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By Steven H. Longoria With oil prices skyrocketing, food costs peaking, and the economy in a recession, consumers are looking for a way to relieve the strain on their thinning pocketbooks. One of the ways to ease this stress is to look towards a cheaper, more efficient form of fuel. Here’s where the exciting new bio-fuels [...] By Tom Founder Bio fuels are the fuels made from the decomposition of biological matters. Mostly when the plants decompose, they secret some form of by-product. They can be solid, liquid or gas. Bio fuels are not the same as fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are mostly what we are familiar with including petroleum, coal and natural gas. [...] If there is a running stream or brook on your property or nearby, you may be able to harness its power and use it to replace most of your electric needs. This can be an efficient and reliable way to heat your house and power everything in it that is [...] Author: Dave Tishendorf The windmill, now one of the stars of the worldwide drive to develop a reasonably priced, non-polluting alternative energy source, has humble origins. The first windmills were built to automate the tasks of grain-grinding and water-pumping, and the earliest-known design is the vertical axis system developed in Persia about 500-900 A.D. The windmill’s rise to [...] By RJ Current Geothermal heating is an idea that has been around for a long time. But just what is it and how does it actually work? Steam created from deep underground heat sources or natural hot springs have been used as a clean energy heating source for years. If you have a dog, you have probably noticed [...] By: Jim Newell Renewable energy sources have a few commonalities including they are generally free of pollutants, they do far less harm to the environment, systems that use renewable energy are less costly to operate than those that use fossil fuels. Solar power has all of these commonalities, however solar power systems are costly to acquire [...] By Erin Hunt Using the movement of water to create power for machinery and other applications was first discovered thousands of years ago, dating back as far as ancient Greece, and has continued to be a reliable way to produce energy throughout civilization. In ancient Greece, the Greeks created large wheels that churned through the water [...]
By John Wickley Windmill electricity will play a big role in our future economy and in the way we think about energy consumption. As finite resources in this country have just about been tapped, we import the majority of our fuel from overseas. We spend billions and trillions of dollars on this each year sending our [...]
By Philip Richards Once you’ve bought your solar panels, and set your installation date, there’s nothing like waiting for the first time you can turn on a light from your own energy source! Before installation, you should have a thorough review of your roof. First, you need to make sure your roof’s structural integrity can support a [...] By Christiane Perrin The term geothermal literally means Earth/Ground (Geo) Heat (thermal). Geothermal, or ground source heat pumps, take advantage of the constant ground or groundwater temperatures. These heat pumps use geothermal energy to heat and/or cool your home. A refrigerant loop with a compressor extracts heat from one side (the ground) and pumps it to the [...] |
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