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      • Bloom Energy May Be Misleading
        02/25/10
        As I read other blogs in my day to day research, sometimes I come across one that sounds just like me. The following is a quote from YahooGreen:

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        Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely excited about Bloom Energy. I honestly think that their technology is a good thing for the

      • Trash to Fuel
        02/19/10
        This sounds great. I have heard about it on several blogs, including one that makes the following claim: "The Air Force, Navy, Army, and Marines, in a joint effort, validated their technology in November, and the results are now being published for the first time."

        I have done

      • Another Type of Solar Efficiency - Less Silicon
        02/18/10
        Any time you can reduce the amount of something needed, it is a win for the environment. All of the impact of the item is reduced. In this case, researchers have reduced the amount of silicon in their solar cells by about 99%. This is huge!

        With this reduction in material, they also man

      • Hybrid or Standard - Which is Better?
        02/16/10



        This is an interesting question. I bring it up because of an article I read about cars that cost considerably less than a hybrid and rival a hybrid for gas mileage. There are standard gas vehicles that get 40mpg on the highway. There are cars in this group that have few material

      • Organic Solar Cells Get A Boost From IBM
        02/12/10



        IBM is giving a boost to clean energy with a high-efficiency solar cell made from Earth-abundant materials.

        Created from copper, tin, zinc, sulfur, and selenium, it performs at a 9.6 percent efficiency, which is 40 percent higher than previous attempts to create a natur

      • A Green Valentines Day
        02/11/10
        This is a suggestion that I read on another blog, and I think about the best one I have seen. Many suggestions include the purchase of things you do not need, this action is not green no matter how green the items supposedly are. If you don't need it, the transit to get it, the production of

      • Beware The Bamboo Fabric!
        02/10/10
        Those of us that look for green products and try to make better choices often fall victim or find ourselves asking if something passes the smell test. If something smells funny or seems too good to be true, it usually isn't true. The most recent thing to goof us up is the Bamboo fabric.

      • Buying Used and Renewing Things
        02/08/10
        I have mentioned many times that the R's are very important, including the re-use and renew. In this pair, I include things like used cars. As I have personally had some car issues recently, the family van died, I want to share my experience as evidence that I try and practice the R's.
      • Electronic Text Books?
        02/03/10
        McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education and the Washington Post Co.'s Kaplan Inc. are named in a Wall Street Journal article as having plans to make electronic study guides. This is a first step toward electronic textbooks at school. I for one feel that this could be go

      • Could This Be A Revolutionay Wind Turbine
        02/01/10



        Dubbed "Revolutionair," the sleek turbines were officially debuted after a lengthy 2 years of research and work. This is supposedly a brand new, never before seen helix-shaped version of the Revolutionair unveiled by Starck today. I don't know if maybe the photo jus

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