McGuire AFB and Fort Dix Military Housing Privatization Project

Green is no longer just a color in military uniforms; it is now a part of the everyday lives of our troops and their families.  Now Fort Dix/ McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, the largest military housing community in the United States is at the helm of this green revolution and keeping our [...]

Energy Locavores in San Francisco

San Francisco is known as a progressive city. Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Gavin Newsom, State and City incentives and loan programs, and a lot of grass roots efforts the city by the bay is already a shining example of energy locavorism.
Under the leadership of Jared Blumenfeld, Director, San Francisco Department of the [...]

Rating Home-made/DIY Renewable Energy Solutions

This is the first in a three part series looking at renewable energy products for the home.
In just the past six to twelve months the number of home made/do-it-yourself (DIY) renewable energy solutions has increased dramatically. And a growing number of innovative, low-cost  renewable energy solutions are available online at Amazon.com, as well as retail [...]

Energy Independence at Charlies Kitchen

Charlies Kitchen has been an icon in Harvard Square for more than 50 years.
Now, before anyone knee jerks to thinking that a Cambridge, MA eatery next to the premiere institution of higher education is pompous, posh and expensive, Charlies offers a $4 cheeseburger with fries (bacon is extra), and a cold draft beer for $5 [...]

Crossing the Chasm

This past weekend I was shopping for various household items at Walmart in North Conway, NH when I saw the future of distributed renewable energy generation right before my eyes.  My wife and I turned the corner into the gardening section and there was a half an aisle of solar powered outdoor lights. [...]

Video From The Release of “Wired For Progress 2.0″

Last week I attended the release of the “Wired For Progress 2.0″ at The Center For American Progress. Wired For Progress 2.0 is an updated version of the original “Wired for Progress: Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid” plan that was introduced at the National Renewable Energy Summit earlier this year. The plan was written [...]

BMW, Audi, Porsche, Ferrari, Corvette move over! Electric Datsun owns the track

We are all creatures of habit. Often it can take a long time for a new idea or concept to be accepted. During the 1960’s, in the first few years of the Apollo Program many people did not believe that we could actually land a man on the moon because the technology was so radically [...]

Renewable energy industry creates new jobs

photo credit: Hammer51012
President Barack Obama promised during the presidential campaign that his focus on renewable energy would create jobs.  Good jobs.  High paying jobs in various parts of a company.  Jobs that would not be outsourced overseas, and green jobs that would replace ones lost in industries that have fallen on hard times.
In a [...]

Where Have All The Subsidies Gone?

I saw a legislator on CNN yesterday talking about how renewable energy gets a huge amount of money in government subsidies and how that ought to be taken away. That made me wonder just how much fossil and nuclear fuels receive in subsidies and how much Exxon raked in while we were all paying 4$ a [...]

President Obama’s budget priority #1, energy independence through renewable energy

President Obama lays out his priorities for the upcoming budget debate, and priority #1 is investments in programs that move the nation towards energy independence through the increased use of renewable energy.
Watch the video below and see what’s ahead for the nation.
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