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Book review: It’s not easy being green

by thomas on September 16, 2009

Contrary to the title of this book, author Dick Strawbridge doesn’t really seem to be very daunted by the prospects of ”being green”. Through roughly 200 pages, we get to follow along as he and his family attempts to green their lifestyle while moving to a new house. If you think you recognize that glorious [...]

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Solar energy and the ways it can be used

by thomas on April 28, 2009

Last week, in my roundup of renewable energy sources, I promised to give each source a closer look in future posts. Let’s start off with the Sun and its abundance of solar energy. As noted in my previous roundup, the Sun radiates almost inconceivable amounts of energy in our direction. If we could utilize even [...]

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Renewable energy sources: What types are there?

by thomas on April 21, 2009

There are many sources of environmentally friendly, renewable energy. This post is a brief roundup covering most of them. I’ll cover each one and their general uses in more detail in other posts, linking to them from this post in the process. Feel free to leave a comment if you think I forgot one! The [...]

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