tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38367473147099938882011-11-28T12:09:44.131+10:30A Collection of Alternative Energy information, my experiences, other related information and recommended resources.<br> Some of the most useful information I have has been purchased, consequently you will not see it posted here, but you can access this information for yourself through my recommended resources links.Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537021360071617604noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3836747314709993888.post-1765935490759300362010-03-22T08:22:00.000+10:302010-03-22T11:17:49.464+10:30

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by J. BoggsConventionally, electricity is produced by moving colossal turbines. These turbines are moved with the help of various types of energy. Lets look at the most conventional ways of producing electrical energy:By using various fuels and water - Water is heated on a large-scale in furnaces. The vapor generated helps move the blades of turbines. Fuels like petroleum, coal, and natural gas

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by John AshburyYou can install a wind turbine system, when you are ready for an alternative means of energy to power your home. Several things you should consider to ensure that you do have a wind turbine ready home. You may have to make some changes to your home or property and you definitely have to be in the right place.First, you have to consider the wind factor and the amount of wind you do

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by Colin JonesIf you are thinking about a hybrid car, you may be hearing quite a bit of "talk". Some people think the hybrid car is the best thing on the market. Other people say it'll just pass. Yet other people again say they think they can save a lot of money, but you're not sure it's really worth it. What is the truth, and how do you separate myth from fact with all of the stuff that is being

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With the world’s ever-increasing demand of power being more than its supply, it is about time that we take concrete steps to save power. Apart from being conscious about the usage of power and water at home, one can employ pollution-free and cost-effective power solutions at our homes. Solar power solutions and wind power solutions are the two of the most efficient solutions that can

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The shortage of power, the rapid consumption of non-renewable energy, the ever-increasing demand for power supply, the daily warnings about our environment are enough signs to tell us that it’s time we do something. So, what can we do? For starters, how about living off the grid? If I have startled you with that proposition, let me tell you that living off the grid not only helps the

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With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three types of energy solutions fall into the

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When the future of electricity is discussed, quite a number of thoughts come into mind. Let’s look at a few of such ideas. Electricity will be wireless!Wouldn’t it be delightful to see no wires in the house even with an uninterrupted supply of electricity? Will the future see wireless supply of electricity? Apparently, it will, according to industry experts.

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This is one of the best complete alternative energy packages I've ever seen!and it has only just come out a few days ago...The main part of it is about HHO or using water (the site has a better explaination of how it is achieved than I could give here) to improve the fuel efficiency of you car or truck by up to 250%!!!, but the bonuses also include detailed guides on building solar panels & wind

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With energy sources depleting at a rate faster than they are being built, it is only wise that we use the abundant energy available for free – the solar energy. Apart from the easy availability, solar energy helps control environmental pollution. Most of us shy away from installing solar power solutions at home thinking them to be expensive and cumbersome. You will, however, be surprised to know

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If you have been bogged by the enormous electricity bills you have been getting, it is time to take some concrete steps. You can reduce your electricity bills by following very simple steps. This article will list some simple, easy-to-do things to reduce your electricity bill. Limited use: Start with the room you are sitting in. If you were to take a call in

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With all the advances in green energy technology, it is easier than ever to start converting your home into a green energy home. A green energy home utilizes renewable resources to provide electricity, hot water, heat and peace of mind. There are several ways to implement your green energy home plan. The first is solar energy. In a green energy home you can install solar hot water panels

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There are many affordable options to convert your home into a solar home and solar energy technologies can supply for several different uses in a solar home. Passive solar design can provide heating, cooling and natural light for your home. Solar electricity options are available to power home appliances and solar water heating can provide hot water options for laundry and general household

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To truly understand the benefits of green solar energy, you must first understand how solar energy is harnessed. There are two types of green solar energy-thermal and light. Thermal energy is considered passive solar. This type of green solar energy is harnessed through the design and materials used to construct a building. By integrating south facing windows and materials that retain heat,

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Many homeowners today are looking into integrating green energy sources for developing more energy efficient homes and businesses. A green energy source is power generated through renewable resources, such as the sun, wind and water. The other benefit of green energy sources is their low contribution to global warming, pollution and other environmental issues. The most popular of green

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With the rising energy costs and effects of global warming so prevalent today, many people are wondering if there is truth to the concept of renewable energy technology. There also appears to be confusion between alternative energy technology and renewable energy technology. Alternative energy encompasses all renewable energy sources, but includes things like nuclear power and energy from

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The sun is the life giving force of our existence. Solar energy, the light and heat radiated by the sun, is what feeds us, clothes us and provides means for our shelter. However, renewable solar energy can provide us with much more. Using renewable solar energy can provide both economic and environmental benefits as well. Renewable solar energy is an excellent source of electricity.

