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solar energy can provide heat and power for your home. It is an affordable way to power your home and it is also environmentally friendly. Once your home is built to tap solar power you will be able to take advantage of solar power which can later ease up your energy bill. Any home can be built to use solar …

Hybrid electric vehicles are a top contender to be the alternative fuel vehicle, replacing the gasoline powered vehicles of today. They are efficient, reliable and becoming most cost effective every day. Popularly known as the hybrid, this alternative fuel vehicle runs on battery electric power and good old fashioned gasoline. It gets much higher mileage per gallon than traditional vehicles …

Hybrid cars are getting more and more popular today. And Ecery one has his own reasons to buy one. A big point is tax incentives offered by authorities every where, secondly you are assured of huge savings over a long time frame by way of reduceds fuel costs and three, it will enable them to generate less pollution to the …

Milton Barnes asked: Basically, solar power is energy that is actually harnessed from the sun. Although the sun is millions of miles away from earth, if we had the ability to harness all the energy coming from the sun, there is more than enough power there to provide all the energy we need for the entire earth. In fact, there …

NYK of Japan is looking into building car carriers that have solar panels integrated in them to help with the ships propulsion. Toyota could end up shipping energy efficient Prius’s to the USA in car carriers that are themselves more fuel efficient. From the press release by NYK: As part of corporate efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels, …

I have found an ambitious company that is trying to deliver what look to be very forward thinking products to the marketplace of solar energy. Solaroad Technologies Group, LLC. plans to release their ElectraWallTM product in the next six months and they have even more revolutionary products on the rise for coming years in their SolarFilm, SolarBuilder, and SunStar Automotive. …

Wilhelm Williams asked: Are you afraid to open your electric bill this summer to see how much it is costing you to keep your home comfortable and cool? With oil and natural gas prices increasing, so to is the price per kilowatt of electricity. What can a homeowner do to reduce the electric cooling bill? One option is to raise …

Joe Thompson asked: General Motors is currently working on the production of the Chevrolet Volt so that the vehicle would be ready by the year 2010. The Volt is an all-electric car which will be the answer of the world’s largest car manufacturer to the growing demand for cleaner cars. Reuters reported that GM is already working on plans to …

Jenny Mclane asked: The quest to develop an automobile which will reduce and possibly eliminate the dependence of the entire human race on petroleum fuel for automotive fuel has led to a partnership between companies. These working partnerships allow companies to have bigger funding and share expertise. One such partnership is that between ZAP and Lotus Engineering. The partnership is …

solar energy' alt='solar energy' /> Bryan Wong asked: Most power plants in the United States and all over world are using fossil fuels to operate and generate electricity. They have been used as an energy source as long as man has learned to generate power. These traditional fuel sources have been around for ages and when man started using this …

solar energy' alt='solar energy' /> Farooq Raza Qadri asked: “SOLAR ENERGY”   Today in Pakistan we are facing shortage of almost every basic need of life like water, gas, and especially electricity. It is the worst conditions we are facing now a days. The reason for that is…well we all know “THE REASONS” don’t we!!! Few days back I was …

solar energy' alt='solar energy' /> Tim Phelan asked: Solar energy has been around for quite a while and most people don’t think about it much except for the ones who are already into renewable sources of energy. Environmentalists have always loved the idea of solar energy but what has kept it from going more mainstream, being more widely used and …

Heather Colman asked: It seems that not so long ago, electric cars were a very distant possibility. However, in today’s world, electric cars are becoming extremely popular and may very well be a large part of our not so distant future. Electric cars have been produced, tried, and tested by many manufacturers and consumers are excited about the prospect. Let …

solar energy' alt='solar energy' /> Bruce Campbell asked: Use of solar energy is becoming more and more popular every day. The price of electricity is rising and the best alternative that we have today is using solar energy. We all know that global warming is on an everyday rise today. The main reason for this being burning of fossil fuels …

solar energy' alt='solar energy' /> Energy Matters asked: These days we are experiencing a growing awareness to the fact that our energy resources, as they have been used in the last few years, are probably not going to last for long and that the energy markets are exposed to more and more rapid changes, some due to political reasons and …

Towson, Maryland, August 22, 2008- The ElectraWall TM (Status: US Patent Pending) Autonomous Power System is a light harvesting electrical generator and accumulator providing on-demand power. The system is designed to demonstrate the methodology and application of a low cost, zero carbon footprint, renewable, green, Prime Energy Source. The ElectraWallTM System is designed to provide a realistic hardware platform which …

Clean Solar, Inc asked: What do you get when you mix chocolate and wine? In the case of Clean Solar, Inc., you get solar. Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Randy Zechman, is the founder of City Chocolate Fountains (the largest chocolate fountain rental company in the United States). Jeff Ritchey is a San Jose native and wine guru. He is a wine …

Michael Dappert asked: Man invents 100 mpg carburetor! Disapperats down black hole! Electric Cars Work! There just aren’t any. Big automakers are looking out for your future! Which of the above statements is false? Are any of them false? Well maybe number one is false. For years there have been stories of inventors that came up with a carbuerator that …

Gator asked: We all know that hybrid cars still need gasoline to be completely dependable. Electric cars on the other hand, suffer from short range and require significant amounts of time to recharge their batteries. So what’s the answer? It’s really quite simple, a “modulized” electric car. Picture yourself driving across the country in an electric car. After 200 miles …

Madison Greene asked: If you have been paying attention to any current events lately you will have noticed the importance of alternative energy solutions such as solar power. Solar power, like many of the alternate energy sources has its advantages and disadvantages. For one, solar panels can be costly and tricky to install, but with DIY solar power you can …