Sponsored by Uncle Matts Organics Are you ready to slash your home energy costs while dramatically reducing your carbon footprint? The Homeowner’s Guide To Renewable Energy, Achieving Energy Independence Through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower by Dan Chiras, is packed with the most practical and affordable methods to significantly improve your home’s energy efficiency. Dan’s book is […]
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and are growing very rapidly. The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 19%, with 16% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables.
Cutting The Waste With The Green Scissors Campaign
Sponsored by CreationCare.org Old Tech & Risky Tech= Waste Each year the US government spends billions of dollars to promote old energy technologies as well as new, unproven and even risky ones. Many of these technologies are destructive to public health and to the environment. However, billions of taxpayer dollars could be saved by cutting subsidies […]
Myths, Lies and Oil Wars
Running Into Or Out Of Oil? The myth of oil scarcity is one of the foundations that have allowed four giant oil corporations along with a handful of Wall Street banks to control the world’s largest and most essential commodity: oil. The myth originated in the 1950’s from a speech by a geologist at Shell […]