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Electricity is wonderful, but because most of it comes from coal it can damage our planet. How can you get power and protect the planet at the same time? More: continued here

With gas prices set to rise by around 15% in 2008, many householders in the UK are wondering where they’re going to get the extra money from. It may be reassuring to know that you might not have to. There are alternatives. More: continued here

Explanation of some of the factors involved in making gasoline prices fluctuate and rise in America and how they try to be tracked. Gasoline prices are down one month, after they were up the previous month, and then will shoot up the next. More: continued here

Solar power has many more uses around your home than just solar heating. The technology has made significant advances and you can now cook, heat your pool and even refrigerate your groceries using energy from the sun. However, your solar home may have issues that you may be unaware of. In this article, we’ll talk about the economic and environmental …

The IT sector in the UK has a carbon footprint as big as the airline industry. IT equipment represents the highest consumption of power for most businesses and yet the power used is rarely measured, let alone managed. Once you start to measure your output, you’ll see just how much you could be wasting. More: continued here

Did you see the article I read recent about German automaker BMW being hell bent on producing cars to run on hydrogen fuel by year 2008? Well, BMW may not be the first to give hint of the intention to build hydrogen vehicles. General Motors was known to have been working at producing hydrogen cars too, since year 2000. More: …

The GMC Yukon Hybrid is marketed as being the world’s first “two mode” hybrid vehicle. With that in mind, you may be wondering exactly what is meant by being a “two mode” hybrid vehicle. More: continued here

Many people take their gas supply for granted. It’s there, it gives you heat, you can cook with it, and that’s it. They often pay no heed to how much they’re actually using. More: continued here

Well, we finally watched the Video of a Private Czech Fighter Plan, which was being flown on cooking oil, no it probably is not the first. I imagine at the end of the Third Reich that they were trying to fly their Messerschmitt 262 interceptors off anything they could find that would light jet engine. Nevertheless it is pretty cool …

In case you had not considered it, Energy is one of the most important flows for a human civilization. Indeed, it is wise to work on the most efficient generation and distribution methods with the least impact. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is one of the most important agencies in our Nation, and how we handle our energy needs, …

The cost of using fossil fuels to make energy for our nation is getting to be an economic burden on our middle class and country. Using Oil for fuel in our cars is causing significant problems with monetary outflows. Burning coal is polluting the air and that is a challenge to our health and environment. Luckily there is some good …

There is a big debate out there on how much energy consumption that our nation can reduce through technology and conservation. If we concentrate on efficiency one recent report suggest that we can reduce our energy usage by up to 35%, yet the Environmental Protection Agency disagrees, stating in a recent report that the United States of America can save …

The National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association (NEADA) estimates that home heating fuel prices could rise as much as 47 percent this winter. To save on energy bills, the best place to start is with the attic. Attics are a significant source of heat loss in under-insulated homes. There are also incentives in the form of a federal tax credit if …

While there are plenty of costly ways to save on your utility bills this winter like buying a high efficiency furnace or solar-paneled roof, there also are things you can do to cut energy usage that won’t cost a thing. Effective energy solutions can be implemented simply by knowing what to look for around your home. Following are no-cost energy …

Description of the drilling procedure and the various tests done to make sure the appropriate and maximum depth has been reached to get the most oil flowing from a chosen site. Once the oil rig system is set up and in place, the crew starts the drilling operation. Above where the geologists have predicted the oil trap is located, a …

The continuous need for oil in all parts of the world has motivated the development of new ways to discover and obtain it. Because large supplies of oil are often found offshore, in oceans and lakes where fault lines and specific rock formations occur, oil companies and their engineers have pioneered new ways of drilling by developing many different types …

This article details the development of the tanker ship. From the beginning of oil exploration and discovery, the need to transport oil to consumers existed. More: continued here

This article details the importance of the Alaskan Pipeline. The oil fields of Alaska remain a mostly untapped resource that the United States looks to for fuel in the future. The U.S. has been depending on Alaska for 17% of its domestic crude for about 3 decades now, due to its large supplies that have been found thus far and …

I have talked about our ‘addiction to oil’. And while it’s true that only major, international action can permanently stop that, and the greenhouse effect with it, we can and should of course all do our part. That’s why I’d like to go into the pro’s and cons of having your own solar power generated at your roof top through …

Iowa, nicked named the Tall Corn State on account of its most common crop, is a medium sized state situated in the Midwestern region of the USA. The state is an unlikely leader in green fuel; it is the largest producer of ethanol, a major producer of biodiesel (manufacturing more than 15 million gallons per year from its two biodiesel …