When planning your renewable energy installation you'll need to have some accurate weather data to give you a starting point on how you're going to size your system. If you're planning a solar panel installation you'll want to know how many hours of good sunlight you'll get a day in your location, and, if you're planning a wind turbine installation you'll want to know the average wind speed in your area. Read the full article »
2006 Exxon Valdez Spill Video Shows What to Expect in the Gulf of Mexico
The oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico gets worse every day, but we've been assured that everything will be done to restore the Gulf to its pre-spill condition.
If you're counting on BP assuming responsibility and thinking that the situation will be righted as quickly as possible, it's likely you're you're going to be very sad after viewing this video of what it was like back in 2006 at the Exxon Valdez spill site. When the video was filmed in 2006 it would be 17 years after the Valdez spill.
Another Great Deal on Solar Panels
Awhile back I informed you all about a great deal on some solar panels that I found on Amazon.com and as I said the deal wouldn't last. It seems that their 85 watt solar panels are all out of stock so I started looking for another great deal on panels.
I encountered another great deal on solar panels, these ones are going for about $2.34 a watt.
Now that's a great deal and again I have to warn you that it might not last long. Read the full article »
Harvesting Sea Turtle Eggs
Usually when I receive an email that's been forwarded to hundreds of people its contents is something that doesn't interest me and I'm able to just delete it. The other day though, an email was forwarded to me that took me by surprise because the contents of it hit a little closer to home and I thought that I could do something better than delete it.
In the email that was forwarded to me I seen pictures of people along a beach harvesting sea turtle eggs. I've attached the picture to the article - you can click on it to get a larger view. Read the full article »
But surely its better to reuse the plastic bottles than recycle them? Think of the waste hierarchy - reduce, reuse, recycle.
It sounds like the Author has some ego problem with Mr Sowa here. I do not see the problem with this at all....why do you not bleat about the Pacific Garbage Dump (100 million tons of...