Sun and wind energy are the two best energy solutions that will be able to bring the world away from dependence on fossil fuels.Solar energy is abundant in the southwest United States, but up till this point is completely under utilized.Wind energy has become feasible over the last few years but there is still no long term plans for implementation.Together we can and will change the world that we live in and clean the air for future generations.
Sun and wind is an ambitious project started by me alone because I truly believe that the tides of change can start with a single individual.I am not an engineer or a scientist, I don’t buy into the global warming propaganda but I do know that the way we live is affecting the environment and it is time for a change.The goal of this project is to form a community of people who are willing and able to affect the changes that need to be made.I would like for this site to be the place where interested people can come to learn how they can help change the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and implement changes in their own lives.
The grand idea is to have a membership site where all membership dues are donated to community projects that involve the use and implementation of both solar and wind energy solutions.A place when together the community can decide what projects are worthwhile and which projects we can fund that will changes the lives of individuals now and make the world a cleaner place for our children and theirs.These goals will require people from all over the world from different backgrounds and places.
If you believe that you would like to be a part of something bigger than yourself and would like to help there are a number of ways to help me get this site off the ground.First if you have a background in solar or wind energy and would like to contribute articles for the site please sign up and start submitting as soon as you can.If you have a website of your own then please link to us.You can become active on the community forum which will encourage others to become active.You can leave comments on any of the articles you see on the site, that also encourages participation.Lastly when we have a community of people and turn the site into a membership site you can join and help us all determine where we as a community can make the biggest difference.
There is no question in my mind that we will succeed despite the pressures of large corporations.And there is no doubt that one small community of people who actually want to do more than talk about problems can make the changes necessary to make the world a better place for all of us to live.Welcome and please make any contribution you can to help this movement grow.
A solar Water Heater is a very beneficial way to save money
and use energy that is eco-friendly. Solar heaters have to have certain things
to work right. They must have solar
thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its
point of usage, and a reservoir or tank for heat storage and subsequent use.
The systems may be used to heat water for home or business use, for swimming
pools, under floor heating or as an energy input for space heating and cooling
and industrial applications.
I have been trying to figure out how to justify putting
solar power panels on my house for about five years.I keep hoping that the price will fall or a
new technology will come out that could justify the expense.I really want to live off grid but every time
I do the calculations the numbers just don’t add up.First of all there is a finite life span to
the Silicon solar power panels that are being produced today.They have a 25 year guarantee but it is also
made clear that they will drop off in production of electricity over the course
of time.So the rating they have at day one
will decrease every year they are installed until they eventually give out
completely.
As I watch more and more mortgages go into foreclosure and probably
more lending institutions to follow I know in my heart that living independent of
those pressures is what we all really need.Let me explain how I correlate the two seemingly different subjects.Being tied to any big corporation whether it
is a mortgage company or an electric utility is not in the best interests of
and American.I am not a conspiracy theorist;
I don’t believe that corporations are evil.But I do know that the pressure for increasing profits can make even the
best people make bad decisions.We as
Americans need to learn to fend for ourselves and not get trapped by businesses
and governments who don’t necessarily have our best interests at heart.
My mother-in-laws boyfriend decided to put a fountain in the
side of his yard where there was only dirt and his pool filter before.He had a stump removed and pavers laid down
to cover the entire area which look really nice.He then had a small planter built up against
the wall and a metal and wood fence put up around the pool filter.He then bought a fountain called the four
seasons which is just a clean and simple fountain.There was already water on that side of the
yard from a spigot but the electricity for his pool filter was 220v AC which
really surprised me.
T. Boone Pickens is a longtime oilman and corporate raider
who may just have enough swing with the federal government to get them off of
their asses and provide transmission lines for wind generated electricity.Mr. Pickens has a very aggressive plan that
would help eliminate our dependence on foreign oil.But Mr. Pickens plan falls short of what our
real goals should be, which is the elimination of coal and gas fired plants
altogether.
Thanks to Al Gore one of the latest trends in helping the
environment is the purchasing of carbon credits.In case you have never heard of them carbon
credits work like this; you purchase credits from a company that will determine
how much carbon you are responsible for putting into the air each year and they
in turn plant trees with your money to offset that amount of carbon.While this may sound like a good idea to you
at first glance I would like to suggest that it is a twofold problem.
With the rising cost of everything that I can think of but
especially gas, now is the time for everyone to be thinking about living
greener.I don’t like the use of green because
it is an impossible goal for anyone to reach.There are many things that each of us can do during the course of every
single day that will reduce waste and conserve energy.I am not the type to lecture on what other
people should do because it is up to every person to decide what is right for
them.
We moved into this house 5 ½ years ago and the backyard was a jungle. From what I understand one of the previous owners wanted to be self sustaining and able to live off of the land. There were literally miles of PVC buried in the ground for irrigation and an untold number of random bushes. The landscaping was a complete nightmare to me because nothing really made sense. Not only that but for how large the backyard is there wasn’t any working lighting. There were approximately 50 yards lights on 2 different strings but none of them worked and both transformers were shot.
More so than solar power I believe that wind power will prove to be the renewable energy source that changes the way the world receives power.The technology is available today at a cost that rivals any other form of power generation we have.The big question is why it isn’t mandatory for all states that will be building power generation station in the near future?Just because we can build coal fired stations doesn’t mean we should.But I really believe in trying to affect change in the way America does business, so I will write my congressman and demand to know where my state stands on wind power.
