Many of us are making the ever so slow and tedious climb out of debt. On a personal level as well as at the national level, a long put-off realization and rebalancing is upon us: our spending has been beyond our means and our financial lifestyle is unsustainable. Much the same can be said about [...]
Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category
How Going Green is Like Getting Out of Debt
April 13th, 2010 
Justin Manger Wind Power in Texas: The New Black Gold?
April 8th, 2010 Justin Manger A few months ago, on February 28th in the Panhandle of Texas, wind gusts reached 47 miles per hour. As a result, according to an article in Climate Wire, “wind generators delivered a record 6,242 megawatts of power to Dallas, Austin and other population centers. At 1 p.m., 22 percent of all the electricity consumed [...]
I Love the Smell of Wood Chips Early in the Morning: Vermont Biomass
March 29th, 2010 Justin Manger This post comes to us thanks to the beauty of the internet. Traditionally unable to listen Vermont Public Radio (VPR) here in Washington, the internet now makes such once far-out ideas commonplace. The link above takes you to several audio clips from VPR. This link has a story about the capital city of Montpelier using wood [...]
What Will Be the Next Big Biofuel Breakthrough?
March 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson The oil economy cannot run on crude from underground reserves indefinitely. However, a majority of the transportation infrastructure is set up for the delivery of oil products and for the cars, trucks, boats, that run on refined oil (gasoline, diesel, kerosene). According to MarketWatch, late last year the Department of Energy approved millions of dollars [...]
Texas, the Grid, and Alternative Energy
March 25th, 2010 Justin Manger We talk a lot about local energy and using the type of power production that is most suitable for the region in which you live. This is especially true for renewable and alternative energy: hydro power in Las Vegas and the Northwest; solar in the southwest; wind in the plains; biomass perhaps in the southeast [...]
Indonesian Clean Energy Facts
March 19th, 2010 Justin Manger President Obama is postponing his trip to Indonesia so he can focus on the domestic health care battle here in the United States. However, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke recently made a speech about Indonesia and their increasing economic cooperation on clean energy and in general with the United States. Here are a few interesting [...]
Nuclear Energy Is Not Viable, Yet
March 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson We need baseload power. Pure and simple. In order to ensure that electricity is constantly supplied to consumers and businesses its myriad customers during peak load times (usually the middle of the business hours during the warmest times of the day), there needs to be a reliable energy source. Unfortunately, the intermittent nature of solar [...]
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Tags: Electricity Generation, Energy, Nuclear, Stephen Chu, Wind Power 
2 Comments »The Green Apple: Who Will Be the Steve Jobs of the Clean Energy Sector?
March 8th, 2010 Justin Manger Whether you love him, hate him, or are indifferent, Steve Jobs has major street cred. His company makes products that are elegant, well-designed, easy to use, and revolutionary. The hype and excitement that accompanies the lead up to and release of a major Apple product is second to none. Not only that, but the products [...]
Green Jobs Helping Bolster Colorado’s Economy
March 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson Yesterday KUNC, National Public Radio’s Northern Colorado affiliate reported that the clean energy economy had created 17,000 green jobs. According to GreenBiz.com Venture capital is flowing into Colorado for green startups that see promise in the smart grid, energy storage and other clean tech technologies. “In 2008, we had $458 million of venture capital investments [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Colorado, Green Jobs, Green Technology, Jobs, Solar Energy No Comments »The SunGrabber: A Clever Way to Tap the Sun’s Warmth
March 3rd, 2010 Justin Manger This post comes from a 2nd Green Revolution reader who forwarded us the idea. Originally from the Maine Solar Primer booklet 2nd Edition by Richard Komp with drawings by Caleb Crawford, the SunGrabber is a relatively easy way to capture some of the sun’s heat by attaching a home-made solar panel to an existing window. [...]
