Carbon Tax Control, Or A Cap On Trade?
The cap and trade model for carbon dioxide emissions versus the carbon tax. Personally I have a hard time seeing how cap and trade or a carbon tax will actually work.
Back to the Basics – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
One of the most commonly exercised choices for helping the environment is re-usable shopping bags. They have become so trendy that gossip magazines have occasionally taken to developing photo-spreads of various famous people using their preferred brand of a designer eco-shopping bag. I’m all for fashion, but when it comes to buying a basic canvas bag for an inconceivable amount of money just to say “I heart the world” I tend to walk the other way.
3 Places to Buy Solar Cells Online
Someone recently emailed me to ask where they could buy thin film solar cells. Does anyone know of a good place or how even to connect thin film to end-user applications? I know lots of commercial installers are now using thin film solar, but haven’t seen an end-user “solar cell” from thin film yet. While … [Read more…]
9 Top Selling Solar Panels
According to Amazon.com, these are the top-selling solar panels right now. This is a quick rundown of what they do and why you might want one of these solar panels for your home, car, RV, or for some other application (such as attic cooling with a solar powered fan). 1. Sunforce 50033 15-Watt Solar Charging … [Read more…]
Reducing CO2 Emissions with Concrete
Since commencing production Ecocem has saved over 3 million tones of CO2 and will be saving over 1 million tones of CO2 on an annual basis going forward. ~ (Green Awards 2011 Sponsors, 2011)
India: Making Solar Cells
Jayaraman sent an email today about building solar panels in India. As a part of Green Joyment,I need your help in making solar cells and building panels in India,my country,with sun light for all most whole year. Kindly inform me the process of making Solar Cells and building the panel. Your lead in this will … [Read more…]
Basics: How Solar Panels Power Laptops (Simple)
what does it take to connect a home made solar panel or home build wind generator to an end appliance or application, like a toaster, microwave, cell phone, or laptop?
Are Horizontally Aligned Wind Turbines the Future of Wind Energy?
Rising energy costs are causing issues across the board. Because we live on a planet where everything depends on oil, when the cost of oil goes up, the cost of everything goes up. But because of advancements in technologies like horizontally aligned wind turbines, there is hope for a brighter energy future.
Building “Green” From the Renovations Perspective
Turn It Green If you’re building a house or renovating. Newly constructed homes can take advantage of being eco-friendly from the ground up, but even renovation projects can be built using sustainable, recycled, durable materials. Many of these materials are are energy and water efficient, and they can create healthy indoor environments. Even if you … [Read more…]
Questions About Solar Installation
John sent GreenJoyment an email and asked the question below. If you can help John answer his question, please post a comment in the notes below. Thank-you! GreenJoyment Name: john Subject: 12volt batteries in a series. Message: I’m planning on making some solar panels, with a charge controller and four 12 volt deep cycle batteries … [Read more…]