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Happy Earth Day: Get Involved with Green Energy

Apr 22, 2011 – Happy Earth Day!  Get involved with Green Energy by subscribing to GreenEnergyForEarth.com and writing posts and comments here. List your events,  list and search for green energy jobs, list and search for green energy business opportunities.  If it is related to green energy,  place it or find it at http://www.GreenEnergyForEarth.com.

German Firms Move Toward Postnuclear Economy

Apr 14, 2011 – The New York Times reports on the ongoing move to green energy in Germany that is accelerating since the Japanese nuclear plant damage.  Nuclear energy supplies 22.3 %  of Germany’s electricity while coal provides 42 %, natural gas 13.6 % and renewable energies 16.5 %, according to the German Environment Ministry. [...]

Earth Day: April 22, 2011

Apr 13. 2011 – Earth Day is April 22.  Please leave a comment here detailing what you,  your family and company are doing to be more efficient.  How will you use less energy? Will you get a hybrid car?  Will you drive less?  Will you get an EV? Will you ride a bicycle to work? [...]

The New York Times: Energy Section

Mar 31, 2011 – This is a must read.  Today The New York Times published a special section: Energy.  Go to their website.  Even if you don’t have a subscription you are allowed to read 20 stories each month.  You might as well use up your March allotment today.  Some of the stories: “Can We [...]

President Barack Obama Talking on Energy

Mar 30, 2011 – President Barack Obama is making a speech today on USA energy policy.  He is outlining a plan to reduce oil imports. New fuel standards will cut energy use and save money. New incentives will promote oil exploration and production in the USA. Off shore drilling will be encouraged as long as [...]

Sydney, Australia Plans Energy Efficient Mixed Use Central Park with 11 Buildings

Mar 28, 2011 – The New York Times reports “When finished, Sydney’s Central Park, a $2 billion mixed-use site on 6,500 square meters, or 70,000 square feet, of park land, will have 11 buildings that will be so energy efficient they will be able to export electricity to neighboring areas, according to the developer, Frasers [...]

Chaos in Japan: Nuclear Disaster!

Mar 16, 2011 – Will we ever build 6 nuclear reactors next to each other?  Will we ever build nuclear reactors in earthquake zones such as the “ring of fire” again? Will we ever build nuclear reactors in tsunami zones again? Will we ever build nuclear reactors again? NIMBY.  Unfortunately, “My Neighborhood” is getting larger [...]

Sustainable Buildings from NASA’s Research and International Space Station

NASA is building a sustainable building on earth. NASA’s research for living in space or on other planets is useful for sustainable living. Water recycling is technology used on the space station can be used in building on earth. The effective us of natural light, geothermal cooling and photovoltaic panels  are among the features of [...]

Earthships for Sustainable Living in London, Haiti and United States

Earthships are sustainable buildings often made from recycled materials, capture rain water, reflect infrared light to reduce unwanted heat, use solar power and have wind turbines. Video follows.

Oil Prices Continue to Spike; Libya Protests Escalate

Feb 24, 2011 – Oil price spiked over $100 today and closed slightly under.  Please comment with your projection for peak oil price in the next month.  Alternative energy stocks and oil stock prices are both increasing due to the Middle East turmoil.

Mideast Continuing Chaos and Protests

Feb 23, 2011 – Protests continue in Bahrain, Libya etc.  Libya is a large producer of oil [in contrast to Egypt] and already half of its production seems to have been halted already.  Please leave your comments on what you foresee in the region and its effects on the price of oil and alternative energy [...]

Mubarak Resigns in Egypt

Feb 11, 2011 – Mubarack resigned today as president of Egypt.  President Obama will make statement on Egyptian situation at 3:00 PM today. Please leave your comments here on how you believe this will affect oil prices in the near term and how it will affect movement to alternative energy sources as a means to [...]

Chaos in Egypt

Feb 2, 2011 – How will the chaos and political change in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and the rest of the Middle East affect the delivery and cost of oil and natural gas?  How will it affect the development of solar energy, wind turbines and other alternative fuels and technology?  Will biofuels be used more often?  [...]

Earthships in the Desert – Houses Made of Garbage

The ABC Nightline video below is a story about environmentally-friendly houses near Taos, New Mexico and in other areas made from mud and items found in garbage. Electric power comes from solar energy. Utility bills can be only $100 per year for propane which powers the kitchen range.

Voters Repudiate President Obama and Democrats; What About Green Energy?

Nov 2, 2010 – It seems that voters across most of the United States are sending the Republicans back to Washington in control of the House, but the Democrats may keep control of the Senate. What are the results in your district?  How will these results affect green energy, solar power, wind power, hybrid cars, [...]