Archive for June, 2009
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Florida Town Uses Sunlight To Power Street Lights
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
A Florida neighborhood is using the sun to “see the light”. The Turtle Rock neighborhood in Palmer Ranch (Sarasota) may very well be the first in the nation to install solar-powered street lights.
The community of Turtle Rock decided to switch from natural gas powered street lamps after last year’s spike in fuel prices. [...] -
Supermarket Powers Checkout With Customer Vehicles
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
A supermarket in Gloucester, U.K. has come up with a novel approach to saving energy by harnessing energy from passing vehicles to power the store’s checkouts.
The store has installed kinetic road plates in the store’s parking lot. Whenever a vehicle drives over these plates, they are pushed down by the vehicles weight. This causes rocking [...] -
Google Plans To Corner The Renewable Energy Market
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
The world’s leading search engine is positioning itself to take over a whole market if current research into renewable energy pays off.
An executive in charge of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) green energy programs, Bill Weihl, told Reuters recently that the company could have “multiple megawatts” of clean power being generated in just a few years.
Google is [...] -
Are You Poisoning Your Family At Home
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Do you use common household products like air fresheners, fabric softeners, laundry detergents and dryer sheets? If so, you are unintentionally poisoning you and your family.
More and more scientific studies are being done on these products, especially those that have perfume in it. Believe it or not, the toxins used to bring out [...] -
Green Energy Outshines Fossil Fuel In Attracting Investments
Friday, June 5th, 2009
For the first time ever, green energy surpassed fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation, according to figures released today by the United Nations.
Clean technologies such as wind, solar attracted more than $140 billion compared with $110 billion for gas and coal for electrical power generation. More than a third of the investment [...]