Category Energy

The International Monetary Fund says increased use of cropland in the US to grow fuelstock for ethanol is already increasing the price of corn and other food and that, long-term, this is not sustainable. AltEnergyStocks notes: The main reasons for…

Our new home has a fireplace, and we just had a cord of wood delivered. They brought it in a small dumptruck, emptied it in the driveway, and while stacking it (hey, a cord is a LOT of wood to…

It’ll be a mix of hydro and wind power. Maybe one day, hopefully soon, lots of islands and towns will also be energy self-sufficient. Decentralization of power is coming, we will have multiple sources of energy generation, and they will…

Celcias has an excellent post on the varieties of wave power. There’s enough ocean waves out there to power the planet and more, and it’s all renewable energy. All we need to do is start using it.

AsymptoticLife, who is increasingly off the grid, says maybe it’s greener to be on the grid rather than totally off it, because then you can feed excess energy back into it so others can use it too. Indeed. If millions…