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Fuel and Electricity Price Increases
The local news is reporting an increase in electricity prices in the neighborhood of 28%. I guess it is time to start doing something to help myself since it is obvious that we are going to continue to see prices rise.
Researching Solar Power can be a little depressing. The savings can be fantastic, but the startup costs can be pretty high which in tun makes the return on investment a long road. I have located a couple used panels and I am going to do some research and testing to see how hard it will be to do something that [...]
NYT Times Now Dowdifying Itself
—Ace Draft one, as originally published: "the potential power of Ms. Palin's electrifying speech" Draft two, as later revised without explanation: "the potential power of Ms. Palin's speech" Must be bad at the New York Times. Apparently they have to ration their use of electricity. More at Patterico about a presidential candidate cynically choosing a woman to pander to other women.
Plasco Energy signs contract with Alberta county to turn garbage into energy (Plasco-Energy)
OTTAWA _ Plasco Energy Group Inc., a privately held company headed by Ottawa businessman Rod Bryden, has signed a contract to convert 300 tonnes per day of garbage in the Red Deer, Alta., area into electricity.It will be the first commercial project for Plasco, which has been developing a conversion system that turns solid waste into synthetic gas that`s then used to produce electricity.Bryden may be most known as the former owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team, which was essentially broke w
Ford convinced electricity will beat all alternatives
There are almost as many different approaches to the future of automotive fuel and energy supply as there are carmakers, with hydrogen combustion engines, hydrogen fuel cells, ethanol, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and a number of permutations of these all in development. Ford thinks they are all just stepping stones to the final fuel source: electricity. Seeing [...]
We have 30 double passes for you and a friend to watch the movie, Garbage Warrior.
We have 30 double passes for you and a friend to watch the movie, Garbage Warrior. Garbage Warrior is a documentary and it provides a really important environmental message that we all should be doing, that is, questioning the way that we currently depend on conventional forms of energy. Garbage Warrior provides a solution - energy independent housing that provide all necessary home heating, clean water, electricity and even food. In a time where we are beginning to experience the ever in
Hurricanes
Thanks to those who have emailed expressing concern about the hurricanes. 'Tropical Storm Hanna' passed less than 100 miles to the north of us last night causing little more than moderately heavy winds and rain. We didn't even have an interruption in electricity. A few days ago 'Hurricane Ike' did seem destined to hit us right amidships as a Category 4 hurricane early next week, but the latest advisories now project it crossing the southern Bahamas and then heading for Key West and then on
There's No Reason Why Hurricane Season Can't Be Like Any Other Fall Fashion Season
Fashiooooon! It's fabuloooouuuuus! And there is truly absolutely no reason why you can't remain fashionable even as you're setting up sandbags, putting up storm shutters and preparing to shit in a bucket because you're going to be without running water or electricity for about a week. Make your own electricity, sister-friend! With these stiletto flippers. Because a natural disaster? Is no excuse to look like a fashion disaster. Amiright, ladieeeeees? [Source? Email from my aunt.]
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