"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Higher levels of energy efficiency does not decrease demand. Instead it increases it. This counter-intuitive effect is called rebound. Thus, expected energy savings and reductions in emissions from better efficiency are substantially less than might be expected. The IPCC made…
In-state hydropower output dropped 50% from the norm in California in 2014. The difference is being made up with increased use of natural gas, as well as wind and solar. However, natural gas power does require substantial amounts of water…
Hydro and geothermal power Iceland, creating electricity and heat for buildings. Power is cheap there so people uses lots of it. And it’s entirely renewable energy too.
Floating solar panels don’t use land, can be installed on reservoirs and water areas not used for other purposes, and help prevent water loss by evaporation. British farmer Mark Bennett has installed a 200kw array on a reservoir and hopes…
Previous studies on avian deaths by wind turbines generalized from studies done at Altamont Pass CA, which have ancient, more dangerous turbines. Modern wind turbines are much larger, slower, do not have latticing, are out of hunting range of raptors,…