The Sierra Club has pushed for, and succeeded in a law for all new homes in Hawaii to have solar water heaters. There is even a 35% tax break for installing them on existing homes. Now I have never been to Hawaii, but I have heard it...
Category - alternative energy
We often talk of the near-limitless potential of creating fuel from such unlikely sources as say an old tire or perhaps a mountain of wood chips. Each time I research these topics; I’m reminded of the old saying that yesterday’s...
Remember a few years ago when all you heard about were “dot com millionairesâ€- You know, those broke college students and computer hackers who sold stock on companies that existed only in cyber space? Well most of those companies went...
We all complain about high fuel costs but here’s an opportunity to do something about it. The X Prize Foundation, which awards prizes encouraging scientific innovation has recently set theor sites on green aviation and put their money where...
Question for the Chemistry nerd in all of us- What’s CH3-OH? Give Up? That’s methanol which so happens to take on the form of liquid at room temperature. The creation process pretty closely mimics current efforts of hydrogen-fuel...
