Recent economic conditions are causing consumers to look at alternative energy and alternative fuel solutions for saving money while reducing greenhouse gases that are negatively impacting the world’s environment. The most popular alternative energy options available for consumers are as follows:
Purchasing a Hybrid Vehicle
Hybrid vehicles are those that use two types of fuels to [...]

How important is it to teach our children about green energy, living green and reducing our carbon footprint? The future of our children depends on it!
It is the responsibility of all parents to teach our children the importance of living an eco-friendly life. It has to be now, before its too late. [...]

Twenty years ago, who would have thought you’d be able to power up your car or SUV by plugging it into a wall outlet? Well, that technology is not only available today, plug-in electric vehicles are now very popular with potential car buyers.
For those of you who aren’t exactly sure how a [...]

The start of a new decade is just a few weeks away. Perhaps the turn of the calendar will also put a new light on the state of the global economy.
Regardless of the direction of the economy, the future of companies specializing in alternative energy sources, especially solar energy, seems very bright.
Two [...]

People are taking “living green” more seriously than ever and being eco-friendly this holiday season is taking on more emphasis - especially in choosing a Christmas Tree. Should you buy a fresh Christmas Tree or an artificial one?
The optimal living green choice would be not have a Christmas Tree at all. [...]

New York City has just passed legislation that is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg hails the passing of this green energy bill because it will significantly reduce the city’s carbon count by making buildings more energy efficient.
According to a report released by the Bloomberg administration in [...]

Have you ever thought about all the household appliances and electronic devices you leave plugged in? Did you know that many appliances, such as TVs, Cable boxes, VCRs, DVD players, computers and kitchen appliances continue to draw a small amount of power when they are switched off?
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that in the [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]