An end to greenhouse gas emissions, a global framework to control nuclear proliferation, a preemptive remedy to looming water wars, and unlimited energy worldwide are just a few of the concrete solutions offered up in Tom Blees’s brilliant and timely Prescription for the Planet. Everyone is worried about global warming, energy wars, resource depletion, and [...]
One Block Off the Grid, at www.1bog.org, can make it easier for you to research, purchase and install solar panels for your home. This website offers organizational tools for you and your neighbors to obtain solar energy group discounts! Who doesn’t want to save money on energy costs? This website is truly one of the [...]
The future of solar power depends in large part on its cost. Critics of renewable energy complain in large part that coal and other fossil fuels are much cheaper. In fact, some utilities even claim that they cannot, in good conscience, raise rates for their customers in order to use solar power because they have [...]
Worse Than Global Warming: Wave Technology is by far one of the most eye-opening, thought-provoking books on our current environmental/political future I’ve ever read. Nina Anderson has exposed a threat to our way of life that can happen in an instant. She links the irresponsible advances in technology with an apocalypse potentially triggered by our [...]
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This week, a giant solar reserve project in Washington State was announced. It comes on the heels of several additional solar farms that have been publicized this week. I wonder if there is something in the air (other than the sun), to inspire all this renewable energy development? The $100 million proposal, called the Teanaway [...]
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The debate about the existence of climate change seems finally at an end. We now have to decide what to do about it. Here, James Garvey argues that the ultimate rationale for action on climate change cannot be simply economic, political, scientific or social, though no doubt our decisions should be informed by such things. [...]
Yesterday, we learned about two photovoltaic plants planned in Nevada. NextLight Renewable Power has applied for permits for construction of both solar stations near Primm. They will be among the first renewable energy power plants to come from the Obama Administration’s push for green energy. Ground-breaking should occur in 2010. The Nevada solar projects are [...]
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ReviewPraise for Low Carbon Diet The book is fabulous! It couldn’t be more timely. It’s practical, accessible and effective. Getting people to take on Global Warming at a personal level is critical to tackling the issue. The Low Carbon Diet can make a huge difference. Denis Hayes, Co-founder, Earth Day A ‘how-to’ guide for people [...]
Have you considered solar power, but thought that its too expensive? Perhaps you want to start with a solar water heater instead! Solar thermal panels can heat your water without expensive electricity with the power of the sun. And, you don’t have to live in a sunny climate for them to be effective. Homeowners, small [...]
After WWII, in a memoir entitled “The Gathering Storm,” Churchill described the buildup to war in terms that evoke uncomfortable comparisons. Today, the palpable sense of another storm gathering demands attention as the sources of instability, once underestimated, reach the headlines. But something crucially different underlies this new threat, something not seen before. While we [...]
