Advantages and disadvantage of nuclear energy
Is nuclear energy green – and perhaps the answer to our energy needs? Some advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power.
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Renewable energy guides such as wind and solar power solutions, also includes articles on cutting energy consumption around your home and business – helping you to save money while preserving the earth!
Reducing the environmental impact of clothes dryers
If you need to use a clothes dryer regularly, here are some efficiency tips that will help reduce environmental impact and save you money.
Continue reading →Heating your home with wood – consider efficiency and the environment
There’s nothing quite like the cheery glow of an open fire. But not all wood heating options are created equal when it comes to efficiency and environmental impact.
Continue reading →Save energy, emissions and money with ceiling fans and roof turbines
Whether it’s summer or winter, ceiling fans and roof turbines can save energy – that’s good for your bank balance and good for the environment.
Continue reading →Carbon Capture And Storage/Sequestration (CCS)
Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS) is one of a suite of so-called ‘clean coal’ technologies touted to allow us to continue burning coal for electricity generation but with drastically reduced emissions.
Continue reading →Refrigerator Tips – Save Cash And Reduce Environmental Impact
With electricity prices skyrocketing and energy efficiency an important part of a green living; a kilowatt-hour shaved from our consumption here and there helps our pocket and the planet; as does reducing food waste associated with refrigerator use.
Continue reading →Ammonia – a viable, more environmentally alternative fuel?
When I think of ammonia, cleaning products and fertilizer spring to mind. It seems it can also be used as a "green" fuel for our cars; with vehicles requiring very few modifications to use it.
Continue reading →Gas pills, gadgets and additives – real savings or scams?
Environmental concerns coupled with high prices at the gas pump and the specter of peak oil continues to fuel the market for magic pills, gadgets and additives promising better gas mileage and less emissions. But do they work?
Continue reading →Disposing of Compact Fluorescent Lamps
Compact Fluorescent Lamps have been gaining popularity due to incandescent bulbs being phased out, price decreases and their energy saving attributes – but disposing of the bulbs poses a challenge as CFL’s contain a small amount of an environmental nasty – mercury.
Continue reading →US Light Bulb Phase-out – What You Need To Know
In a small but important victory for the environment, the US incandescent light bulb phase-out has begun – albeit amid some confusion. Here’s what you need to know.
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