Renewable Energy Solutions
February 19, 2010 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy.
Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three types of energy solutions fall into the category of renewable energy solutions: solar energy solutions, hydro energy solutions, and wind energy solutions.
Solar energy solutions: The sun’s energy is the most abundant energy available on earth. Make use of this free energy. You can employ solar power solutions at home. This will not only cut down power bills but also help you contribute to a greener world. Solar power solutions comprise of solar cookers, solar heating systems, solar lighting systems, solar dryers etc.
The sun has always been a source of heat energy and light energy. With the advancement of technology, the sun’s energy can be used to create other forms of energy.
The solar energy systems have many advantages apart from being cost-effective and environment-friendly. They are low on maintenance thus saving your time and effort. Also, solar systems give you a return on investment very soon, thus making the systems free after some time. Cooking with solar energy is also considered extremely healthy. Families have started employing solar energy as a power solution at their homes.
Hydro energy solutions: The hydro energy or water energy is an effective renewable energy. One can convert the hydro energy into electrical energy to run vehicles and various electrical appliances. Hydro energy is typically generated on a large scale. It has been estimated that 90 percent of the electrical energy produced by renewable resources is produced solely by hydro power. Dams are built to help generate electricity by tapping the water power.
There have been some concerns about using this energy because it is supposed to adversely affect the water-borne flora and fauna.
Wind energy solutions: Windmills were in existence even in the years before the birth of Christ. They helped tow boats and pump water. Eventually, post-industrialization, they became a source for generating electricity.
Windmills and wind turbines have never been passé. Wind energy can help generate tonnes of megawatts of electricity. When employed at individual estates, it can help do away with conventional power sources. An excellent renewable source of energy, the wind energy will go a long way in promising a good future to generations to come.
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The Eco-Friendly Energy-Efficient Money-Making Series Pt-1
June 23, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
The Eco-Friendly Energy-Efficient Money-Making Series Pt-1
I promised you I would write the eco-friendly energy-efficient money-making series, and I will not let you, our world, or my grandchildren down. We shall overcome. Together we cannot, must not, fail! So lets start this series with new home-buyers in mind.
If you are new to the home-buying process, you will want to pay close attention here, and if you have home-buying experience, but not any experience in buying eco-friendly, whether it be a home on the market, or a home you are having designed by an architect, you to are going to want to pay attention to this series.
The first thing that comes to mind when you are thinking of buying a new home is how much home can be afforded? and this is a legitimate question, that should be asked and seriously considered, before getting too deep into the eco-friendly energy-efficient money-making home-buying process. But this is also where you can learn some important tips in this series.
This is where you will be wondering what kind of a mortgage you can qualify for and you should start by pulling your own credit scores. By law the credit-reporting bureaus must give you a copy of your report for free once per year if requested. You should start this process by requesting from the big three bureaus: Equifax, Experian and Trans Union.
Knowing your credit score before the lenders puts you in the drivers seat. This is where you want to be if you want to get the best bang for your home-buying buck. Typically your credit score will be between 400-850, the higher the score the better it is for you.
Frankly, if your score falls below 700, lenders are going to make your loan hard to get or they are going to charge so much for the loan that the payments can be very uncomfortable for you with a higher lending rate, points, fees, etc. But do not panic. This is why you got your free copy of your credit scores before talking with the lenders. Remember, you are in charge here.
If you see your scores are low you should first check them for accuracy, before going into a panic. They do make mistakes, and you can get them corrected, but you must be vigilant, as well as diligent. Contact them and point out the descepancy and follow up until it is corrected.
On the other hand, if you have had some difficulties, and fallen behind on some bills, taken some cards to their limits, or failed to pay something -whether you thought the insurance company was responsible for some hospital bill and you just failed to follow up, or whatever the case may be. You now have an important opportunity to get in front of these things and get them taken care of before the creditor ever sees them.
In the next post of the eco-friendly energy-efficient money-making series Pt-2, we are going to start with ways to quickly improve your credit score, so you will get the best martgage you can and save, probably many, thousands of dollars, over the lifetime of the loan. You will not want to miss this series. Take a moment and Book-Mark: http://info2saveearth.com and click on the RSS feed-button in the upper right-side of any of my homepages, so you will know whenever there is an update to my site.
