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  Energy Changing Agriculture

  05.12.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Energy Changing Agriculture

  Garden Variety Small Farm In fact, small farms are the most productive on earth. A four-acre farm in the United States nets, on average, $1,400 per acre; a 1,364-acre farm nets $39 an acre. Big farms have long compensated for the disequilibrium with sheer quantity. But their economies of scale come from mass distribution, and […]

• Energy

  What’s New in Energy?

  05.09.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on What’s New in Energy?

  SunRGI XCPV Module As usual, the Renewable Energy Journal has been publishing cool stuff this week. Here are a few of the things discussed this week… Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar – Imagine melding a magnifying glass with a solar cell. What do you get? eXtreme Concentrated PhotoVoltaic. Texas Does Geothermal – Just when you thought Texans […]

• Energy

  You’ve Got the Power

  05.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on You’ve Got the Power

  In case you’ve been missing energy related posts, they’re now available exclusively at Montara Energy Venture’s Renewable Energy Journal. If you’re interested in renewables, it’s a good place to visit. Here are some recent articles: DIY Solar Hot Water Heater – A couple of handy videos on how to create your own, low-cost solar hot […]

• Energy, Politics

  McCain and Clinton: Dumb and Dumber

  05.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Before you read this entry, please read the Op Ed piece posted in the NY Times yesterday written by Thomas Friedman (thanks for the tip Dan…) It would be difficult to overstate the stupidity of the proposal advanced by our sitting Senators and Presidential candidates. Friedman has the right of it, reducing the problem to […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

  04.22.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on DIY Solar Hot Water Heater

  In the spirit of Earth Day, here’s a little project virtually anyone can attempt, if you’ve got any solar resource at all. Most homes spend around 30% of their energy budget heating water. Get 100 meters of black hose, a few connectors, and a place to site your heater and you’re in business with a […]

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