Tag: power
group name: earthhour
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January 22, 2008 11:58 PM EST --
Go Green tip of the day
Wash clothes in cold water. Since 80% of electricity in washing is used for heating the water, using cold rather than hot will save as much as 2,500 kilowatt-hours . . . more
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January 20, 2008 12:42 AM EST --
Today was the first day of the Toronto Star's Earth Hour coverage - which is where I first heard about the whole Earth Hour thing.... that would be the paper that hubby was kicking through the . . . more
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March 30, 2008 01:18 AM EDT --
Invasion of the Juggernauts - A Revised Second Posting
Today I searched through my previous articles looking for one that was still relevant, and chose this. With some editing I think it is still . . . more
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April 04, 2008 08:30 PM EDT --
Boeing announced that it has successfully conducted test flights of a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
A two-seater Dimona plane with a 16.3 meter (53.5 foot) wingspan and a conventional . . . more
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May 04, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
OptiSolar is developing a 550-megawatt photovoltaic solar farm on the northwestern corner of Carrisa Plains, some 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The project will produce enough electricity to power . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:12 AM EST --
The image on the right shows the Anderson Mill, in Travis County, Texas, which was built in the 1850s as a corn mill. Since ancient times, waterwheels and wind mills have been used to grind grain to produce . . . more
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April 24, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
In discussions about global warming, many are reluctant to make 'the first move'. The coal industry points at figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that coal accounted . . . more
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May 10, 2008 09:19 PM EDT --
Originally published here .
The cost of solar and wind power installations keeps dropping, for the most part, with occasional, temporary price rises in the solar area if silicon supplies are . . . more
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May 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
Rising Sun for Electric Cars
Originally published 04/22/08 (Earth Day)
by Roy Morrison in Policy Innovations
Earth Day 2008 is a time to ask: Is my sustainability work consonant . . . more
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May 13, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
From my blog:
Norway is known for producing oil from its many oil rigs in the sea, and for being a source of natural gas, but environmental concerns are changing things, and up to 150 wind . . . more
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June 30, 2008 01:38 PM EDT --
Originally published here .
Volkswagen announced the Golf Twin Drive Concept, a step toward a diesel plug-in hybrid. Jalopnik.com reports that the concept car runs in electric-only mode up . . . more
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