Guest Blogger Jessica Bosari Smart grid technology is quickly moving from theory to reality in many parts of the United States. The technology consists of a group of new energy delivery techniques based on ideas that started over 100 years ago in the mind of Nikolai Tesla. He saw a world where power was delivered • Read More »
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Smart Home Automation Saves Future Energy
March 30, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Energy Conservation.By Guest Blogger AJ Wilcox If you’re anything like me, the outlook right now for powering your home is looking abysmal. Oil prices are at an all-time high. We’re trying to get away from burning coal, but radiation leaks after the Japanese tsunami are making everyone question. Unfortunately all of these occurrences point to us • Read More »
Breakthroughs in Solar Energy
March 16, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.With the fossil fuel levels around the planet steadily declining, both governments and individual consumers are looking for alternate energy sources to reduce costs and carbon footprints. You might want to ask your handyman how you can convert your house to be more energy efficient. Solar energy, once an inefficient and expensive process, has had • Read More »
Assault on Batteries – Knowledge is Power When Going Green
March 9, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Batteries.Are you looking for a way to store the power generated by your off-grid solar energy system, wind turbine system or are you just looking to replace the battery in your car? Getting the right battery for the right job is about more than finding out what the wattage and amps are. There are, in • Read More »
One Man’s Trash – a Testament to Recycling
March 7, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Environment.Even though this website is about green technology (as in high tech), I also enjoy reading other blogs that feature low tech solutions to environmental problems. I happened to stumble upon such a website called DIY Gadgets that tells people like you and me how to recycle household items into art (such as this computer • Read More »
Steam Car to Smoke Competition
March 2, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Steam Power.You may have used steam to open up your pores, prepare instant coffee or tea or even clean your carpeting. But, have you ever used steam to propel yourself 148 mph? This is what Chuk Williams of the U. S. Land Steam Record (USLSR) Team has done and they are not finished. In August 2011, • Read More »