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How To Go Green

Alternative Wind Power

February 27, 2010

DIY solar panel and wind electricity generator can be constructed in your backyard.

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Alternative Wind Power

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Wind Power at Home

November 29, 2009

Given the planet’s ever-increasing demand for it’s limited fossil fuel resources , it’s  time we undertake practical plans to save energy. In addition to remaining vigilant about reducing our usage of power and water at home, we can apply efficient and cost-effective wind power solutions at our homes. Solar power solutions and wind power solutions [...]

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… solar kitchen is powered by Scheffler’s reflector technology, and is situated in Rajasthan, India

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You can even make your own solar cell by heating up copper plates to form cuprous oxide, which is a form of semiconductor. But these homemade solar cells are inefficient at best and only produce microwatts of power per cell. …

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Alternative Energy Facts

October 8, 2009

Discovery’s Planet Green blog has posted some interesting facts about alternative energy that I thought the readers of green-yourself would like.  Enjoy: 600%: The highest average efficiency of a ground source heat pump in the winter, compared to 250 percent for air-source pumps. 15: Percentage of the average household electricity bill that goes toward lighting [...]

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One of the best ways I’ve found to lower my electric bill is simply to replace every old light bulb in my house to a compact fluorescent version.  I thought I was a relatively early adopter in this sense, until I saw this article on TreeHugger.  Turns out some people already have working prototypes of [...]

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Generating home solar electricity is far less expensive now than just 5 years ago.  In fact, many states now offer tax incentives to people who opt to convert to home solar electricity.  If you find that installing a photovoltaic system to generate your home solar electricity is too expensive for you, there are also programs [...]

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Many people have decided to take responsibility for their part in helping the environment, and have found that making their own green energy not only helps save the planet, but also dramatically lowers their electric bill.

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Every business, small or large, should be considering how to go green at work in order to save money and help the planet at the same time. Workers can be very wasteful at work, possibly because they are often not held responsible for their carelessness, or perhaps because the company hasn’t done a good job [...]

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The world is facing increasing global warming, as more and more harmful greenhouse gases pour into the atmosphere.  As a result, many more people are researching how to go green and maintain a lower electricity bill while doing so. The good news is that going green is very easy to do. In fact, if done [...]

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