Getting Green Off The Grid

New solar gadget.
Portable solar power for outdoor adventure | Crave : The gadget blog

Just think of how much nicer your town would smell if they did this.
From french fry vats to township gas tanks (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times

Numerous sewer cleanups resulting from grease clogs was the vehicle for the biodiesel effort in Alabama, officials said. Since then, the town has saved $10,000 a year in sewer […]

Getting cheaper all the time…all this demand is awesome.
IndustryWeek : New Low Cost Solar Panels Ready for Mass Production

Produced at less than $1 per watt, the panels will dramatically reduce the cost of generating solar electricity and could power homes and businesses around the globe with clean energy for roughly the same cost as traditionally […]

Need some more of these near Michigan.
Boonville Daily News - News

Visit the Ozark Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Expo at Les Bourgeois Winery in Rocheport, Mo. Sept. 22-23 to find answers to these questions and more. The event will run Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to […]

I am skeptical of this - but having a house with baseboard heating, I am very interested in finding out how well this works, and how true it is.
How this 12inch miracle tube could halve heating bills

The system - developed by scientists at a firm called Ecowatts in a nondescript laboratory on an industrial estate […]

My dream.
Columbia Missourian - Going green to the extreme

Their strawbale home has earth floors, a three-season kitchen is on the deck outside and 24 solar panels are propped up in the front yard.
The toilet doesn’t flush, two pet goats have replaced a weed-eater and their “big screen” is a view of the meadow behind their […]

I just want to know when they come to market. A windmill the size of an old microwave sounds perfect.
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary

Graeme Attey of Freemantle, Australia is working on a turbine that’s just over 3 feet long and 18 inches high, or about the size of a microwave oven from […]

I love all these large companies going green like this because we’ll all benefit from cheaper solar panels as demand goes up. This also shows smaller companies that it can be done.
General Motors Plans 870 kW Solar Power Array - Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

General Motors estimates that the solar array […]

Awesome.
Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e Energy Efficient Desktop PC

The A61e was made of 90% recyclable materials and boasts EPEAT Gold status and can be powered by an optional solar panel.

The more large companies go off the grid, the more demand is generated for solar panels, and the prices will come down.
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