From the current issue of All You Magazine “Live Green and Save”… 1. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs ). Swap a regular 110-watt bulb for a 32-watt CFL, which uses almost 70% less energy. Plus, it lasts 10 times longer! (Savings: $30 in energy for the life of a bulb) 2. Put your computer on […]
Read MoreI just heard (for the first time) of algae oil, having power producing capabilities. I was watching the news Sunday morning, and saw a story about a guy named Glenn Kurtz in El Paso Tx. He says that he can produce 100,000 gallons of fuel per acre per year. Compare that to corn at only […]
Read MoreGeothermal energy is used for electrical power production in 21 countries, and supplies significant amounts of electricity to countries such as the Philippines, where 27 percent of electricity derives from geothermal sources. Geothermal energy is a mainstay of the Icelandic economy, and is also heavily exploited in the United States, with 43 geothermal plants. Geothermal […]
Read MoreThe worldwide energy systems are not sustainable! The economies of industrial countries, as well as the economies of rapidly developing third-world countries, are completely dependent on fossil fuels, specifically coal, oil and natural gas. Coal, oil and natural gas are non-renewable natural resources that we will exhaust one day. In fact many predictions made decades […]
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