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Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
Massive disclaimers first. This Blog is usually written by Board President Doug Nicodemus. I am a life long democrat and an Obama supporter because I believe that America is long overdue for someone to reduce the deficit and BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW. Sor...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
OK so it is Friday and I miss Weird Bird Friday. http://www.livescience.com/environment/080924-pf-wind-energy.html 5 Myths About Wind Energy By Michael Schirber Wind energy might be the simplest renewable energy to understand. Yet there are misconceptions...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
harry guy haynes, ckdharryh@bourildesign.com:} Harry sent this along. My response is the US should have been here 30 years ago. The Republicans are getting swept up by the history they resisted:  http://www.energy.gov/Challenging the Status Code The ...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
harry guy haynes, ckdharryh@bourildesign.com:} Harry sent this along. My response is the US should have been here 30 years ago. The Republicans are getting swept up by the history they resisted:  http://www.energy.gov/Challenging the Status CodeThe U.S. D...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
hahahahahahaha: http://wilderness.org/ourissues/wilderness/ Andrew Bush sends this along Dear reporter/editor:Given todays announcement that Congress will allow the offshore drilling ban to expireopening many more acres to drillingwe thought you would ...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
Its not just OIL. Every form of hydrocarbon will become  flash points as part of the world abandons the carbon economy while others rush to it as a salvation.  http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/16/fight-over-natural-gas-has-bolivia-on-brink-of-collapse/ Fight...

Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 month ago.
This recent article in the UK Guardian caught my attention. While I don’t post the whoooooooole thinggggggg because it really long, I include some other sites and some art. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/21/scienceofclimatechange.climate...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
If folks just used their common snse and the materials around them the USA could have low energy consuming elegant housing: http://www.rammedearthhomes.com/   Offering:Passive-solar design/build Rammed earth wall construction for homes, businesses, garden...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
This is at one time really cool, a really cool site and depressing if you live in the heart of the energy hog. http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/12/sustainable-homes-from-easy-domes/:} I can’t say enough about this publication. Its great! :}  Echoing...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
What does it matter At least they are trying. :} http://www.theorionproject.org/en/index.htmlOur Vision and Purpose The Orion Project is a non-profit foundation created to transform the current energy, environmental and social crisis into a world of sust...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/11/san-antonio-generating-gas-from-sewage/  San Antonio Generating Gas from Sewage Written by Ariel Schwartz Published on September 11th, 2008San Antonio, Texas is making use of its 140,000 tons of sewage generated each ye...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=3098:new-experimental-homes-will-heat-themselves&catid=919:housing&Itemid=233New experimental homes will heat themselves      Friday, 12 September 2008 10:20W...

Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
http://greenlivingideas.com/scooters/electric-scooters-personal-eco-transports.html Electric Scooters, Personal Eco Transports If you live in just about anywhere in Europe or Asia, it’s unlikely that you’d need to be sold on the merits of moto...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
Actually todays post is the result of the Feeling Lucky button  at Google. Even though this conference happened in the Bay Area on the Left Coast over 4 months ago. It still qualifies as a real cool site and a real cool idea. http://greentransportation200...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
This article is from 1972: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Transportation/1972-05-01/Convert-Your-Car-To-Propane.aspx Convert Your Car to Propane A tried and tested low-emission fuel, liquid propane, and the easy-to-install system results in lower op...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
Think we can’t fly without fossil fuels You would be wrong!  Scott TroehlerDirector of Production and Local Programming   & Senior Producer stroehler@wsec.tv WSEC/WQEC/WMEC-TV  PBS for Springfield , Quincy , Macomb  and West Central Illinois ww...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
Many people are building their own electric cars because they are tired of waiting for Detroit, Japan or Germany to build them. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=4JoUJ7yiTIEgas car to all electric power. Instructor Michael Yonan gives it a test drive. Video/...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
Oh I know the Republican Convention was on. It was so small and so dare I say it Conventional that I had to watch all 5 Dirty Harry movies. What a drain.  So I found this really beautiful and really weird looking bird for today. TGI(WB)F: http://www.pbase...

Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
Iran is currently converting its entire surface transportation fleet to natural Gas so it can sell its oil and gasoline to the rest of the world. In a Theocracy and in an authoritarian country like Iran it is pretty easy to do. About half of Brazil’...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 months ago.
I really wanted a firsthand perspective. How does it handle Is it loud What is the ride likeBut she does not seem interested, so I will just point people to places for 3 Wheelers. The funniest and long standing site is: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6om...
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