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Green Energy

• 05.14.08
  Residential Backyard Wind Generator   Green Energy (1)

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  Putting one of those giant wind turbines in my backyard has never seemed like a great idea - aside from the zoning issues, they just aren’t very attractive. A couple of small 400W wind generators like the one […]

• 04.03.08
  Oil Really Does Grow on Trees   Green Energy (0)

  I’ve always been an advocate of alternate transportation instead of driving around in your car. It’s dirty and expensive. I mean, oil doesn’t grow on tress. Oh wait, yes it does.
  The Brazilian Copaifera langsdorfii can be tapped like a maple tree for a natural diesel that needs only to be filtered before it can go […]

• 03.07.08
  Stylish Solar Roofs   Green Energy (0)

  Finally! An answer to unsightly solar panels for residential homes! SRS energy has designed solar roof tiles that cost, look, last, and install like traditional premium roofing. Now we don’t have to worry about the neighbors calling us hippies. Not that we care.
  SRS roofs allow homeowners to decrease their energy bill, and relieve the utility […]

• 03.06.08
  Mayor Newsom’s Not so Good Idea   Green Energy, News (0)

  Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco and other city officials announced in 2006 that they wanted to build turbines under the Golden Gate Bridge to harness energy from the tidal currents, expecting up to 38 megawatts (enough for approx. 38,000 homes). But a new study by URS, an engineering firm, says that there would […]

• 03.04.08
  7 Ways to Reduce Personal Energy Consumption - ETech 2008   Green Energy (0)

  Saul Griffith of Makani Power and Squid Labs presented on Energy Literacy to open this morning’s ETech 2008 events. Saul provided interesting data on how we could replace existing fossil fuel energy with things like solar power and wind energy. He even made it sound doable. Most interesting was a walk through Saul Griffith’s current […]