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Gm: Wants To “Transform Transportation”
May 24 2014 06:20 PM | eds in Green Living
GM in 2013 had 153,034 EV's on the road, and by . . . 2017 wants 500,000 EV's. 2014-05-24 Source: GM: wants to “transform transportation”
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Build A Better Edible Urban Garden
Dec 06 2012 09:50 PM | eds in Green Living
Research at Grow Your Lunch shows that a garden program can be built and . . . sustained with a relatively modest investment. What these programs need, is consistent management, . . . combined with expert mentorship. Source: 6-ways-to-build-a-better-u...
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Vertical Gardens
Oct 12 2013 03:20 PM | eds in Green Living
Vertical Gardens grow food anywhere Keyhole Garden
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“Google” For Renewable Energy Information
Jan 13 2015 02:40 PM | eds in Green Living
“The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), . . . is working to increase the: . . . . . . relevance, . . . . . . quality and . . . . . . timeliness of the information available on renewable energy. The common goal is to: . . . . . . support im...
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Recycling Energy: "operating Reserves"
Sep 19 2014 09:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Grid "Operating Reserves," are essentially plant capacity used, . . . to accommodate short-term fluctuations. It's about extra power generated, that's constantly wasted and seldom ever used. Just because, sometimes, a bit of power is q...
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#malnutrition
Apr 25 2017 05:15 PM | eds in Green Living
When the body is put on very short rations or, worse, is starving, . . . it adapts to the situation by re-prioritizing all its functions. . . . The gastrointestinal tract is essentially put on standby, . . . while the body starts to feed off fat reserv...
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Tesla’S Competitive Advantages
May 03 2015 12:00 AM | eds in Green Living
1) The battery supply chain it is building for itself (and maybe some friends) 2) Its wonderful Supercharger network 3) Software that is several leagues above the competition 4) A reputation for building superb products that “wow” people 5) A reput...
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In Healthcare, It’S All About Mobility
Jul 26 2014 03:00 AM | eds in Green Living
IBM, Apple & Epic, partnership has tremendous potential, . . . to make the business of healthcare much more mobile. The goal is to create a true mobile link between providers and patients, . . . by combining the strengths of all 3 companies. . . ....
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Recycling: Pizza Box
Sep 09 2014 08:20 AM | eds in Green Living
The GreenBox was invented by William Walsh after he got the idea to, . . . Re-Use the top of a pizza box as plates for his friends back in college. Made of 100% recycled materials, that can be recycled again, . . . as long as it remains unsoiled, by li...
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“Customer-Oriented” Future Of Electricity
Dec 09 2014 06:55 PM | eds in Green Living
Although not a regulated utility, the competitive power supplier NRG Energy, . . . one of the nation’s top independent power producers, . . . distributed solar is the key element in moving from, . . . a centralized to a decentralized grid,. It’s not t...
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Tune Up Your Kitchen
Jun 18 2013 01:00 AM | eds in Green Living
Your home appliances do so much for you, shouldn't you return the love? . . . Here's how to keep your domestic machine in peak condition, . . . without putting on a tool belt. Source: Kitchen
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Europe’S Fossil Fuel Exit
Jan 04 2014 11:35 PM | eds in Green Living
Utilities in Europe need to shut down, . . . 30% of their gas, coal, and oil-fed power capacity by 2017, . . . not necessarily to fight . . . . . . global warming, . . . . . . cut pollution, or . . . . . . cut fuel imports, but because the renewable en...
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What’S Driving Climate Action?
Apr 05 2013 12:15 AM | eds in Green Living
German policy on solar feed-in tariffs, . . . drive large-scale Chinese production and dramatic global price reductions . . . . . . driving rooftop solar competitive with retail prices in many countries . . . . . . . . . including, interestingly, place...
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Energy Sustainability
Jan 04 2015 06:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Energy sustainability, is about finding the balance between: . . . . . . a growing economy, . . . . . . the need for environmental protection, and . . . . . . social responsibilities, . . . in order to provide an improved quality of life for, current a...
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Co2 Emissions At World’S Largest Companies
Sep 16 2013 06:45 PM | eds in Green Living
50 firms account for 3/4 of the CO2 emitted, . . . by the top 500 global companies. Some of the emitters in the top 50 include: . . . Chevron, . . . ConocoPhillips, . . . Exxon Mobil, . . . Occidental Petroleum, . . . Dow Chemical, . . . American Elect...
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Tesla: “All Our Patents Are Belong To You”
Jun 12 2014 06:20 PM | eds in Green Living
“Tesla Motors was created, to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, . . . but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us, to inhibit others, . . . we are acting in...
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Energy Conservation
Jan 04 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Easy Ways to Conserve Energy Saving Energy at Home Saving Energy on the Road Saving Energy as You Shop 01-04-2015 Source: Energy Conservation
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World’S Most Affordable Solar Light Bulb?
Jun 29 2014 09:55 PM | eds in Green Living
Nokero’s, Next Generation Solar Light Bulb (the N182), . . . . . . Doubles Light Output, . . . . . . Decreases Costs($8) and . . . . . . Lights the Way to Ending Extreme Energy Poverty 06-29-2014 Source: World’s Most Affordable Solar Light Bulb?
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Solarcity’S Ny Factory = 3,000 Jobs
Sep 24 2014 04:50 PM | eds in Green Living
With the ability to make enough solar panels to generate more than . . . 1,000 megawatts of electricity, the factory could be in open by early 2016, . . . with full production a year later. SolarCity also is expected to create more than another . . ....
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6 Perennial Vegetables
Apr 14 2014 11:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Perennial Vegetables keep coming back, . . . year, after year, after year . . . 1. Asparagus 2. Sunchokes 3. Groundnut 4. Artichoke 5. Rhubarb 6. Horseradish 2014-04-14 Source: 6 Perennial vegetables How to grow Green Beans, even with a brown thumb...
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What's The Epic Challenge Of Energy?
Jan 04 2015 06:15 PM | eds in Green Living
The epic challenge of the 21st century is, . . . filling the gap between energy supply and demand, . . . with clean, reliable and inexpensive energy. While new sources of energy are gradually changing the landscape, . . . products made from fossil fuel...
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3D Printed Electric Car
Oct 20 2014 01:30 AM | eds in Green Living
The Strati, is the world's first 3D-printed car, a small 2-seater, . . . unveiled to the world last month at the, . . . International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago. The Chevrolet Volt, has a range of 40 miles, . . . but can achieve spee...
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Iran’S Water Woes Worse Than War
Aug 20 2013 12:45 AM | eds in Green Living
Iran, 3 of its major lakes dried up, and . . . rising global temperatures, ensure very little renewal, . . . they are situated in a low-precipitation belt of the planet. One primary concern must therefore be water. Currently the average Iranian uses...
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What Is Your Home’S Power/weight Ratio?
Oct 30 2014 09:30 PM | eds in Green Living
You know that a car with 300 hp and weighs 6K lbs, . . . will accelerate slower than a car with 150 hp and weighs 1500 lbs, . . . because each horsepower in the former car must drive 20 lbs,, . . . whereas each of the latter car’s horses must propel 10...
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#energy Efficiency
May 31 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Green Living
Saving Energy = Saves Money The US is only just beginning to tap into, . . . the economic potentials that can be unlocked by, . . . residential energy efficiency. 5-31-2017 Source: #Energy Efficiency
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