Renewable Energy, Solar and the Ultimate Power of the Sun
Image by Mike Behnken / Creative Commons I have seen a number of posts recently pertaining to famous quotes on a variety of different topics. One post I haven’t seen, however, is something about renewable energy, solar and the power of the sun. So, I figured why not put one together? In honor of both […]
Wind Powered Energy Going Far Beyond The Traditional Turbine
Image by Charles Cook / Creative Commons With Google recently investing a hundred million dollars into the world’s largest wind farm, alternative energies continue to be a hot topic amongst environmentalists, businesses, corporations, governments and investors alike. Opting for a greener, more environmentally-friendly method of powering our world is something many people are actually beginning […]
Solar: May All Your Months Be November
Image by EnecoMedia / Creative Commons “May all your months be November.” So goes the ancient Chinese curse. Well, actually, the curse really goes: “May you live in interesting times.” You see, “interesting” times – those that you read about in the history books – are times of war and famine and terror. If you […]
Solar Edition of the Weekly Greens
Image by Stefano Paltera, U.S. Dept of Energy / Creative Commons Happy Monday! This week I decided to start off the week with a solar edition of my weekly greens. There has been so much, good and not so good, news about the solar industry recently that I figured it might be good to gather […]
6 Cool Solar-Powered Machines (w/Videos)
The sun provides an amazing amount of natural energy each and every day. It’s a resource, that thankfully isn’t going to disappear anytime in the near future. However, surprising enough, until recently it hadn’t been gaining the wide-spread popularity that some said it should. Image by Ricardo Samaniego I mean, with the cost of fossil […]
Weekly Greens – August 13th
Image by Viola Aragon It’s that time of the week again. Time to do a simple recap of some of the green or environmentally-oriented articles I found of particular interest during the past week. As usual, this is not even close to everything I discovered or learned about this week, but it is a few […]
Charging Stations, the Backbone of the Electric Vehicle?
Electric vehicles are gearing up to become the next best thing since sliced bread, aren’t they? Well, that may be what the EV auto makers would like us to believe, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just quite yet. I mean what good is an electric vehicle without a charge? At this point most […]