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I have to travel a lot for my job in outside sales. Most of this is driving, which is why I wanted a high mileage clean diesel Jetta TDI. To keep me entertained while driving, I like to listen to podcasts. One of my favorite is Planet Money. They recently had a great interview Daniel … continue reading 
What may be the most sustainable community in the United States was launched on the campus of U.C. Davis in California. West Village at U.C. Davis is a zero net energy community; meaning that all the energy needs of the community are met without having to rely on the electrical grid. They accomplish this by … continue reading 
Herman Cain is gaining popularity in the Republican race for the presidential nomination. I like some of his thoughts, but he couldn’t be more wrong when it comes to topics related to energy. I mentioned this on my post “How we can pay less for gas” when I referenced an email he sent to supporters … continue reading 
Getty Images today announced a report called The Curve which focuses on how energy companies can communicate with their customers better, and how those customers can visualize something like energy. From the Getty press release: The exclusive report, which took over three months to compile, uncovers fundamental changes in the consumer psyche around the environmental and … continue reading 
We’ve written many times on solar PV electricity, the most common form of homeowner solar. We’ve also written about solar thermal hot water heating. But another method for utilizing solar to reduce your energy bill is solar powered air conditioning! Solar powered air conditioning works on the absorption cycle. From wikipedia on absorption refrigerator: An … continue reading 
I originally wrote the article below almost 3 years ago in the Fall of 2008! It was before I started this blog, but it was one of my first forays into writing articles to help people understand the basics of electric power generation. It was right before I had the inspiration for Mapawatt (the original … continue reading 
I was waiting in line at the store this evening and I was scrolling through some energy news stories on CNN on my phone. I saw the poll question at the bottom of the page and I’m curious as to who is creating the questions over there? I don’t think this is supposed to be … continue reading 
Crack open the bank! When I googled “solar financing” I thought I hit the jackpot when I found this PDF “The Borrower’s Guide to Financing Solar Energy Systems” prepared by NREL. When I opened it up, I looked for a date when it released, but didn’t find the date until skimming through all the pages. … continue reading |
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