Though you probably have seen or heard about giant utility-sized wind farms that contribute to powering thousands of homes, much smaller, residential turbines are also popping up around the country. In the past year, wind turbine sales in the U.S. and Britain have increased by 26 and 65 percent, respectively, despite their exclusive price tag. [...]
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Small Wind Turbine Sales Are Up, but Should You Buy One?
October 20th, 2011 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Green Products, Renewable Energy 
Tags: Chris DeArmond, Tax Rebates, Wind Power 
1 Comment »The Economic Advantages of Green Energy
October 14th, 2011 Guest Author The world is changing, and maybe not for the better. A look at The United States, as well as many other industrialized countries, finds that nearly 85% of energy comes from fossil fuels. Oil is integral in today’s society: we’re dependent on it. When oil is transported or burned, it emits CO2, among other air [...]
Electric Cars – A Practical Man’s Epiphany
September 28th, 2011 Guest Author The green movement was a nonstarter for me. The generation gap was never more evident than at my house. While my son studies green technologies at school, I prefer collared greens and the Green Bay Packers. I’m a practical man. Father and son relationships are a strange thing. On a perfect summer afternoon, we sat [...]
Posted in Behavior, Guest Authors, Transportation Tags: Alternative Energy, California, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid, Tax Rebates No Comments »New Town Builders to Construct Net Zero Home
June 13th, 2011 Eric Wilson Taking a page from the solar decathlon that runs annually in Washington DC, New Town Builders in Denver will complete their first net zero home in the Stapleton neighborhood later this year. As an example of what future homes (and buildings in general) can do, the net zero home will produce as much energy as [...]
Costco Offers Solar Powered Attic Fan 1010TR
May 25th, 2011 Eric Wilson UPDATE: The fan is on sale for $279.99 for the month of June. After seeing the photovoltaic systems advertised on Costco’s regular email and Costco.com (and highlighted in a yesterday‘s post), I also thought about the solar powered attic fan that has been on Costco’s website for some time. Selling for $329.99, the The Solar [...]
My Driving Impressions and Review of the Nissan Leaf: Ready for Prime Time?
February 19th, 2011 Chris DeArmond The 2011 Nissan Leaf is the world’s first affordable, mass produced, all electric vehicle (EV). It comes with an 8 year/100k mile warranty for the batteries, gets a purported 100 mile range on a full charge, and costs only $2.75 to fill up during off-peak hours. Best of all, fully electric vehicles are eligible for [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Featured Posts, Green Products, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Electric Vehicles, EPA, Nissan Leaf, Prius, Product Review, Rebates, Tax Rebates, Test Drive 3 Comments »Five Friday Facts: Nissan Leaf
December 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson Following up on our Nissan Leaf Test Drive post from earlier today, comes this set of Five Friday Facts about the Leaf. Based on government testing the Nissan Leaf will officially be rate at 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. The Environmental Protection Agency’s fuel efficiency window sticker, which provides information [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Electric Vehicles, EPA, Nissan Leaf, Tax Rebates No Comments »Guest Post: Cash for Caulkers
July 25th, 2010 Guest Author Houston Neal is the Director of Marketing at Software Advice. Houston writes for the Software Advice construction blog. He enjoys researching and reporting on trends in technology, and has a particular interest in developments in “green” technology. “Cash for Caulkers” is nearly here. Last month the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5019 – also known [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Guest Authors, Renewable Energy Tags: Congress, Green Jobs, Houston Neal, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates No Comments »The Department of Energy and The Economic Recovery
April 4th, 2010 Eric Wilson Here at 2nd Green Revolution, we firmly believe in the power of a clean energy economy to serve as the backbone of a healthy, sustainable economy going forward. Recent news from the Department of Energy (DOE) provides a glimmer of hope regarding this possibility. The DOE “released a new report [available as a PDF] highlighting [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, President Obama Tags: Department of Energy, Stephen Chu, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates No Comments »Product Review: Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI Clean Diesel
January 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson My mother-in-law recently purchased a 4 door Volkswagen (VW) Jetta TDI clean diesel sedan. After 3,500 mi (~6,000km) I had the opportunity to drive it this past week in the less than ideal conditions of an icy Minnesota winter. Not being a northerner (I hail from sunny Southern California) I found the car to provide [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Biodiesel, Cars, Diesel, Minnesota, Product Review, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates 1 Comment »
