Posted on July 30th, 2009 by admin
Cap and Trade legislation proposed by President Obama and currently being hashed out by Congress isn’t just for power plants and large industrial companies. There are provisions in the new bill that will affect the new home building industry as well as current homes. Reuters news agency quotes part of this new bill, “Upon enactment [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by admin
If you’d like to get plugged into a new social media website for the new Chevy Volt PHEV, then GM has just put up such as site called Chevrolet Voltage. The website is brand new so there is not a lot of content yet, especially in the blog, but this is about to change. The [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2009 by admin
It’s not often that I blog twice in one day, but something came across my desk that has my neurons all excited now. The Gaiam Hot Pot Simple Solar Cooker will be featured Wednesday this week on Good Morning America. Yes, it’s true that solar cookers have been around for a while. In fact, you [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2009 by admin
With water shortages affecting many states this summer and beyond, residents and legislatures are looking for ways to conserve. One way to conserve is the use of gray water. Gray water is not supposed to be drinkable but it can be used for other activities. For instance shower water could be used also in toilets [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 by admin
Combining social responsibility with solar energy the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) has just completed the largest photovoltaic installation at a clinic in Africa. The new 10kw photovoltaic system provides 90-percent of the electricity needed at the Village Health Works (VHW) clinic in Kigutu, Burundi. Ersol Solar Energy AG (Ersol) donated 98 panels of 130 [...]
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