Archive for June 23rd, 2009

Go Green Easier: Plan Out Your Shopping

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Go Green Easier:  Plan Out Your Shopping
 Go green easier by planning out your shopping and making some very simple changes to your habits. Simple steps will make a huge impact, it just takes a little patient rethinking.  From reusable grocery bags to buying and selling at consignment stores, a little preplanning will stretch your money [...]

Can Wind Solve Our Energy Problem?

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences discusses the potential of wind power as a global source of electricity. The analysis indicated that a network of land-based 2.5-megawatt (MW) turbines restricted to nonforested, ice-free, nonurban areas operating at as little as 20% of their rated capacity could supply >40 times current [...]