The idea, which is being proven effective every day by companies like Climatemaster and Waterfurnace is a real choice for new construction, public buildings and upgrading your home system. The earth absorbs almost 50% of all solar energy and remains a nearly constant temperature of 50°F to 70°F depending on geographic location. Working with an [...]

Will prices for tracs of land increase under the growing pressure for Alternative Energy production?  Large land purchases for Solar thermal have already happenned in the Mojave desert and outside of Las Vegas where new gigwatt facilities are being built with this well proven approach.  T Boone Pickens has been leasing land tracs in West Texas [...]

Alliant Energy working with the Chariton Valley Biomass Project and the DOE ended their recent test burn to determine the viability of growing, and burning switchgrass as an energy substitute.  All indications to date are that it was a success.  According to the press release, Nearly 16,000 tons of switchgrass produce more than 19,600 megawatt-hours [...]

My next investment is a battery powered lawnmower from a company in Vermont, called Neuton Power Equipment. I am awaiting arrival of the 19″ mower. This is a new model, most to date, have been smaller in width, 16″ and under powered. This makes it more work to mow the lawn, more passes across the lawn, even more frequent cutting because it can not handle the longer grass. I hope this model can fill the bill.

UPDATE: In thinking about this more, let’s kill several birds with one barrel. Or more specifically, how about we (the government) sell the oil to the oil companies at below market rates instead. After all, this was an investment the government made with our money, and for once it actually had a return. Unlike almost [...]

An excellent article about the Brazilian Biofuel industry. They are far ahead of almost all countries with the production of biofuel from sugar as opposed to our idiotic pursuit using corn. They produce close to 4.7 billion gallons a year and are looking for the US as a market to supply. Of course, our policies [...]

Driving down the Mass Pike every morning, by myself, in my hybrid, I always wondered why wouldn’t someone build a Disney style monorail down the middle of the Turnpike. Thinking about it, I guess it is not much different from current rail systems in town. How about a more flexible approach, where you can travel [...]

Again, politicians are playing around the edges and not dealing head on with the issues. We have the resources now to reduce the price of Oil. See article below http://mygreensuit.com/2008/04/25/reduce-oil-prices/ What we do not have is the political will. Recent cable news chatter is starting to focus on the limitations we put on oil companies [...]

This is government information from the Energy Information Administration.http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html In summary, this is where our imports come from; Country CANADA 21% SAUDI ARABIA 15% MEXICO 16% NIGERIA 12% VENEZUELA 11% IRAQ 5% ANGOLA 6% KUWAIT 2% COLOMBIA 1% ALGERIA 5% ECUADOR 3% BRAZIL 2% CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 1% CHAD 1% RUSSIA 0% Obviously we have some [...]

hey have several projects underway utilizing the technology shown below, some in Canada and several on the US west coast. They seem to be running into some resistance and concern from government officials and it looks like it is a slow process to get things approved.