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1888 -- Charles F. Brush's 60 ft, 80,000 lb turbine supplied 12kW power to 350 incandescent lights, 2 arc lights, and a number of motors at his home for 20 years.80

How to Find the Top 25 Green Collar Jobs

A "green-collar" job is one connected to eco-friendly products and services. Examples are recycling operations, alternate (renewable/sustainable) energy sources, clean technology, construction via green...

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Introduction to Climate Change and Global Warming

Global warming and climate change has been the main topic of environmental debate in the last decade. While almost every other category of debate about the environment is usually isolated to a specific...

4 comments    global warming poverty issues
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Ways to improve your carbon footprint in 2009

A carbon footprint is the total amount of GHG (greenhouse gases) emissions, assessed in carbon dioxide units (tonnes of CO2 equivalent / year), caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization,...

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Could this be what's really responsible for climate change?  (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/canfield/ssu_images/sunspots.gif)90

Confessions of an eco-sceptic: how I came to believe in natural causes of global warming

I've rethought my beliefs on global warming and become one of the global warming skeptics. Global warming is not man made, and carbon trade causes more problems than it solves.

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GLOBAL WARMING: LAST CHANCE TO SAVE YOUR ONLY PLANET

  GLOBAL WARMING: LAST CHANCE TO SAVE YOUR ONLY PLANET     Yes, heard that right…you have just one last chance to save your only planet…before things reach the point of no return. No, this...

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The Return of the Clothesline Debate

Clotheslines are both romantic and practical. They have been the backdrop for women's movements, movies and many a warm backyard memory. Before clothes dryers gained popularity as a must have convenience, the...

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BioDiesel As an Alternative Fuel Choice

Bio-diesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, which is produced from domestic, renewable resources. Bio-diesel does not contain petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum...

0 comments    technology automotive carbon
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Is Carbon Trading a lot of hot air ? What is it ? Who benefits from it ?

Carbon trading has been in the news recently ... it is mentioned frequently when climate change is talked about. I have always wondered how can you offset...

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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint With Solar Energy

As much as we hate to believe it as we go through each and every day, our lives are but a speck of sand on the beach. This planet that we inhabit does not belong to us, but to all future generations. The...

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Planet Future

This acceleration is caused not only by ever more extravagant overuse in the rich world, but also by increasing numbers of people in poorer countries becoming able to afford a better standard of living. The...

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