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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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