Archive for the ‘our energy future’ Category


Using Ocean Waves to Generate Green Energy

Wave power is a method of harnessing the movement of the ocean (and other large bodies of water) in order to produce energy. It’s an evolving science that is not yet widely used, but is gaining respect because of its environmentally-friendly method of utilizing a renewable resource that is available 24-hours per day to generate [...]

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Potential Benefits of Solar Energy

Solar power is produced by harnessing the power of the Sun to produce energy. It is mainly used to generate electricity from a renewable resource (the Sun’s rays) in regions where sunny days are the norm. The result is less consumption of fossil fuels that pollute the Earth’s environment as well as being a non-renewable [...]

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Basics of Domestic Wind Turbines

If you drive around the country roads out here in the American Heartland, you’re likely seen wind farms dotting the hilltops as you travel about. Those farms of extremely large wind turbines can provide enough electricity to power a many homes and businesses, ranging in numbers from a few hundred to tens of thousands. Some [...]

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Green Lifestyle Lighting – CFLs: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Short video describing several reasons why everyone should consider changing from regular light bulbs to the newer compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in support of your green lifestyle! Nice work Lee  … Thanks!

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Huge Oil Find off Brazil’s Coast Kills Alternative Energy Need!

Sounds like T. Boone Pickens might have lost again …. Isn’t amazing how quickly things can change.  Just one short year ago, fuel prices were soaring and the emphasis on alternative energy was in the stratosphere along with them. This summer it’s a completely different story. Though thoughts of alternative energy systems haven’t completely diminished, [...]

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