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Have a great Christmas to everyone!!

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Renewable wind energy is the fastest growing source of power of any renewable energy sources and technologies. With renewable wind energy, the flow of air turns wind turbines to create electricity. As the speed of the wind turning the turbines increases the amount of power the turbine produces increases as well. In areas where winds are strong, renewable wind energy is a smart choice for

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It is true. You may have heard it and not believed it, but you can build a wind generator on your own. Even better is the large amounts of money you can save when you build a wind generator instead of purchasing one from a wholesaler or retailer. It is easy to build a wind generator with the plans and instructions available. By utilizing used auto parts, odds and ends and general supplies

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How would you react if your neighbor told you she was going to build wind turbines? Pretty impressed? The truth is that it is not difficult to build wind turbines and many homeowners are taking the challenge to build their own wind turbines as a cost-effective means to utilizing renewable energies. It isn’t exactly snap-your-fingers easy to build wind turbines either, but with the proper plans

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Solar energy panels have become more affordable in recent years making it a viable alternative energy option for savvy home owners looking for savings on their monthly utility bills and the environmentally conscious who also enjoy the financial advantage, but focus more on the benefits solar energy panels have on global warming and independence from fossil fuels. If you are a beginner to the

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If you are thinking about purchasing a solar electricity system for your home or business then you are joining millions of other energy-conscious individuals around the world. Solar electricity systems provide reliable, pollution free energy from a renewable resource better known as the sun. Solar electricity systems are becoming more affordable as advancements are made in photovoltaic designs

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Getting home solar electricity is more affordable today than 10 years ago. In fact, many state governments are currently offering tax rebates to persons that choose to convert to home solar electricity. If installing a photovoltaic system to supply your home solar electricity is too far out of your financial abilities, there are also programs available to purchase your utilities from an

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Plenty of people have been looking into installing solar panels in an effort to combat rising energy costs. When most of these people see the prices of the professionally installed panels they realize it may not be a luxury they can afford.There is an easier, more cost efficient way to harness power from the sun and that is to learn how to make solar panels for your self.Any motivated

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When asked about alternative energy or renewable energy, most people think of solar electricity. Generating electricity from the sun is a technology that everyone knows well. Whether it is your pocket calculator, home, or workshop, regardless of your power needs, solar electricity can get the job done. Solar electricity has a number of unique advantages over conventional or grid-based

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More and more people are realizing that you can still enjoy modern amenities while enjoying the independence of off grid living. Being off the grid means being exactly that, off the grid. No power lines, no electric bills, and being free of utility grid demands, not to mention their ever-rising rates. Off grid living is environmentally friendly and cost effective and it is an option available

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When you talk about alternative energy and living off the grid, a lot of people feel instantly that they will have to give up most of their modern amenities to live in such a fashion. Many more think this is an endeavor solely for granola loving hippies, whose modest ways coincide with fewer technologies, TVs, ACs, etc. The truth is, living off the grid is a possibility open to anyone. Granted

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With energy resources dwindling fast and global warming changing climates across the globe, more people look towards renewable energies for reducing their carbon footprint. However, even the most environmentally passionate person cannot pursue such endeavors without the proper financial resources. The professional installation of a solar energy system can cost in the thousands, so many

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Living a greener lifestyle feels complicated. But you can start with the easy steps and make a real difference, even if it's a small one at first.Let's start with your light fixtures. As your light bulbs die, replace them with compact fluorescent light bulbs. These cost more at the store but use less energy and last up to 10 times longer, so they can be well worth the money. These are much better

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Fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal are used around the world as primary sources of energy. Because they are being used up much faster than they can be renewed, they are known as nonrenewable sources.Nonrenewable energy sources represent about 90% of the energy used today. These sources are being depleted. Since they are known to have an effect on air quality, causing human and

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I've expressed concern in a previous article about the battery life in Hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius, well here is an article I found that makes me feel much more comfortable about purchasing a hybridAll About Hybrid-Car Battery Packs :Those considering purchasing a hybrid car may be a little concerned about what's under the hood. Hybrid cars have battery-powered motors. Since a

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By: Matthew HickIt is no secret that the sun can be harnessed to provide a source of energy for homes and businesses.The sun is a powerful star. It supplies us with energy, through a process called nuclear fusion, and sustains life on our planet Earth. Solar energy, or energy from the sun, has existed since prehistoric times when men would magnify the sun’s energy in efforts to start fires. The

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Renewable Energy - Practical Home Options As a homeowner, you may be using renewable energy sources. Let's look at a few of these important, powerful sources.If you use solar powered lights to brighten your walkway, a solar cover on your swimming pool or hang your clothes out to dry, you are already making use of the sun's renewable energy. There are many other renewable energy home options you

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A new source of informationRenewable Energy, Tips and Advice - RenewableEnergy-Today.com.

