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http://www.greensideout.com Anything you need to have sustainable green leaving Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just six months ago our nation was in a panic over our petroleum energy sources. On a daily basis people were making choices to fill up their gas tanks or to pay a bill or buy groceries. Then another realization set in. We were running out of gas, driving from ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/dreaming-of-renewable-energy.html With rising energy costs and more environmental awareness, alternative energy sources are gaining in popularity. While solar energy is widely used, many people are considering a residential size wind turbine instead of (or in addition to) solar panels. You are most likely familiar with industrial wind farms, looking like rows ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/wind-energy-green-energy-green-living/do-it-yourself-wind-turbine.html [caption id="attachment_271" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Photo by Gili Soffer"][/caption] The concept of using solar energy to power a home is not a new one. People have been trying to figure out for many years how the sun’s energy can be used in the home as useful energy to power objects. There actually ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/solar-energy/can-solar-energy-sustain-a-family.html People are always looking for a way to cut down on their energy costs and one of the ways that some people are using to reduce the amount they pay for energy each month is by building their own wind generator. If you are able to find the right parts, ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/wind-energy-green-energy-green-living/you-should-consider-building-your-own-wind-generator.html [caption id="attachment_269" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Photo by Gili Soffer"][/caption] Switching from electric to solar power is not as big a leap as one might think. With some careful planning and an initial financial investment, a person can run their home and business on solar power without many complications at all. There are ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/solar-energy/the-benefits-of-solar-power.html [caption id="attachment_265" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Photo by Gili Soffer"][/caption] The cost of solar panels per watt is a little pricey these days at $3.66 per watt. However, it is being said that this price will drop to $2.14 per watt by 2010. The thin film PV is also going to be dropping ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/solar-energy/the-cost-of-solar-panels.html [caption id="attachment_262" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Photo by Gili Soffer"][/caption] Recent research and development in production has resulted in new solar cells that are getting more and more efficient. Photovoltaic cells have been made from a single material, silicon, which achieves about 25 percent efficiency. New stacked material cells are gaining up to ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/solar-energy/solar-cells-are-getting-more-and-more-efficient.html [caption id="attachment_259" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Gili Soffer"][/caption] Maybe you have seen the little bluish or black panels on rooftops and wondered, how does a solar panel work? It is a fairly simple system, with complex parts. Briefly, the solar panels are set to capture as much natural sunlight as possible. ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/solar-energy/how-does-a-solar-panel-work.html The use of wind energy has been around for thousands of years. Back in 5000 B.C. wind was being used for energy to for boats to go across the Nile River along with windmills in China being used in 200 B.C. to pump water. In Persia and the Middle East ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/wind-energy-green-energy-green-living/the-history-of-wind-energy.html Creativity, as they say is the mother of invention, and when it comes to creating ways to harness wind power, the world is finding some extremely innovative methods of doing just that. It’s no secret thank man has been aware of the natural energy the wind provides for centuries, but ... http://www.greensideout.com/green-living/green-energy/wind-energy-green-energy-green-living/how-to-harness-wind-power.html