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The Intergovernmental Climate Change Panel’s 2007 low-end temperature prediction for this century is a 3.6…
September 3, 2007
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The Intergovernmental Climate Change Panel’s 2007 low-end temperature prediction for this century is a 3.6…
Teams from 20 universities have spent the summer building enough homes for an entire solar village. The off-grid, self-powering homes will be on display for 10 days in October on the National Mall in Washington D.C., competing in the Department of Energy’s 2007 Solar Decathlon.
The point of the competition is not to create new building technologies. Entrants have to use commercially available products to prove that their sun-powered home can be commercially reproduced. For Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) university with its access to super-efficienct, NASA-grade solar panels, that was a disadvantage.…
The meaning of Zero carbon living – 5 tips on how to do it and what are the tax advantages going to be.…
You might think the very idea of green gadgets is self defeating. After all its just more consumption, right?
Wrong
The best kind of green gadgets …
BusinessWeek has reported on the hidden problems with solar energy and concluded that power consumption should be as close as possible to the point of production…
The British Energy Secretary Malcolm Wicks was just interviewed on The World at One, BBC Radio 4, where he failed to deny this morning’s reports that the UK government has privately accepted it will not achieve its carbon emission reduction targets. It is planning to slash its targeted carbon reduction, according to a leaked document, and civil servants have now focused on advising the government how to finagle this change of policy with the public and with the European Union where the targets were agreed.
Wicks said “I am not going to comment on a leaked document in August…” as if that would somehow dismiss the problem. Martha Kearney gave him two opportunities to deny the reports but he failed to do so.…
Lists the wide range of renewable power options available to ordinary householders.…
Over 50% of UK households want to generate their own power according to an IpsosMori survey. The main reason is to save money, and the environment is the second motivating factor. Full details.…
Whisper it quietly lest the folks in Iceland get to hear, but the people of Quincy Illinois have taken to describing themselves as …
stove, solar stove, outdoor stove, outdoor cooking, outdoor cooker, solar cooking, solar cooker, wood stove, Propane, Butane, Isobutene, …
Amish reject tying into the public electric grid, but happy to use solar power for home comforts.…
Solar power is going mass market even in Northern regions. We tell you what price to expect and checklist the pitfalls if you decide to run your house from solar panels.…