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The cheapest and easiest system is a solar system that is grid connected with no storage capability. In these systems excess power is pushed back to the grid and depending on local regulations and supplier agreements can be credited back to you in this way this system will help reduce your electricity cost by helping to reduce base or parasitic loads and may even generate enough energy to return

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So you want to seriously look at solar electricity for your home/boat/holiday house/etc..Where do you need to start?Well you must look at what you actually want to achieve and this will vary for many reasonsObjective: Reduce your energy costsBecome independent from the electricity gridProvide an emergency back-up power supplyBecoming "green"Things which may alter or restrict your objectives may

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Green Left - Imagine: a real alternative energy plan

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Whether you like it or not and whether you come prepared or not, winter is coming. So better not sit on your couch and wait for it to come like a dooms day, move and be prepared! Winter means one thing: cold air. But for those who are conscious enough to notice, winter means larger electric bills. Yes, it is true. Aside from summer, winter is the season of the year where your electric bills

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A home that's energy-efficient is actually healthier and cost effective. Energy efficiency modifications in your home can eliminate or at least lessen the poor quality of air that's brought in by various weather conditions. One way to make your home energy efficient is to payattention to the building materials and to the house design.In Australia, bricks have long been recognized as a commonly

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Types of Alternative Home EnergyHome energy consumption is one of the main problems of people today. The fact is, we all need electricity to power our lives. We need the level of civilization that can be provided by electricity. However, most people think that the price they pay is just too much for the amount ofelectricity they get to consume.In the true spirit of humanity, people did what they

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Many researchers believe that harnessing the power of the atom infission reactions is the most significant alternative energy resourcethat we have, for the fact of the immense power that it can generate. Nuclear power plants are very "clean-burning" and their efficiency israther staggering. Nuclear power is generated at 80% efficiency, meaningthat the energy produced by the fission reactions is

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The alternative energy consultants tell us that the transition from thepetroleum-driven economy and society will not be a smooth one, on thewhole. The amount of new technologies and infrastructures that need tobe developed and built is staggering-even as Germany achieves powering10% of the entire nation through the use of wind turbines and solararrays, even as corporation after corporation is

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Record high prices at American gas pumps and continued trouble-brewingin the Middle East, Nigeria, and other areas of importance to theoil-driven economy have made it clear to Americans that we are in needof developing many new avenues of energy supply and production. Inshort, we need to reduce our dependency on oil, for it is ultimatelyfinite and, frankly, the cheap sources of oil (not all

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Although it is much less expensive to initially get hooked into thelocal electric company's grid than it is to set up and hook into windturbines, in the long run one saves money by utilizing the wind forone's energy needs-while also becoming more independent. Not receivingan electric bill while enjoying the advantages of the modernelectrically-driven lifestyle is a wondrous feeling. Electric

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If you compare hybrid cars to conventional cars, you can see that onceyou compute the total amount of gasoline you have to use during thecar's lifetime, you should save more on the hybrid car even if it ismore expensive in the retail price department. As you should already be aware of, hybrid cars are much more fuelefficient than conventional cars. You may now ask how it works and howhybrid cars

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Due to the demand of having a car wherein everyone can consume less fueland will not contribute to the air pollution, the hybrid car wascreated to meet this requirement. And due to the rapid increases in thegasoline prices, the hybrid car has become extremely popular. A hybrid car is a means of transportation using two power sources; ituses a rechargeable energy storage system found on board and

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This article I found in my files about Geothermal energy, I'm notactually convinced the information in this article is correct, but I've presented it here as is.Note: This is a subject that I've not put a lot of research into as it is oflittle use to the average household, the area I really want to focus myefforts into.We should be doing everything possible to develop geothermal

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This is part 2 of the description of my project to make a alternative energy refrigerator.To assist the heat transfer we need to have cooler air passing the hot heatsink as temperature change (or transfer) is proportional to the temperature difference thus the cooler the air passing the heat sink the more rapid heat transfer occurs increasing the efficiency of the peltier cooling on the other

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I thought I'd take a minute to outline to you all my pet alternative energy project. Originally this was a single post but I've added a fair bit of detail to it so I've split in into 2 posts.I've been thinking about this project for sometime, one of the biggest issues with renewable or alternative energy in the average home is refrigeration, lighting and heating can be achieved through several

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Four years ago hybrid cars would rarely be seen in roads and freeways.But as more people noticed and realized the great advantages thiseco-friendly cars offer, and the savings they get, more and more hybridcars are now plying our roads. So much so that hybrid cars are now asmainstream as the conventional engine cars that we got used to. But, itwouldn't be a surprise if new developments and

