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Farmers, Idaho utility embrace efficiency and demand response
Four decades ago, when Sid Erwin began his career as an inspector at the Idaho Power Company, a string of new hydroelectric plants was pumping out power faster than locals […]
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JP Green House intern dines with construction crew
Five construction workers and I crowd around a covered picnic table outside a run-down little house on the outskirts of Boston. Formerly a 100-year-old neighborhood store called "Jack's Corner Store," the place was abandoned for five years before current owners Ken Ward and Andrée Zaleska purchased it in 2008.
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How I Reduced My Natural Gas Use 75 Percent for Less Than $1,400
(Photo credit VA5LF via the Flickr Creative Commons license). Cross Posted from Biodiversivist This is an update to a post I did last winter titled: Weatherization Nation–How I reduced my […]
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Electric Bicycle Rules
Cross Posted from Biodiversivist This is the battery pack that I built for my electric bike. It fits into a standard trunk bag behind the seat. I get a lot […]
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All Aboard the Biomass Bandwagon
(Photo credit cindy47452 via the Flickr Creative Commons license). Cross Posted from Biodiversivist Books extolling the wonders of the coming hydrogen economy turned out to be works of fiction, as […]
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Wild and Scenic
If you are reading this, you are likely sitting in front of a computer. Which will make it easy to do yourself this favor: open your calendar, scroll forward about […]
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America's Century-Long Love Affair with the Car May Be Coming to an End – Data Highlights
Between 1950 and 2008 more cars were added to our roads virtually every year as the total fleet expanded steadily from 49 million to 250 million vehicles. In 2009, however, […]
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Friday music blogging: Todd Snider
Todd Snider has been around a long time, flying under the mainstream radar but beloved by fans who appreciate what Amazon’s editors aptly call his “signature wit and amiable pathos.” […]
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Battery in the House
This is huge. Cross posted from Biodiversivist According to Physorg, Panasonic will market a battery for home use beginning next year. They claim it will power a house for a […]
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Huff Po Green Blog or a Corn Ethanol Lobby Press Release?
Why does Bob Dinneen, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (an organization that just spent almost a quarter of a million dollars last quarter lobbying for corn ethanol) have […]
