Archive for the 'Alternative Energy' Category

Is part of your home business dream to be work from home on a small family homestead?
Then you may want to check out the resources at The Modern Homestead site!
I was just looking for some information on how to build a greenhouse (a cheap one!) when I ran across Bob Senz’ article on how to [...]

Space Based Solar Panels could allow the US to be increasingly energy independent. The basic technology is available, it is not however commercially viable. Evidently it’s another “infrastructure” investment that’s wasn’t in the “stimulus” package.

And I’m glad.
It’s not something that needs to be controlled for political gain. But the political implications are dramatic.
The company [...]

I’m passing along this article because a huge number of people are really interested in living off the grid. They want to cut down their bills if possible. And frankly the philosophy of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” is getting more popular among entrepreneurs. They are getting sick of the failed society that rewards failure and [...]

The Guardian UK notes that a company has been licensed by the US government to produce miniature nuclear power plants smaller than a “shed” that can power 20,000 homes for very reasonable prices. This was a process developed at Los Almos and licensed to the company.
If feasible (deployment is expected within 5 years possibly!) [...]

I was enthusiastic about The Pickens Plan. It felt as if an entrepreneur was trying to make a change.
His legislative agenda seemed to be about removing barriers to innovation.
It should be about him investing his and his investors private funds in the hope of gain.
But there’s already monkey business afoot … $5 billion in California [...]

Forbes’ article on solar energy breakthroughs is another one of a series of technological advances relating biological research to human energy production: “Solar Energy All Night Long” is about how plants transform sunlight into electricity.
Because, says the article,  there’s enough energy deposited on the earth in one hour to meet our planet’s energy needs for [...]

Update:  After reading this, I’m  sick of “entrepreneurs” who want to raid the public till to finance their  plans.  For me the “Pickens Plan” is quickly becoming about “Picking Your Pocket”.
I have to admit, I was wrong about biofuels. I thought they were viable, but I’m no longer sold.
I don’t have all the answers [...]

We’re in this mess for many reasons, but two that were human error and will take years to resolve were1) Our own politicians’ failure to allow US drilling
2) Our own politicians’ failure to encourage US refinery building
The Air Force, at least, has taken a concrete step to help the situation. Do we have the [...]

This is an amazing article on Making Fuel from Algae.
This process takes the Carbon Dioxide generated by power plants and “grows” fuel via algae.
The man who perfected the process is an Israeli who was saddened that terrorists were invading his homeland and they were financed by petrodollars.
He equates this development to the human transformation that [...]

You can find all sorts of cool gadgets here at Trend Hunter.
One break through that caught my attention is this: Inkjet Printed Solar Cells
In an advancement that could radically reduce the cost of making solar panels, Massachusetts-based Konarka Technologies has developed and successfully demonstrated the ability to print solar cells with an inkjet printer. By [...]