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By Ray Walberg Solar panels may be quite expensive to install, however after theinstallation cost the actual cost of the electricity is nothing. Onceyou have installing the panels and associated control equipment theelectricity should be free. At the moment Solar Panels are quiteexpensive due to the new technology. However over time the costs of suchsystems are starting to fall. Although such

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I've monitored the growing popularity of hybrid cars for sometimenow, and I would dearly like to purchase one for my next car, butI have some concerns with them.Where I currently reside I believe there is limited servicecapability for these vehicles even through the vendor.As most hybrid vehicles I have looked at utilise nickel-metalhydrite batteries, my question (and I still need to do

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Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel forpowering our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source tothe fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The biofuels umbrellaincludes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugarcane, as well as vegetable and corn oils. However, not all ethanolproducts are designed to be used as a kind of gasoline.

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Saving the environment through less gas emissions from cars have beenbecoming sort of a sacred statement today. More and more people arevoicing out their concerns about saving the environment from deadly gasemissions from vehicles and yet are still buying cars. Well, theconvenience a car gives is incomparable, but the damage it brings isastounding. That is why Hybrid Cars have become a viable

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There has been much debate about what is often called "free" energy-energy that can supposedly, with the right technology, be drawn straight out of the atmosphere, and in very abundant supply. The debates are about whether it actually exists or not, what it would actually cost were it to be harnessed, and if it does exist is it truly as abundant and efficient as it's being made out to be by

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Note from Ian:This area of Alternative Energy is one I am not very familiar with thusI'm just posting this article as I found in my files. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the Frenchengineer Jacques D'Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of thiswriting the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the onlyoperating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth.

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The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources,ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuelcells and biomass gases, is one that needs and will continue into the21st century and beyond. We have great need of becoming more energyindependent, and not having to rely on the supplying of fossil fuelsfrom unstable nations who are often hostile to us and

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By: Debra Lynn DaddHave you ever wanted to power your home or office with renewable energy, but thought it was too expensive? Or you didn't want to deal with installing and maintaining equipment?Now there is a way that everyone can use solar, wind, and other renewable energies, at a fraction of the cost. Even renters can power their homes with renewable energy.Renewable energy certificates (aka

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Renewable fuels are an interesting item when looking at alternativeenergy sources, while they are renewable thus reducing the drain on thediminishing fossil fuel resources, some sources such as boi-fuels stillproduce 'Green House' gasses contributing to Global warming, it may beargued that these fuels do bun more efficiently lessening this problem,but they do not remove the problem completely

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The cost of fuel and the damage it brings to our environment has become very rampant, and because of that, hybrid cars are presently considered as very beneficial to the preservation of the environment. The reason behind this is that hybrid cars do not depend solely on fossil fuel for it to have power, but it also makes use of electricity that results to a smaller amount of fuel consumption and

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It is a fact that many people simply love hybrid cars. They love hybridcars because of the benefits it can give them, to the other people andthe environment. So, what is it about hybrid cars that it is nowattracting more and more people to get one for their own? First of all, if you have a hybrid car, you will be able to cut fuelconsumption in half or more. When was the last time you pulled your

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Photovoltaic cells-those black squares formed into an array, comprises asolar panel-are getting more efficient, and gradually less expensive,all the time, thanks to ever-better designs which all them to focus thegathered sunlight on a more and more concentrated point. The size of thecells is decreasing as their efficiency rises, meaning that each cellbecomes cheaper to produce and at once more

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By: Anita van WykMany of us know that solar energy is good, but few really understandwhy. Therefore, I compiled a comprehensive list of solar energy advantagesand disadvantages that will enable you to make an educated decisionwhether on not Solar Power is right for YOU. Solar Energy Advantages 1. Saves you money After the initial investment has been recovered, the energy from the sunis

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In order to know where to find solar energy you must first know what solar energy is. Solar energy is energy from the sun. When the sun is shining solar energy is being produced as it sends the heat radiating to the earth. You can find solar energy anywhere or on anything that the sun can shine on. There is a way that you can utilize the sunlight in order to provide heat during the cold, which is

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There is a lot of energy in the world that we can harness if we just seek to investigate and develop the technologies needed to do so. We can move away from the fossil fuels and the old electrical grids by turning to alternatives to these energy sources. One of these alternative energy resources is wind power. Wind turbines continue to be developed that are progressively more energy efficient and

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Over the years I have spent a lot of time researching and reading information about alternative energy and effective energy usage (energy saving), and it’s practical use for the average family home.I’ve decided to post here articles and resources I have found over the years along with some of my own articles and findingsSome of the information I have tested and others I'm still working on, but I

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