Gary Hirshberg Talks About Stonyfield Farm
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 at
2:14 am
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Stonyfield Farm CE-Yo talks about Stonyfield Farm’s efforts to reduce its climate footprint.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at
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Rick Giles, a member of Act on Campus, on why he opposes the recent Earth Hour, and why climate change is also a myth. The best parts come in the second half. From TV3′s breakfast programme Sunrise, New Zealand, 29 March 2010 60v 1am 300310 NZT 3384v 420pm 310310 3667v 7pm 310310 8253v 330pm 010410 29000v 7pm 110410 Join the Facebook group! www.facebook.com And the original story is here on 3 News: www.3news.co.nz “Some Earth Hour detractors turn to Edison Hour. After Earth Hour on Saturday night our national grid recorded a 2% drop in power consumption as some people switched off their lights and appliances.”
What You Need To Know About Renewable Energy
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at
12:17 am
There are different types of renewable energy, also known as sustainable energy and green energy. They all have different methods but they all have two main things in common. The first is that they all use one or more renewable resource. The second thing is they all have the same purpose which is creating electricity without causing more damage to the earth.
The Different Types of Renewable Energy.
1. Solar – The process of using solar panels to absorb the suns radiation and convert it into electricity. Another solar power method is using large reflective surfaces to convert water into steam. The steam is used to power a generator, which provides electricity.
2. Wind – The process of using wind to power a wind turbine which converts kinetic energy into electricity.
3. Hydro Power – The process of forcing moving water through pipes or tubes to turn a turbine and power a generator which in turn provides electricity.
4. Geothermal – The process of trapping heat underground then using the rising heat to evaporate water into steam. The steam is then harnessed to power a generator and create electricity.
5. Biomass – Biomass factories burn biomass fuels such as wood and waste to boil water thus creating steam. The steam then turns a turbine to create electricity.
Renewable energy is a great source of power but it still has advantages and disadvantages. The main advantages are that the resources are renewable and they produce little or no pollution.
The main disadvantages are solar and wind energy don’t provide a constant flow of energy and hydro power can have undesirable affects on plants and wildlife.
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Four Renewable Energy Technologies You Should Know About
Monday, May 31st, 2010 at
8:15 pm
Increasing public demand for oil, coal, and natural gas has brought up the prices of these commodities into ludicrous unimaginable value. In a span of 10 years how much would it cost a liter of gasoline? Or would there be any left in a span of 10 good years?
Renewable energy has developed clean energy resources and had marketed its usage over the past years. It has always been vague to use sustainable energy to collectively name it when there are various Clean energy resources which are far more abundant than that of oil, coal and natural gas is. But what are these green energy technologies that offer solution to everyday energy consumption? Here are 4 of them for you to know and memorize.
First stop is the Solar panels. People have been familiar to the solar panels for their trusty calculators but a solar panel that could cut down energy costs is something else to see. Renewable energy marketing has introduced solar panels as an efficient way to provide heat for water and homes but that is just the beginning. Photovoltaic panels convert light energy to electricity. It can surely light your homes and make your energy worries lighter. What’s more is that the sun as a sustainable energy source is openly accessible to anyone and everyone. Renewable energy resources should be further explored, such as the sun, to make use of its abundance.
Second would be bio fuels. Leaving the house hold concerns aside, bio fuels are more commonly used to power cars. Unlike conventional fuels, bio fuel is produced from fermented crop products which are high in sugar or from plants that contains high amounts of vegetable oil. Bio fuel has several other usages such as for cooking and heating homes. This technology has just been further develop in more later years than the other technology but it has been so far the most frequently used by normal consumers so far. It is cheaper than the other renewable energy resources. The technology works on converted cars as well as specifically designed ones.
Biomass on the other hand is large with large land owners as well as farmers. Owning a farm means having more than enough fertilizers to come around. Whether it is animal droppings or just unused crops and vegetables, production of biomass to fuel stoves and farms would be a breeze.
Windmills are not just for windy days. Coming in at fourth is the ever loved wind mills or as we call it today, wind turbines. Wind mills are not just for grinding corns and drawing water by the stream, kinetic power from the wind can be easily converted into electricity. Wind turbines are used mostly in European country because of the abundance of space and breeze coming from all direction. One 3.3 km wind turbine can answer any man’s prayer for free energy. Costly, yes, but for those who can afford; wind turbines will save you a lifetime’s worth of electricity bill!
There are actually so many companies providing clean and cost effective means of alternative energy. However most people do not know of them, as they lack exposure, for they do not subscribe to renewable energy marketing services.
Shirlyn Dee is a co-owner of Keen Partnerships, a pioneer renewable energy marketing company. Keen Partnerships acknowledge the fact that the renewable energy company startups need due exposure, and has the resources and manpower to give quality Internet marketing services for renewable energy players.
She has successfully deployed sites, and has been in the Internet Marketing industry since 2005. Now her expertise is mostly focused in deploying sites for Keen Partnerships Renewable Energy Marketing clients, whose businesses are often in the renewability and sustainability field.
Michio Kaku Talks about Climate Change.wmv
Monday, May 17th, 2010 at
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Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
Friday, May 7th, 2010 at
1:14 am
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In STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN, Dr. James Hansen, the nation’s leading scientist on climate issues, speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return. Although Hansen was Al Gore’s science advisor for “An Inconvenient Truth,” his recent data shows that our situation is even more dire today. But politicians haven’t made the connection between th… More >>