just 4 days to put the shipping containers in place and was then fitted out over 5 months.
Since then, container engineering has become popular within the UK, with a number of companies, schools, and charities, all incorporating recycled shipping containers into their design. (more…)
To my surprise and delight, there has been a decent amount of traffic on YouTube associated with the videos I made a few years ago on “the pros and cons” of each of the major flavors of renewable energy. My piece on solar thermal (CSP), for example has 70,000 views and 66 comments.
Yes, I know that’s two or three orders of magnitude less than today’s blockbusters, and my loving daughter (pictured here) likes to mock me in this regard. “Are you aware, Dad, that “bananas” has 28 times as many likes on their Facebook page as you do on your famous 2GreenEnergy’s page? And they’re a FRUIT!”
Oh well, I’m happy nonetheless. Baby steps.
In any case, a few minutes ago, “Joel F” wrote: (more…)
By the time I was four or five years old, I had become aware that I was growing up in a family that paid a great deal of attention to the correct use of the English language. Not only was my grammar and word usage continually (not continuously!) being corrected, but I also recall my maternal grandfather’s (Baba’s) claim that no two words in the language mean precisely the same thing, and the contests he’d regularly offer, asking all of us family members to try to invalidate his theory. (more…)
The effects of Big Money on politics are loathsome indeed, though it’s gratifying to know that there are places that this corruption simply can’t reach. Take Oregon, for instance.
Far be it from me to tell the Koch Brothers how to spend their money, but (more…)
One calculates the rate of species extinctions the same way we measure mortality in a certain population. We want the number of deaths per thousand individuals per year, so we take the total number of deaths in a given year, divide it by the total population, and then multiply it by 1000. Knowing the rate of species extinctions relative to the total is important, if we’re to determine what effect humankind is having here. Yes, there were no humans here ten million years ago, but there were fewer species as well. (more…)
Most homes are more expensive to heat each winter than necessary. There are many options for homeowners to drive down these costs. A few options are suitable for do-it-yourself-types, while others might be best left to the professionals. Take action before the cold weather arrives and spend less this winter on your energy bill. (more…)
It is safe to say that global warming has moved from a myth to a reality. Things are getting serious and it is the responsibility of all people to do what they can, where they are to mitigate the full effects of global warming as much as possible.
Eco-friendly web designers
So we reduce, re-use and recycle, we switch off our TVs to reduce the carbon footprints, we walk and bike as much as we can to avoid driving, but how can we ‘save the planet’ as web designers? Well, we can borrow a few things from what we do at home and then there are others specific to a web designer. Let us take a look: (more…)
If you’re looking to award a prize to the best environmental group in terms of articulating what they see as a “silver lining” after yesterday’s drubbing in the U.S. midterms, you can’t count out the Union of Concerned Scientists. They write:
…nothing in the results should change anyone’s mind on these clear truths: we know Americans trust science, support cutting global warming emissions, and want help for communities struggling with the very real consequences of climate change.
I’d like to believe that’s true. But even if it’s not, clean energy will soon win the day as its costs continue to plummet and its efficiencies keep improving. It really won’t matter how dim-witted U.S. voters and their leaders are as soon as the market economics of clean energy prove irresistible. The good news: we’re very close to that point.
