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Barack Obama – Energy Policy for 2008 Election

Barack Obama’s Energy Policy – Campaign 2008 * Energy ANWR: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area in northern Alaska that contains substantial supplies of oil and gas. Conservatives favor drilling ANWR to extract the oil, while liberals favor maintaining its protected status. * Deregulation Crisis: California suffered ‘rolling blackouts’ in 2001 due to insufficient energy supplies. California …

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Put Your Job to Bed Before You Leave Work

It is good for business and good for the environment to put your job to bed before you leave work. We need to put our work places into low energy mode when we are done, just like putting your home into energy saving mode at bedtime. Giving the electric meter a break when we take a break saves money and …

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New Year Brings About Gas And Electricity Price Hikes

It hasn’t been a happy new year for most this year, the celebrations have been overshadowed by incredible rises in energy prices. Increases of 15% in some cases have left many bill payers wondering why and how they are having to pay for gas and electricity. More: continued here

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Homeowners Should Take Steps Against ‘Impact Of Higher Energy Bills’

Yet another utility price rise announcement could put Britons under more financial pressure, it has been suggested. According to price comparison website uSwitch, the recent decision by British Gas to put up its rates could increase bills for about half of its 16 million customers. The energy company has announced that both prices for gas and electricity are to go …

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Nuclear Power Renaissance?

Is nuclear power on the comeback trail? Well like it or not it seems that is the case. Nations willing to take the risk to fight off the growth of global warming and to fight the high cost of conventional fuels are starting to warm up to the idea of using more nuclear energy in their power structure. China has …

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Alternative Energy Video Channels

Alternative Energy HQ has video channels where you can view the most popular videos on each of our energy topics. Solar Video Channel Biodiesel Video Channel Wind Power Video Channel Alternative Energy Video Channel Hybrid Cars Video Channel Electric Cars Video Channel Hydrogen Fuel Video Channel Bio Fuel Video Channel Water Fuel Video Channel Wave Power Video Channel

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The Pros And Cons Of Solar Energy

So you like the idea of solar energy, but you’re not sure that you know enough about the negative aspects? It’s true that many sellers of the technology would like to gloss over the less palatable aspects, but our comprehensive list below will keep you well informed. We think that the positive aspects of solar power and energy use greatly …

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Homeowners Must Take Action Against Energy Bill Increases

A significant number of consumers may find that their finances will come under further pressure, it has been suggested. From Friday January 18th, EDF Energy is to increase its standard tariffs for both electricity and gas. Costs for the former are to go up by 7.9 per cent, or an average of 28 pounds, while electric bills are set to …

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Solar Panels – A Green Technology to be Seized

As the world braces for a looming energy crisis, fueled by skyrocketing oil prices because of increasing demand for energy and fewer resources to go around, solar panels are becoming a more lucrative and attractive solution for powering our energy hungry world. As the price of fossil fuels increase and as the cost to the environment becomes a major concern, …

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Energy Blowing in the Wind

Wind power has long been a source of renewable energy, as evidenced by the many windmills of centuries past. The flow of air is used to run wind turbines, some of which can produce up to 5 megawatts of power. The most common wind turbines for renewable energy used commercially produce between 1. More: continued here

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Energy Assessment 101

The point of having a domestic energy assessor come into your home is to determine not only what part you might play in saving the environment but also how you might save money on home energy bills such as air conditioning, and hot water heating. A domestic energy assessor can not only advise you on where you are wasting money …

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Incandescent – Traditional Bulb Vs Fluorescent Energy-Saving Bulb

These traditional bulbs consumed fairly large quantities of electrical energy when compared with the Low-energy bulbs. However, the newly invented energy-savers did not push the traditional bulbs out of the market. People continued to use the high-energy-consuming ‘Bulbs’ amidst rumours and stories in the media. More: continued here

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Peace Pipeline – Iran to India Natural Gas

India has experienced enormous growth in population at an average of 7% a year in the last decade. With this growth, India’s need for energy has increased exponentially. In a move that threatened to strain United States – India relations, India signed a $40 billion contract with Iran, promising to import. More: continued here

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Hydro Energy

Water is a renewable energy resource, and one that offers the greatest variation in power production. We can harness the water energy through what is known as motive energy or through the differences it experiences in temperature. Water is nearly one thousand times as dense as our air. More: continued here

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Save Energy Without Using Energy

Environmental organisations around the word keep informing citizens to save energy and water where possible, but few actually do. The average person would love to help the environment but he or she is a bit unsure on how to do it. People also say they don’t have the energy to do it either. Recycling is a good example of people …

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Adding Windmill Power To Your Home

By adding a wind turbine to your home, you are providing an alternate source of energy. Creating electricity using windmill power< can help you reduce what you pay for utilities. Consider being able to live where power lines just won't go, or having power during a storm. Having a wind turbine would be a real advantage for situations like these. …

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Pros And Cons Of Solar Power

As we are all now learning the sun can provide us with an almost endless source of clean as well as renewable energy. This is why many people are now looking to install solar powered systems into their homes rather than relying on electricity companies to supply the power that they need. More: continued here

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