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Plant Your Global Warming Fight Flag
June 17, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
I ask you to my site to read numerous articles about our global warming situation and how you can help fight it. Today I bring you a remix video of Vice-President Al Gore, because he is in this fight and hopefully after viewing it, you will be too.
How We Cause Global Warming -Part-3
June 16, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
Global warming and how we cause it, part 3. The series that continues from my last post and will, in all likelyhood continue well beyond this post. Read the following statement closely.
“We know that if climate change is not stopped, all parts of the world will suffer. Some will even be destroyed.”
–British Prime Minister Tony Blair, September 2002
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is not known for saying such things without serious consideration. So everyone must take pause when they read that statement.
Previously we spoke on the melting ice-caps, glaciers, loosing 40-percent of the worlds drinking water, the dangers to sea traffic and finally flooding, caused by the rising sea level. Today we are going to touch on recycling.
It never fails, you take a drive in most any direction and you shortly come upon garbage. It sets on the curbs in bags, cans, or boxes. It lies on the street, alleys, and highways. People have come so use to seeing it that they hardly even register it being there.
That is truely a sad statement; “People have come so use to seeing it that they hardly even register it being there.” This needs to change. We need to change.
Our dumps continue to grow on a daily basis and what some have failed to realize is “the world we are living on is not growing, its size remains the same.” Once this registers to everyone they to will take pause and see the need to recycle.
Hopefully this information will be absorbed before it is to late to join in the fight. Starting to recycle now will greatly reduce your garbage output and considerably lower your carbon footprint – Which directly affects climate change, global warming and the world.
With this said I will pause and my next post will continue from here. So watch for the next post “How We Cause Global Warming -Part -4″.
Ways To Fight Global Warming
May 21, 2009 by Daniel Ambrose · Leave a Comment
There are many ways to fight global warming and to help the environment, rather than contributing to the ways that are harmful to our environment.
I know many will say they are unable to help, or just do not know how. Well I am happy you are reading this because you have just taken a step towards contributing to the fight of global warming.
Step #1, Acknowledging that there is a problem and taking steps to learn more about it and how to fight it.
That is the most important step, as without it, you will never take the following steps that are so important to the fight to save our planet from plummeting into an irreversable cycle of global warming and chaotic climate change.
The ways to fight global warming are not what is difficult. The difficult part is now past – you have accepted that we must fight and do our part.
Step #2, Did you realize that simply changing your house hold lights to fluorescent, or energy saving bulbs can make a huge differrence in your carbon foot print?
So realizing that simple things can make a huge difference in the fight against global warming. It does not need to be something that throws your whole life out of kilter. But on the bright side, making these simple changes can save you alot of money on your utility bills.
Step #3, Stop throwing our future in the trash.
When I first started to recycle I was worried I would not have a way to store the recycling – because our community use to only collect recycling once every month. Wow! Did I ever get a wake up call.
I soon discovered that instead of setting out two very large cans, with wheels, full of garbage each week, I was setting out one can that was no where near full, each week. So I was adding a lot less to the dumps, and I had an extra can for my recyclables – Except the newspapers that I just stacked neatly until recycling day.
Step #4, Rediscover the joy of walking to the local grocery store.
This is an important step, and I understand that it just is not possible for everyone. But the important part is to realize the need to drive your vehicle less. Think about that trip to the store. Must you go now? Perhaps you can put it off, or combine that trip with something else that you are going to need to do.
Step #5, Consider upgrading your vehicle to a more economical model, or a hybrid.
This final step I through out there in the hopes of catching you in the right frame of mind that you will seriously consider this step. I know this can be a big decision for many people, and I only throw it out there to get you to at least be thinking about it.
As always, here at info2saveearth.com, I make suggestions, and provide simple tips, because I want to do all I can to help in your effort to go green and in providing ways to fight global warming. Because I want my grandchildren, to have the same wonderful world to enjoy watching their grandchildren grow. Thank you!
