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alternative energy

Advancing Diversity in the New Green Energy Economy: How to take advantage of the green gold rush in California

May 28, 2009

I just received the following press release in my mail box late last night and thought it was worth mentioning.
“While most economic sectors within California are ailing, the clean energy industry – newly dubbed the “green gold rush” – promises to boost jobs and drive development despite dismal economic conditions. The California Utilities Diversity Council [...]

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Home Depot BP Solar Partnership. No Installation Deals here.

May 14, 2009

You know when you want something bad enough you can taste it?  Well,  I have always wanted  a solar system.  Every time, I see those shiny grids on top of a building, I swear they are winking at me.  They are such a tease knowing that I could not afford the system.  In the last [...]

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Humming the Electric Slide with the BG Electric Car

May 1, 2009

We have a love affair with cars.  They create our identity (think emasculating big trucks or sexy mid-life crisis sport cars.)  We sing about them (think “Little Red Corvette” or “Mustang Sally.”)    So if I were to sing about BG Automotive Group’s C100 Electric Car, the first song that comes to mind for this 4 door-Hatchback car would [...]

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One Block Off the Grid Offers Bargaining Power for Group Solar Discounts

April 28, 2009

When I heard the name, “One Block off the Grid,” I thought what a weird name. Is this like some trendy place like SOHO, which stands for south of Houston Street in NYC, or a some new band name which plays less than mainstream music?
So, what is One Block Off the Grid?  Basically in a [...]

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Can you Build a Low Cost Wind Turbine or Solar Panel?

April 9, 2009

EarthForEnergy sells a handy e-book on how to make your own wind turbine or solar panel for under $200. In addition, the e-book is accompanied by two installation videos. Watch the short video above as Wayne from the Company walks you through building the guts of the wind turbine. I had no idea at the time  [...]

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You’ve Got Green Mail March 22, 2009

March 22, 2009

Photo by Cavin B.
Well, it is time again for some great green mail that I received or articles that I found.  Rounding up the list this week are articles ranging from what’s in your vaccines now that they have taken out mercury, powering airlines with nuts,  to giving old wind turbines a second life.
Do you have a [...]

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Gore’s Message to Repower America

February 2, 2009

Why should we re-power America with clean energy? Watch the above short video.  Dirty coal and oil lobbyists are the ban of our existence!  Repower America is urging all of us to support the plan of achieving a 100% clean power mix over the next ten years.
See what Vice President Gore has to say about [...]

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You’ve Got Green Mail, January 18, 2009 Round-up

January 18, 2009

Photo by Henry Heatly
On this week’s You’ve Got Mail segment, I have included seven eclectic articles ranging from an amazing Solar-powered green slug to the USDA’s deregulation of an industrial genetically modified corn crop.  If you would like to add a news item to this list, which can include one of your own posts, then [...]

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Blowing in the Wind is the New Future

August 21, 2008

I always carry my camera these days since green is all around us. As we traveled through Pennsylvania my kids saw the turbines as we approached them on the highway. This is the first time I had a close encounter of the wind turbine kind.
Are these magnificent? I expected to see wind turbines spinning in [...]

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To Geothermal or Not, Is One Reader’s Question

January 16, 2008

The Geothermal features at Yellowstone Park. Photo by Kevin Saff by permission

I received an email from one of my readers, Ronald, who asked the following question in regards to my geothermal post. I did not want to bury his question in that post, and am giving him a separate forum on the site. Ronald lives [...]

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