By: John Brian Shannon For decades, the coal industry has been the energy sector ‘bad boy’ as far as the environmental movement was concerned. The list of negatives associated with the extraction, transportation, and use of coal are long and well-publicized. Today, however, the coal industry is on the cusp of a revolution–owing in part to proven [...]
I have set up an online community forum to discuss, amongst other things, alternative energy solutions, skill sharing and food growing The forum can be found at http://community.wolfsurvival.com/index.php Are you thinking about where your energy will come from and how much it will cost? Thinking about, or working on an alternative to the National Grid? There are [...]
Bio-fuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These bio-fuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The bio-fuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well aS vegetable and corn oils. However, not all [...]
Mexican character actor Alfonso Bedoya delivered what may be one of the most frequently misquoted lines of all time. The movie in which he delivered it is “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and stars Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. Bedoya played an unnamed bandit, listed in the credits as Gold Hat. But in my mind he [...]
With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three types of energy solutions fall [...]
Lately we certainly have heard an increasing number of about how exactly we have to live green, going green using the products we use, and naturally build with green materials. In your selection of Green Articles, you will read much about Smart Systems, or Integrated Systems while in the “Intelligent” Buildings or “Smart” Buildings. What [...]
Ecologically aware living is becoming an important part of our global culture; we each have a position to play to make certain the sustainability of our natural world, both for now and into the future. Fortunately, living green doesn’t cost you much exertion or money. It really isn’t that hard to lessen your carbon "footprint". [...]
