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09
May
2008
10 ways to save money with efficient lighting
Posted by admin as Efficient Lighting
1. CFL: The better bulb Compact florescent bulbs (CFLs) are those swirley little guys that look like soft-serve ice cream cones. Actually, they come in a myriad of different shapes, sizes, and colors of light. Economically speaking, they’re a great deal, too. CFLs cost a bit more than an incandescent, but use about a quarter [...]
09
May
2008
200 mile per gallon VW to be on the road in 2010
Posted by admin as Autos
Hank Green at ecogeek.org reports on the latest about VW’s 1LE:
VW has been talking for a long time about their 1L concept, so called because it uses a measly 1 liter of gasoline to go 100 km. For us Americans, that translates to about 230 miles per gallon. Of course, the amazing mileage comes at [...]
09
May
2008
New Wind Turbine Design Increases Efficiency 4 fold
Posted by admin as Wind Power
naturalexistence.com, by Adam Beazley. A company called FlowDesign has taken a page from the aeronautical engineering field and designed a type of “Jet Engine” wind turbine. These new wind turbines are said to be able to produce four times more electricity than typical wind turbines. Not only that, but because of their design, they can [...]
09
May
2008
“Solar thermal is ready to go for prime time”
Posted by admin as Solar
Large solar thermal power plants, which use the sun’s heat to generate electricity, could generate 715,000 megawatts of electricity in Nevada without greenhouse gases that lead to global warming, an advocacy group said Thursday in a new report.
Benjamin Schreiber, staff attorney for Environment America, the group that made the report, ranked solar power considerations high [...]
05
May
2008
Used frying oil gets second life in a car
Posted by admin as Autos
It’s give and take for Sysco sales rep Michael Cohen. Not only does he provide business-building services for his operator customers, but he also relieves them of their used vegetable oil. Why? It fuels his Mercedes. Cohen has been a marketing associate at Hallsmith-Sysco outside of Boston for 20 years. His job requires a lot [...]