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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition (Paperback)

All the power you need is already there. This third edition helps readers understand the basics of solar (photovoltaic) power and explore whether it makes sense for them, what their options are, and...

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The Future Of Solar Cars

Cars are known as one of the most polluting devices in the world due to their sheer number and frequency of use, so using more eco-friendly technology is always welcome. While hybrid cars do limit the...

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How to Brighten Your Landscape With Solar Powered Decor

Solar power is the greenest, most efficient, and now the most beautiful way to decorate outdoor landscapes. There are many different styles of solar-powered lighting fixtures available for your outdoor...

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Top 5 Solar Power Products for Your Home

Whenever you mention anything solar, most people just think about solar panels that go on the roof. Solar panels are great for the home, but there are a lot of other products out there that do amazing...

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How to Clean Solar Lights and Panels

Solar lights and panels have become very popular sources of lighting and electricity. Not only do they increase functionality by providing light or electricity inside and outside your home, but they...

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Why Japan Will Turn to Solar Energy Following Fukushima

As the dire news continues to leach out of Fukishima, the silver lining in its nuclear cloud is that renewable energy technologies, despite their daunting start-up costs, are receiving renewed...

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Power Source Options for Off-Grid Cabins

It's becoming more and more common in today's technologically advanced society for people to gravitate towards a lifestyle set in nature--one that doesn't depend on the rest of the world for any day to...

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Can Solar Energy be the Best Substitute of Hydro Power?

Human progress and development has its visible impacts on the world as well as on the eco-system. Sadly, the more it has aided in improvising our life styles, the more it has caused damage to the...

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Do Solar Panels Make for a Sensible Investment for your Home?

For all the widespread agreement on the need for cleaner energy, it appears that the real key to making the world a greener place is to offer a financial incentive.  Over the last few years, western...

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How to Make Your Own Wind Power

In today’s day and age, electricity is definitely not cheap. Given the rising costs of this much-needed utility, it is no wonder people everywhere have started turning to wind power as a renewable,...

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4 Clever Solar Powered School Supplies

It’s time to go back to school! Cut down on your fossil fuel energy usage this year by using the following four tech-savvy solar powered gadgets. These supplies aren’t just cool, they are also useful,...

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Solar-Powered Picnic Tables Pop up on Campuses

By now, I'm sure the majority of you have heard of or seen energy-efficient, solar-powered chargers such as this one by XTG Technology. Converting the sun's rays into usable energy, this product offers...

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How Solar Energy & Going Green Can Charge Up Your Life

By Scott Humphrey The future of fossil fuel energy production is portending, to say the least.  What’s even more concerning is the refusal of government to take charge and push full on for alternative...

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Which Is Better: Wind Turbines Or Solar Panels?

***The following is a guest post for The Solar Power Blog by Barbara Fix.*** Many of us are searching for ways to reduce our utility bills and to be more self-sufficient  through the use of alternative...

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Homebrew: How Biodiesel Is Made

What is biodiesel, exactly? True biodiesel is a fatty acid ester. These esters are made by reacting fats with a catalyst and an alcohol, usually methanol, in a process called transesterification....

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Asia’s Crude Oil Imports From Iran Increase

On July 1, 2012, the European Union stopped insuring tankers leaving out of Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been the source of much tension in global politics as the republic seeks to strengthen...

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EverLight’s Zero Landfill Recycling Process: What Do They Do With Your Light...

Fluorescent light bulbs can last up to ten times longer than traditional bulbs and are up to 75% more energy efficient than their incandescent counterparts. Better still, almost every part of a...

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The Future of Energy – Top 5 Alternative Sources of Energy

New sources of energy will be required if our current technology-dependent society is to continue. Fossil fuels have given our society a huge lift as far as energy goes. Few technologies we have...

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22 Things to Do Around Your Survivalist Homestead When It’s Cloudy and You...

by SurvivingSurvivalism.com We had an elongated “monsoon” season this year.  It rained about 4 weeks longer than usual. And it  stayed cloudy most of that time.  This led to precious little time...

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Why More People Should Get Involved in Recycling Bulbs

Because of the sheer quantities of trash that modern humans produce, space in landfills is at a premium. This should be enough of a reason to recycle anything that can be, but there are additional...

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