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Six Good Things That Pay for Themselves

Being a little greener and a little richer is really easy with these six items that pay for themselves within a year by helping the environment.
5. Programmable Thermostat
Having a programmable thermostat is the easiest way to lower your heating and cooling costs. And having the house temperature right where you want it every hour of [...]

April 20th, 2009
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Conserving Energy Starts at Home

It goes without saying that saving energy is a good thing, and it’s something that everyone can do. It’s really easy to save energy and sometimes it’s easy to forget how easy it is, luckily the internet is filled with tips on how to save energy at home.
2. Make sure that the rooms in the [...]

January 19th, 2009
Topic: Direct Action, Energy Tags: ,

Make Your Telecommute Even Greener

Telecommuting is good for the environment because it means that people don’t have to get in a car and not move during rush hour. Granted they can take transit or bike, but some people like the “freedom” of getting into slow moving roadways. Telecommuters have it even better because they can wear slippers and pajamas [...]

November 29th, 2007
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Google to Make Solar Energy Cheaper than Coal

Google is at it again, we’ve covered Google quite a bit, more than any other company I think. It’s just so nice to see a company with billions of dollars at their disposal directing their energy at improving the world (and yes, I know that Google is nowhere near perfect and Sun is more the [...]

November 28th, 2007
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SkySails Start Sailing to Save Fuel

Football field sized sails are finally hitting the waves, last year we mentioned SkySails initiative to sell their sails to large tanker fleets. December will see the first ship equipped with the extra-large sails head out on its maiden voyage.
The SkySails system consists of a towing kite with rope, a launch and recovery system [...]

November 27th, 2007
Topic: Energy, Good Fact, Transportation Tags: , , , , ,

Chocolate Good for the Earth

Here’s some good news for all you chocolate lovers out there: a chocolate byproduct can provide fuel!
North western English firm Ecotec has taken waste from the chocolate manufacturing process, turned it into bio-ethanol and mixed it with vegetable oil to produce biodiesel.
Some biofuels have come under fire for either diverting much-needed food crops or [...]

November 7th, 2007
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