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961: DIY Solar Home -Advantages to Taking Your Home Solar
In a race to keep abreast of the times against a backdrop of the world's energy crisis that is pushing prices of energy ever higher, house designs are taking on new considerations and guidelines. Solar homes are an example of such attempts.
This is even the more encouraged by advances in the research and development on the use of solar power as
962: DIY Solar Panels 5 Must Haves -
So you are thinking of doing a project, a do it yourself, dont know what Im getting into project. For me when I started my DIY solar panel project, I was used to building things with my hands and even I found building solar panels very difficult without the proper instruction. But when you are able to finally assemble your solar panels, and actuall
963: Do Melting Ice Caps Really Point To Global Warming
Global climate change is having a direct impact on the Earth's sea level and a group of scientists led by two geophysicists is providing the sea level 'fingerprints' of polar ice sheet melting to prove it.
Rates of sea level change over the last century vary widely from one geographic location to another even after these rates have been correcte
964: Do You Know About The Bad Crop Growing In The Great Lakes
The Great lakes in the northeastern United States have always been a source of water. People have used them from every thing from transporting logs in the older days, to fishing and recreation up until now. They are one of the most beautiful water sources in our country and it is hard to imagine what it would be like without them. At times in the p
965: Early Warning Signs Of Global Warming
Global temperature in 2003 was the hottest in the historical record, and the temperature increase over the 20th century is likely to be the highest of the past millennium. Global average temperatures have warmed about one degree Fahrenheit (0.6C) since 1900. The ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1987, seven of them since 1994.
This
966: Eco-Friendly Toys For Kids And Dogs
With an increased awareness about the state of the environment, more and more families are choosing to "go green". Making choices that are eco-friendly is an easy process; there are now lines of environmentally-friendly foods, bedding, and cleaners, to name a few. However, many people fail to realize that in addition to teaching children to reuse a
967: Energy Within Using Geothermal Energy
This means of energy production uses the heat of the earth to generate power. Currently around 8,000 MW of electricity, with 2,800 MW in the United States alone. As with many other alternative sources, geothermal shows great potential. In a report released last year, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the geothermal potential in the U.S. alo
968: Enviornmental Hypocrites On The Left
First we had "limousine liberals" - defined as people who claimed to be champions of the poor but who themselves led lifestyles of wealth and luxury and were generally disengaged from the activities and consequences of their proposed solutions. Then we had "Lexus liberals" - members of the upper-middle class who espoused left-leaning opinions about
969: Environmental and Waste Audits Are a Good Start to CSR
Corporate social responsibility is an important issue in these times of fear and hysteria surrounding global warming. In the past and still presently, multinationals are particularly to blame for careless acts of waste often on a global scale. It can appear petty to complain about the waste of paper, or leaving lights on, but it is these little asp
970: Environmental Cost Accounting And Ecological Truth
WorldCom, Enron, Tyco: These company names have become very familiar because they all used accounting tricks that masked the truth about the true state of the companies' financial health. In the end, disaster befell each of them.
What if the entire planet was being run that way? Gulp. Unfortunately, to a large extent, it is. And it puts us all i
971: Environmentalists In Books And Movies
In the movie "The Day After Tomorrow," climate-change scientists turn out to be right - the earth's climate DOES go bad on us, though the end result is global super-cooling, not global overheating. But that was a work of fiction based only loosely on the facts of climate change. Scientists ALL agree that the events portrayed in the movie could not
972: Ethanol As An Alternative Fuel Source
With gas prices continuing to stay high, many people are looking at other fuel options, such as, for example, diesel fuel. Ethanol is another alternative fuel option that can also save you some money at the pump.
Ethanol, grain alcohol made mostly from corn in the U.S., has seen a resurgence in interest lately, including new federal mandates to
973: Even in Bad Times the Oil Companies are Making Insane Amounts of Money
If you follow the financial news and I am guessing more and more people are these days you might have noticed something quite disturbing this morning.
Three major oil companies have posted their third quarter results and the numbers are staggering. First off Exxon mobile the world's largest company posted profits of 14.8 Billion dollars. That's
974: Fired Up Voters Bring In A New Era For Politics
For many of us this presidential election was a side of America we have never been able to see firsthand before. This has been the most fiercely fought election process in our time and what a show it was. It really gave us insight on what it is to be American and the real power the people do have when it is put to use in an orderly and determined f
975: Fires Set To Brazilian Rain Forests To Make New Farmland
What can be done when a country that has possession of one of the most important natural resources in the world are destroying that resource to better their country? This is exactly what is occurring in Brazil and in other countries that have valuable rain forests. These rainforest are essential to the well being of our planet and they are being de
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