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Archive for the ‘Energy Basics’ Category

November 6th, 2007

Canberra May Become Full-Time Solar Powered Soon

There are already around 50 homes in Canberra, Australia which make use of solar power. And according to the country’s officials, they are planning on paying these solar power using households four times than what they are receiving now “for the unused electricity they sell back to the power grid”.
The officials believe that this could […]

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October 18th, 2007

Recycling With Friends And Neighbors

The nearest recycling center is quite a distance away from your neighborhood. And when you think about it, you would be spending much on gas just to send out just a small number of items for recycling.
One of the things you could do would be to organize your neighbors and your friends. Together, you can […]

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October 17th, 2007

Traveling For The Environment

Unless we all walked to work or to school or to wherever we are going, we are going to ride in transportation that emit harmful gases to the environment. Of course we cannot just stop using vehicles. We can help lessen the gases that our environment waddles in.
One of the most common ways of helping […]

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October 13th, 2007

What Can You Do To Save Electricity

Imagine a life without electricity. Just how dark and dreary our world could be when night falls. And that would also mean no electric cars, no television sets, no iPods, no computers, and no refrigerators.
We all know how important electricity is in our lives so it is also essential that we do our share to […]

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October 1st, 2007

More Home Owners Opting For Wind Power

It is very interesting to learn that more and more owners of homes are opting to use wind power instead of the conventional sources of energy. And as time passes, more and more are acquiring small wind turbine electrical generators for their humble abodes.
Cathy Simms and her husband live in Wall Township in New Jersey. […]

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September 26th, 2007

Sony’s Sugar Power

Last August 23rd, Sony has informed the industry and the world about a prototype that they have been working on. This is a bio battery prototype and “bio battery” when defined actually means a device that can create energy through sugar (and all other carbohydrates).
What does it do? According to the company, the bio battery […]

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September 20th, 2007

Swiss Adventurer Promotes Solar Energy

Louis Palmer is Swiss and he is an adventurer. What he is currently doing right now is he is driving mile by mile to reach all the different places of the world and at the same time be able to go around the whole Earth.
Now we could all do that. What is different about him […]

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September 19th, 2007

Seoul Sets Up First Hydrogen Station

Just a week ago, Seoul has already set up and opened its very first hydrogen fuel station. This is going to be a great help to all people who are trying to look for alternative means of energy especially with the prices of oil surging upwards at speeds you wouldn’t even want to imagine.
There is […]

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September 12th, 2007

Opel’s Share At Frankfurt

Another cool vehicle making its way at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany is going to be yet another hybrid unit. This one is the Corsa Hybrid which comes from Opel.The Corsa Hybrid uses the ECOflex system and it has been made as a subcompact model. For power, the vehicle uses the combination of diesel […]

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September 11th, 2007

Ann Arbor To Have First Hybrid Bus

Are you excited to ride the very first hybrid bus? Yes, there is a hybrid bus and this first one of its kind is going to be roaring and traveling through the streets of Ann Arbor by next week. The bus is going to be part of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA). Also, another […]

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