Read My Lips, No New CARBON Taxes “There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead,” were the words that were uttered out of the mouth of Julia Gillard, while she was campaigning for office. After getting into office her stance changed on a dime. After the election, Gillard announced to Australians that [...]

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No Furnace Required Dr. Gary Konkol decided to build a new home after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He made the choice of building an energy efficient house. The model was designed after a Passive house. Unfortunately, Dr. Konkol’s wife passed away a little more than a year ago. He chose to go ahead [...]

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Li-ion Motors Will Launch “The Inizio” On September 15, 2010, Li-ion Motors (OTC BB: LMCO.OB) will launch its new all electric super car –“The Inizio”. Buyers with get their choice of two versions. The powerful Inizio will do more than 200 mph and the less powerful version will do 170 mph/241.4 km. The LiV Inizio  can be [...]

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Black Gold Is Turning Green When we think of vast fortunes made in the world, we tend to focus on Big Oil fortunes. Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller revolutionalized the petroleum business. But times are changing. Don’t think so? Green tycoons you might ask in bewilderment? Stop scratching your head. What about Zerocarbonista guy Dale Vince? Never [...]

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Global Wind Day – Tuesday, June 15 THE FIVE WIND FACTS 1. Wind works by creating  jobs. Currently the wind industry employs 85,000 people, including 18,500 in the manufacturing sector alone. According to a recent study from Navigant Consulting, a 25% national renewable electricity standard (RES) would result in some 274,000 renewable energy jobs. And there [...]

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World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant In UAE  Shams 1, the first part out of three solar plants, will cost $600 million, and will have the capacity of 100-125 megawatts. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. These systems use the sun’s rays [...]

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The Plastic Car Of Tomorrow Could Henry Ford have ever dreamed that the overall cost to design and build a car would catch up with society eventually? Well, this wonderful article clearly shows that Henry just might have been a century ahead of his time. It’s quite ashame that our so called engineers of today are [...]

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 ReUse And Recycling Glass Glass recycling and glass reuse should be more incorporated into our daily lives. There are no excuses why we shoudn’t be reusing glass containers. State laws should encourage the reuse and recycling of glass. It is estimated that 41 billion glass containers are made every year, and 27 billion glass containers [...]

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Here’s A Great Solution to Power Failures Get into the Green Zone and save some green at the same time with this easy DIY solar project! The Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you everything you need to run your laptop most of the day with free energy, and even more! Another fantastic reason to obtain a solar powered [...]

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View A Collection Of State Wind Maps In U.S. Where are the most suitable locations in America to install a wind generator? Which states generate the most wind? Is it worthwhile to install a wind generator on my land? These are questions that many consumers are asking themselves. If you are planning to install your own [...]

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