I have been doing some research into alternative energy solutions lately, and I have come to my own conclusions about how we really need to address the energy and global warming crisis in the near term.
The answer is neither unique nor sexy – its good ol conservation.
Like a lot of people, I really would [...]

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Earlier this week I posted about an idea I had which led to some research about living ‘off the grid’ via renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydro.
My initial conclusions were that it was prohibitively expensive, and varied widely based on local natural resources, tax breaks, real estate costs, etc.
Well, after reading the [...]

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This weekend my best friend Bob was in town, and we were sitting around brainstorming business ideas. We tossed around the idea of building a development in a sunny place which generated its own electricity off-the-grid.
Currently, a single home off-the-grid is so difficult to pull off that examples are rare and impractical. Folks living [...]

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