http://www.energyplanet.info/blog Blog for the Renewable Energy Directory Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:33:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sebring Builders, a privately owned Builder/Developer is hoping to become a “trendsetter”. In 2006, Sebring Builders started planning to build Stone Ridge, a private, gated community in the small central Florida town of Sebring. With single family homes starting just under $200,000, they thought this development had everything to ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/12/12/central-florida-homebuilder-goes-solar/ At the mention of the term natural gas, most of us come to think of it as a gas that, as the name might suggest occurs naturally. Right to an extent, but quite vague in the true sense of it, actually natural gas is a mixture of about eight ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/11/15/natural-gas/ ECOtality has announced a clever new contest aimed at promoting their fresh new blog. It’s been awhile since we’ve published a review anyways, so this is a welcome challenge. Ecotality Life is a beautiful website. I love the how the images add meaningful impact and color to the articles, ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/10/01/ecotality-life/ FeedBurner is a popular online service that gives website owners the ability to enhance and promote their blog and news feeds. Recently the company began introducing their long-anticipated networking service, which gives users the ability to create and manage feed networks based on a topic or theme. These feeds ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/09/28/green-feedburner-networks/ I hope the price of gasoline and oil doubles in the next year. Actually, I hope it increases 1000%. Why? Because super-inflated gas prices may be the only thing that wakes North America up to the need for change. Public awareness about global warming and climate change has been numbed ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/09/08/high-gas-prices-good/ Leonardo DiCaprio is best known as a gifted Hollywood actor, but he is also a major spokesperson for the growing environmental movement. For some time now he has also been busy inspiring people to take action to prevent global catastrophe in the face of global warming and climate change. ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/19/leonardo-dicaprio-the-11th-hour/ This car commercial features a GM EV1 and a hummer. The purpose of this video was to document the car's existence, as GM has claims they do not have any footage of the car. Those cars were so cool... I'm deeply appalled that they aren't being produced anymore. Regardless, it ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/15/ev1-commercial/ A beautiful, well-designed and frequently updated website community focusing on sustainable living tips and green energy technologies. The daily green tips section includes valuable eco-fashion designs and how-to resources for green outdoor enthusiasts. The forums provide a convenient place for visitors to discuss everything from pollution and climate change ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/10/aboutmyplanet/ Rate your conservation efforts with "I Conserve!" challenge cards - the Conservation Council of Ontario distributes cards through The Beer Store's 441 retail stores across Ontario. By 2009, the Conservation Council of Ontario wants everyone in Ontario to say "I conserve." The goal is not to become perfect overnight, ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/09/i-conserve-challenge-cards/ SmartPower Urges President Bush to Sign Energy Bill SmartPower, in a clarion call to the President today strongly urged President Bush to put aside partisan politics and to sign the recently passed Energy Bill. Both the House and the Senate have passed slightly differing versions of this comprehensive energy bill. ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/08/energy-bill-clean-energy/ As part of our ongoing commitment to bring you the best renewable energy resources, we've now launched the AEoogle search engine. Our newest tool combines the power of GoogleTM's algorithm with the comprehensive resources you'll find in the renewable energy directory. This fruitful combination provides a more accurate and ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/08/07/search-alternative-energy/ Scientists at Columbia University are proposing a revolutionary new agricultural technology that would bring food supplies closer to the end-user. After studying modern greenhouse techniques they have come up with a new concept to build 30-storey skyscrapers to grow food and raise small livestock, effectively eliminating the shipping and pollution ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/06/19/vertical-farming/ Phi Tran submitted this link to me by email. According to Phi, Neo-Aerodynamic introduces a new, history making technology to extract kinetic energy from a flowing fluid, providing “unheard-of” amounts of electricity as the final result; this “rate has not been seen before”. During the development of this technology we ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/06/06/neo-aerodynamic/ This was emailed to me for immediate release. Friends of the Earth Canada has launched a landmark lawsuit today against the Government of Canada for abandoning its international commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. Filed in Federal Court in Ottawa by Canada's foremost environmental law organization, Sierra Legal, the lawsuit ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/06/06/global-warming-lawsuit/ This video raises some serious questions about the perceived advantages of ethanol and the current political hype surrounding its production. Politicians throughout the United States are promoting increased production and subsidies for the so-called 'green fuel', but as this video clearly points out, there may actually be zero environmental ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/05/13/ethanol-myth/ In this video a Wrightspeed X1 electric car out-performs both a Ferrari and Porche! What is stunning about this race is just how well the electric car performs. It shoots off the starting line and very quickly races ahead of the other two cars in both races. I'm very impressed! ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/05/09/x1-electric-race-car/ This solar power tower in Spain acts as a powerful electricity generator and graceful work of landscape art. The 40-story high concrete tower is bathed in powerful rays of bright sunlight and it can be seen for miles. This effect is created by 600 large and intensely powerful mirrors which ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/05/06/solar-power-tower/ These last few stories blew my mind (thanks to the EcoGeek I have hope). It's great to see wind energy technologies evolving, and the concepts sure are attractive. Here we have a beautiful new loopwing tip-less blade design, a collaborative design by students of Archinect that can harness the wind ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/05/01/innovative-wind-power-technologies/ According to Dave White of Mobile Magazine there may be a way to convert carbon dioxide emissions into electricity using Solar Power! This amazing new potential technology is being developed by a group of scientists at the University of California in San Diego. Apparently they already have a working prototype ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/29/solar-energy-carbon-dioxide/ Being the bicycle enthusiast that I am I can't help but notice this cool new toy from Segway. It's great how it can maneuver in tight spaces and stay on two wheels at high speed. The possibilities for this technology seem very promising (as long as it isn't used ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/26/segway-centaur/ Retired Airplane Product Development Engineer Gary Reysa has compiled the most comprehensive do-it-yourself solar website online. His non-commercial website, Build It Solar, contains plans, photos and links to over 500 DIY solar and renewable energy projects. "While trying to find good solar heating ideas for my house, I noted ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/25/build-it-solar/ Artist and Engineer Theo Jansen has been designing and creating these wonderful wind powered vehicles for over 10 years. He uses lightweight plastic yellow tubing to construct the vehicle's skeleton. I realize these projects do not produce energy, but they are so beautiful that I just had to share them. ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/09/amazing-wind-power-vehicle/ The folks at otherpower.com are extremely busy building new wind energy projects, as is evident by the massive amount of information available on their website. Even the most novice do-it-yourselfer could find enough information there to construct a fully functioning wind energy system for their house. There are do-it-yourself instructions, ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/07/other-power/ Yet another update: We decided to move the energy forums in order to better integrate them with our main site structure. The old forums are still online but are closed for new registrations and posts. Please feel free to register an account and help us get these conversations going! http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/06/energy-forums/ For over a year I've been trying to figure out a way to display the latest alternative energy news headlines in a timely fashion. It has been very difficult. We've gone from manual daily updates to daily feed updates via a sub blog. This past month I've been setting up ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/04/06/alternative-energy-update/ EcoPhotos.com is a stock photo agency specialized in nature, environmental protection, and sustainability related topics. Images illustrate what needs to be protected, threats to people and to the environment, and a wide range of more sustainable alternatives. http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/03/28/ecophotos/ A user submitted video from the Discovery Channel. A very detailed and informative introduction to processing biodiesel as a fuel source. The host tours a biodiesel processing plant and gets an explanation of how the process works, as well as how to convert a regular diesel engine to run off ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/03/28/biodiesel-man/ What an exciting and fun website! Designed with kids in mind, Meet the Greens uses flash media to present information about climate change and environmental issues. There are games and videos for kids (and adults) to play and watch. I found myself spending quite a bit of time on this ... http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/03/27/meet-the-greens/ This excellent eye-opening video compares the energy crisis in North America with the sustainable energy models that have been developed in Europe over the past 50 years. http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/03/26/sustainable-energy-europe/ This video gives a detailed overview of an amazing Spanish tower that generates power by collecting heat at its base and forcing the air up through a small chimney. Electricity is produced using a power generator located at the top of the chimney. Also featured in solar power. http://www.energyplanet.info/blog/2007/03/26/solar-tower-pilot-plant/