Where you live affects when your hometown reaches grid parity and you can can profit from residential solar panels. [...]
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Energy - storiesGraphene shows promise of high-efficiency photovoltaics. Choosing to live where there’s lot of sunlight will maximize the benefits. [...] Reports of a drop in average wind speed suggest that alternative energy source might weaken. [...] By David Stookey, on July 5th, 2011  For many who are expecting to be Raptured, global warming seems like part of God’s will. They won’t try to prevent or even mitigate it. [...] An Energy Efficiency Mortgage can help you buy home improvements whose savings exceed the mortgage payments from Day 1. [...] Lawns are expensive to us and environmentally dangerous to our atmosphere and water supplies. There are alternatives. [...] Cohousing can have advantages any time, but especially when energy, food and other family budget threats loom. [...] Is this the first step toward government effort to reduce the nation’s dependence on gasoline? Even if it’s not, it’s a warning we need to reduce the family’s use. [...] In cash terms, a home or community garden can be a big winner. [...] More families are going to want to move and downsize in the coming years, and for new reasons. [...] Urban farms, whether indoors or out, are an increasingly popular way of adapting to energy and water pressures. [...] A reminder of how threatened our lives are by a power outage. [...] Most of us don’t realize how shaky most predictions are – and how useful they can still be. [...] It’s beginning to appear that all-electric cars do have net long-term benefits for the environment. [...] Prepare so we won’t be surprised? No. We need to prepare to be surprised. [...] Most of the water our family consumes doesn’t come through a pipe. It comes via our shopping bags, our electricity cable, and our nearby gas station. [...] Food miles: a controversial measure of the CO2 impact of what we eat, but a certain indicator of where our family budget is at risk. [...] Some foods take more energy to get onto your plate. Those foods could get expensive soon. [...] Building resiliancy is hard when everyone around you looks askance. There are “Transition” groups to join – or form. [...] Population growth has been pulling the rug from under per-capital improvements. Maybe that is about to stop. [...] Is a giant international insurance company an objective arbiter of climate change information? [...] Planning our family’s adaptation to a warmer planet is complicated by the fact that warmer winters bring more snowstorms. [...] Some states are making it more likely than others that their residents will enjoy renewable energy. [...] Many communities are rushing to put in bike paths. If yours is one, look at whether it will actually reduce the gasoline you and your neighbors will need to pump. [...] If you are hell-bent on buying something with high embodied energy no matter what – ignoring its environmental effects – well, now’s the time. [...] |
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