Save money and the environment! Posted by Gary H → February 04, 2011 at 6:03 PM under Alternative Energy Environment Here are some great ideas to help you save money and help the environment at the same time. Energy costs – financial and environmental Using electricity to create heat is always an energy intensive exercise; so clothes dryers do tend to be electricity hogs. According to the California Energy Commission, the average clothes dryer will cost around $1,500 to operate over its life span. Environmentally speaking, the energy consumed by a clothes dryer can be anywhere from 1800 to 5000 watts per hour, or 1.8 to 5KwHr. Given that 1.5 pounds of carbon emissions per kilowatt hour are generated in the production of electricity by a coal fired power station (give or take a bit), over a year this comes to a considerable amount. Benefits of line drying The benefits of a solar clothes dryer, aka a clothes line are many; here’s just a few: – Initial outlay is cheaper than a clothes dryer – No ongoing energy costs – No greenhouse gas emissions from usage – The sun helps to kill bacteria – A fresh smell for your clothes without the use of chemicals Read more: http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/254/1/Line-drying-and-clothes-lines.html 0 Comments
QUEENSLAND FLOOD AFTERMATH Posted by Stephen P → January 31, 2011 at 6:55 PM under Environment News and Events QUEENSLAND FLOOD AFTERMATH Although the flood waters have receded in the Australian city of Brisbane there is still a huge amount of clean up work to do. The army of volunteers who have been working tirelessly since the flooding have a mountain of work to do before order is restored to the suburbs of Queensland’s capital city. To learn more go to: http://magsx2.wordpress.com/ 0 Comments
Electric cars Posted by Gary H → January 30, 2011 at 6:44 PM under Alternative Energy Environment Here is an interesting article about electric cars… A transition to electric cars isn’t just a matter of the cars, but also of the infrastructure that goes with them, including public charging stations. The Electric Power Research Institute and the Tennessee Valley Authority plan to cut the ribbon on Tuesday on a prototype of a new kind of charging station, one that uses solar cells and batteries. But they do not work together in quite the way the public might expect. The initial installation has six parking stalls, one of them extra wide for handicapped drivers, with carport roofs covered with solar panels. There are three refrigerator-size battery packs in a building that is heated and air-conditioned. Read more on: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/if-you-build-it-will-they-charge/ 0 Comments
Colder Winters Posted by Toby J → January 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM under Environment I read this interesting article about the recent cold snaps in the USA and Europe; For two winters running, an Arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying that continent in snow and ice. Last year in the United States, historic blizzards afflicted the mid-Atlantic region. This winter the Deep South has endured unusual snowstorms and severe cold, and a frigid Northeast is bracing for what could shape into another major snowstorm this week. Yet while people in Atlanta learn to shovel snow, the weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past two winters. Throughout northeastern Canada and Greenland, temperatures in December ran as much as 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Bays and lakes have been slow to freeze; ice fishing, hunting and trade routes have been disrupted. To learn more go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/science/earth/25cold.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss 0 Comments
Recycling Posted by Gary H → January 27, 2011 at 6:11 PM under Alternative Energy Environment This is a great use for materials which would otherwise go to land fill. The Big Dig House, a recycled house – was designed by SsD Architects, located in Lexington, and Massachusetts. This house constructed using industrial waste with steel and concrete rejects, which are throw-outs of elevated part of dismantle I-93 highway.It is 600,000 lbs throw outs are used to construct Boston’s Big Dig House. This recycled house features great room, kitchen, home office, 3 bedrooms, and 3 baths. This prototype house was built to demonstrate how infrastructural refuse can be salvaged and reused. To read more go to: http://www.neathome.net/recycled-house-at-massachusetts-big-dig-house 0 Comments
Wind farms in South Korea Posted by John K. → January 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM under Alternative Energy Environment South Korea plans huge off-shore wind farm Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. However, scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source. Asian countries are also trying to embrace clean and green energy. South Korea is going for an ambitious off-shore wind farm amounting to $8.3 billion. This project will be executed at the western coast of the Korean peninsula taking a time period of ten years. To read whole story go to: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/south-korea-off-shore-wind-farm/ 0 Comments
Top 3 Ideas from Sony on environment Posted by Gary H → January 20, 2011 at 7:57 PM under Environment 0 Comments
