When it comes to eco-friendly home care techniques and improvements, the grass has never been greener. Following are five ways that the average homeowner can improve his or her environment significantly by going green, which will create a healthier living space as well as save money on utility and maintenance costs:
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The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, recently stood up for climate science and said, “We’re not aligning with skeptics.” He went on to say, “Let me be very, very clear, for us climate change is real and it’s a threat we want to act on.”
But Shell continues to fund ALEC, a group that has been spreading disinformation about climate change for years. (more…)
My current book project explores the notion that the forces of free market economics alone are in the process of forcing a rapid migration away from fossil fuels in the direction of renewables, energy efficiency, storage, smart grid, and electric transportation. I argue this from a great number of different perspectives, as suggested in the title “Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose.”
One of the chapters deals with the upheaval in the world of the power utilities, i.e., how re-regulation, RPSs, distributed generation and negative growth are conspiring to make investors in these businesses very nervous. Illustrative of all this mess is the fact that whole communities are forming their own microgrids and telling their utilities to take a flying leap (see pic above). Here’s an article about this exact phenomenon, taking place in a small burg in Germany.
In one breath, climate deniers tell us that tens of thousands of our top climatologists have covertly gotten together and conspired to perpetrate a hoax on the world’s people. In the next breath, they tell us that attempts to deal with this non-problem will stifle economic growth. Both these notions are incorrect.
In this article, leading economists explain how addressing the climate issue will actually stimulate the economy. (more…)
A senior in college working towards his B.S. in meteorology writes:
I’ve always been very intrigued by renewable energy and was curious if there are positions for meteorologists within the field. If there are not I would also be interested in knowing if there are any other positions I would be able to apply for with my degree being in meteorology, something I could apply my knowledge of science towards perhaps. I wasn’t sure how to research this so i figured I would contact a few companies directly. If you have any information on this I would greatly appreciate it if you could email me with some details.
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If you’re looking for countries that have aggressive goals for economic growth, you certainly need to include South Korea on your list. What they’ve done in automotive and electronics over the past two decades has been most impressive. Here’s a story about their goals in exporting smart grid solutions. I won’t be at all surprised to see those goals met—and exceeded. (more…)
Apparently Henrik Fisker is back with a new set of promises, claiming that he’ll be unveiling two new cars on November 20, a media day at next month’s LA Auto Show. Back-to-back press conferences are scheduled with no details yet revealed, except for the fact that one of them is predicted to be more of a muscle car than an environmentally sound, fuel-efficient model.
Sorry if I have a bad taste in my mouth here. Even if I thought the world needs a new muscle car (which, of course, I don’t), I still remember my annual sojourns to the Los Angeles Auto Show in the 2000-aughts, and how turned off I was to Fisker’s soon-to-be-aborted range-extended hybrid. Each year, the ropes around the prototype kept us a few feet farther away from actually touching it, and each year the story about the price and release date became even more vague and disenchanting.
I feel a sudden yawn coming on…
What’s the number one threat to human civilization based on our foolish and corrupt approach to energy? Most of us who try to keep a watchful and objective eye on the world energy scene would say that it’s our de facto energy policy that favors fossil fuels, and uses the power of enormous amounts of money to maintain the fiction that burning hydrocarbons is an acceptable mode of going forward.
But what’s the number two threat? I would say that it’s the bickering between those of us who see the imperative for a low-carbon energy future. To summarize it: (more…)
Denmark is an early adopter of wind energy
Despite the country has modest wind resources compared to other countries, it manages to capture the power of the wind with remarkable success. A key factor for the success is the early adoption of wind energy. Denmark has invested on wind energy since the 1970s. As a result, Denmark has had the chance to learn from experience. As a consequence of this experience and constant investment and innovative thinking, the wind industry has developed, technology costs have fallen and Denmark has built core competencies in the production and installation of wind turbines. (more…)
The eco-friendly feature of bamboo bedding has been just one of the many reasons most people choose to buy and use bamboo sheets, bamboo comforters and and other bedding ware. In contrast to the other types of fabrics and materials, bamboo is a sustainable product that is ingrained with innumerable qualities. Bamboo fabric products are considered to be eco-friendly as it is produced without the use of dangerous pesticides and fertilizers. The pulp of the bamboo shoots is used for manufacturing fabrics and other products. (more…)
