Archive for the 'Alternative Energy' Category

So how long will it take America to stop being dependent on foreign oil? I have no idea but already some are predicting at least a short term glut in America’s ethanol production capacity! “Experts” (whoever they are) “fear” (don’t experts always fear something?) that our ability to produce our own ethanol for fuel will [...]

Work is making way for family life according to the Washington Times. Working at home, split positions, telecommuting and flex time are taking some of the bite out of the 9 to 5 grind. Individuals and their employers are realizing that “an unbalanced work and family life can significantly increase the odds of marital instability [...]

The United States has more coal reserves than Saudi Arabia has oil reserves. So coal companies languishing that these riches seem to fewer practical uses nowadays are transforming the asset into a modern fuel capable of propelling B-52′s and private airliners through the skies…via Liquid Coal And some believe this fuel would only cost $40 [...]

With fears that our oil dollars are simply funding our enemies and making us poorer, there are widespread calls for “hybrid” gas and electric cars. The question remains… if everybody got one, is there enough power generation capacity in the US to power them? This study reports that there is. It assumes several things…that you [...]

For most people, working at home is part of an overall efficiency strategy which includes slashing expenses to the bone… including ordinary electric bills if possible. Here’s some simple techniques one high school teacher used to reduce his electric consumption so much (67%) he was audited by the electric company who thought he’d tampered with [...]

A Home Based Business is harnessing solar power into Ice.  Fred Schuld, owner of The Ice Factory in Landing, NJ has installed 85 solar panels on the roof of his home and business, which will run the ice makers that provided his livelihood for the past 19 years. His company provides cubed ice for retail sales, [...]

The recent discoveries of massive oil reserves in the US Gulf are not hampering voices wanting to cash in on the change to the “hydrogen” economy. Because South Carolina labs studied hydrogen during the Cold War, the state hopes this preponderance of brain talent will make it the “center of the universe” for switching the [...]