Gone are the days when people were totally dependent upon the electricity from the power grids and even then remained upset with frequent black outs and heavy power bills. But now it is the era of sustainable energy, a type that is readily available at your service at any point of your life.
Energies of such types include sun, wind and water etc out which sun is considered to be the most promising option. (more…)
The winter chills are setting in and your house is freezing (Really? It’s summer in the northern hemisphere, where far more than 90% of the world’s population lives. -ed.) You want to install a heater but you’re not sure which one to buy; which one is the most affordable outright, vs. which one has the lowest ongoing costs? Which heater is the right size for my current home (“my?” You switched from the 2nd to the 1st person? Why? – ed.), but also offers the option of extension if I decide to add more rooms? And perhaps most importantly, which heater is the safest system to heat my room? These are some questions you may ask yourself as the colder months approach and you become desperate for a heating solution. (more…)
There used to be time when people had no option other than using the incandescent lamps for lighting purposes. Although they gave brilliant illumination effects but were bit expensive and incurred huge power costs. But now time has changed and so do the various lighting solutions. Now it is possible to enjoy that same conventional lighting at fewer prices with energy saving light bulbs.
The great thing about such installations is that on replacing your traditional bulbs with them you will save up to $ 50 annually. Isn’t it amazing? Also you can decorate your home and work place interiors in a unique fashion with different lighting styles and fabulous color schemes. (more…)
If you haven’t jumped on the green bandwagon yet, it’s time to start.
Small changes can really add up and make a huge difference in our environment. Benefits of going green go further than just protecting the environment, though. Going green saves you money, it’s good for your health and it’s even good for the economy as a whole.
Let’s look at ways in which you can make your office more green and start reaping some of the benefits: (more…)
Medical practices have an opportunity to make a big difference in the environment by going green.
Not only will going green save the environment, it can also save medical practices a lot of money.
Benefits of Going Green
Hospitals are the second largest producers of waste, right after the food industry, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Hospitals and doctor’s (doctors’? – ed.) offices throw away everything from latex gloves to operating tools. (more…)
Here’s a headline from the syndicated news show “Democracy Now” along with a few comments:
The Obama administration is preparing to unveil what it calls a major initiative on tackling climate change. The White House says President Obama will soon announce the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants. At his speech Wednesday in Berlin, President Obama pledged action on global warming.
President Obama: “The effort to slow climate change requires bold action. (more…)
Those of us who follow renewable energy would like to think that participants in the industry are of a higher moral character than those in the 20th Century forms of energy that are now being replaced. While that may be true in general, it’s not uniformly the case. For some, solar, wind, etc., are “just another job,” like making Rice Krispies or selling shoes. For others, as illustrated here, the clean energy business is fertile territory for scams, cons, and rip-offs.
I’ve written so often on true costs of fossil fuels that I usually keep these posts short, at the risk of boring readers who have seen so much on the topic. In any case, the author of the article linked above really gets it.
The concept of paying for cleaning up the waste from the way we generate and consume energy, or “internalizing the externalities” as it’s called in the parlance of the economists, is really catching on. When I started talking about this years ago I was met with a blank stare. Now we have numerous powerfully written articles like this one, helping share this extremely common sense-based idea.
I was flattered when my first book, “Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies,” was made required reading in an environmental sciences class at a college in Northern California a couple of years ago. I remember the call I got from someone in the bookstore wondering if it would be possible for them to purchase a carton-load. “I believe that can be arranged,” I responded coolly, as my heart leapt with joy.
And speaking of required reading, I only wish there were a way I could establish that status for this article on the Keystone XL pipeline. In a few short paragraphs, readers will understand why this is a disaster, and why protesters are running into such aggressive reprisals. This is a full-on American disaster of epic proportion, unfolding right in front of our eyes.
I’ve been speaking with my old friend Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks.com and I happened to ask him if he’s bullish on anything in particular within the clean energy sector. In response, he sent me the very thoughtful piece that he wrote for Forbes a few days ago (linked above) that I thought I’d share.
I bought a bit of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure (NYSE:HASI) this morning. I have to think that providing debt and equity financing of renewable energy projects has to be a solid market that can only expand over time, and these people look very capable. They just IPO’d in April. We’ll see how we fare.
