A few years ago, I started looking into solar energy. Just like you, I started with an online search exploring on how I could save money with solar electricity.
I was shocked to see how much it cost to have solar panels installed at my house! The estimate I received was over $35,000 and the payback time for that was just way too long. I certainly didn’t have that kind of money, not even close.
I was resigned to the idea of paying the electric company each and every month until I met a friend who had a solution. My friend explained that he was building his own solar panels for just a fraction of the cost of new retail solar panels. For more info on Green DIY Energy, click on the images above and below.
Cenk Uygur discusses a shocking report by the West Virginia government about Massey Energy‘s safety violations. Massey Energy ran the Upper Big Branch Mine where 29 Miners were killed in an accident last year. Subscribe: bit.ly TYT Mobile: bit.ly On Facebook: www.facebook.com On Twitter: twitter.com www.theyoungturks.com FREE Movies(!): www.netflix.com Read Ana’s blog and subscribe at: www.examiner.com Read Cenk’s Blog: www.huffingtonpost.com
www.weforum.org Energy Security after Fukushima How is the Japanese nuclear crisis redefining approaches to energy security? The following dimensions will be addressed Future of the nuclear industry Impact on energy investments Changes in energy mixes Government leadership in nuclear regulation and development Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli, Minister of Energy of the United Arab Emirates Mir Changez Khan Jamali, Minister of Science and Technology of Pakistan Yorihiko Kojima, Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan; Mentors of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011 Qin Haiyan, Secretary-General, Chinese Wind Energy Association, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the New Energy Architecture Artem Volynets, Chief Executive Officer, EN+Group, Russian Federation Moderated by Geoff Cutmore, Anchor, CNBC, United Kingdom
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www.eomega.org Jason McLennan was named one of the top 40 under 40 most influential individuals in the design and construction field by Building Design & Construction magazine. He is the chief executive officer of the Cascadia Green Building Council, the Pacific Northwest’s leading organization in the field of green building and sustainable development, and author of the Living Building Challenge, an international green building program. He is also cocreator of Pharos, the most advanced building material rating system in North America, and founder and chief executive officer of Ecotone Publishing, the only dedicated green building publisher in North America. McLennan is a former principal at BNIM Architects, one of the founders of the green design movement in the United States, where he worked on many of the leading high performance projects in the country, including LEED Platinum, Gold, and zero energy projects. At BNIM, he created the building science team known as Elements, which set new standards for energy and resource efficiency on many of its projects in various building types. McLennan’s work in the sustainable design field has been published or reviewed in dozens of journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and books, including Architectural Record, the New York Times, and the Globe and Mail. He is author of The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, The Dumb Architect’s Guide to Glazing Selection, and The Ecological Engineer. The Philosophy of Sustainable Design …
www.weforum.org 28.01.2010 Despite the major decline in energy prices from their peak in 2008, energy security concerns have increased as major producing and consuming economies differ significantly on how to develop a more secure and stable energy system. How can producers and consumers develop mutually beneficial approaches to energy security? Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Thierry Desmarest, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Total, France Khalid A. Al Falih, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive, BP, United Kingdom Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Chemical Company, USA Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell, Netherlands Moderated by Daniel Yergin, Chairman, CERA; Executive Vice-President, IHS, USA; Global Agenda Council on Energy Security
GeekBeatTV #224: revision3.com A 3D notebook that doesn’t make you wear special glasses, getting your phone charged without the cable mess, ivy-covered walls that could help you get off the power grid, and a review of the HTC Flyer Android tablet! Glasses-Free 3D Notebook Toshiba is bringing you a 3D notebook, with no glasses required. The Qosmio F755 will be available August 16 for $1700. www.wired.com Charging Without Cables Cables are a pain, but we need them to keep our gear charged. Or do we? The MiniDock plugs into the wall, and charges your phone without a cable to be seen! www.bluelounge.com Solar Ivy There’s definitely an old-style charm to ivy covered buildings, but this new design of solar collector can make them things of beauty to the most modern alternative energy enthusiasts. geekbeat.tv JackThreads Hey guys, want to shop for clothes from your computer? Head on over to JackThreads and try them out. They can save you up to 80% on popular brands. jackthreads.com HTC Flyer Review Geek Beat blogger Leland Flynn gives his impressions of the HTC Flyer and tells us why a tablet with a stylus can be a pretty cool thing. geekbeat.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook facebook.com Cali on Twitter twitter.com Whats your favorite Cali blooper? Leave it in the comments! Thanks for watching!
Part 3 of 3. The complete press conference to introduce the Bloom Energy Electric Server concluded with a half-hour Q&A session. There were significant problems with the house audio system, so the audio here is bad. But you can still hear almost everything and the information is fascinating.
A few years ago, I started looking into solar energy. Just like you, I started with an online search exploring on how I could save money with solar electricity.
I was shocked to see how much it cost to have solar panels installed at my house! The estimate I received was over $35,000 and the payback time for that was just way too long. I certainly didn’t have that kind of money, not even close.
I was resigned to the idea of paying the electric company each and every month until I met a friend who had a solution. My friend explained that he was building his own solar panels for just a fraction of the cost of new retail solar panels. For more info on Green DIY Energy, click on the images above and below.
