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Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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OT: James Hansen on oil shale [30 articles]
Higgs Boson - 2011-09-09 07:11:00 [In: Contracting | Energy Efficiency | Go Green | Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
Hansen, NASA's leading climate scientist, laid out the scenario for
global warming before Congress thirty years ago. Big Oil and other
major polluters pressured Congress and successive Administrati...
Lowes selling solar collectors [100 articles]
2011-10-18 23:34:00 [In: Go Green | ]
Akeena Solar is selling a plug in grid tie solar collector aimed at do
it yourselfers.
Just plug them in any 120f receptacle and aim them at the sun.
...Vera Perks: Solar Homes In Rainy/Snowy/Cloudy Climates
Saladin Tornados - 2011-09-10 12:57:00 [In: Go Green | ]
What they are is propane powered, mostly. Solar batteries just don't
work well under those climatic conditions.
...Button-tufted house at the Solar Decathlon in DC [3 articles]
RicodJour - 2011-10-03 11:53:00 [In: Go Green | ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDtfmx00InQ
and videos of the other houses:
http://www.solardecathlon.gov/videos_house_tours.html
R
...Ethanol ate my Poodle!
Stormin Mormon - 2011-10-27 22:39:00 [In: Go Green | ]
With the new mandated E15 dog food, my poodle no longer has
a carburetor, or fuel lines. The poodle has also lost 64% of
its horsepower, and now lays in front of the TV in a drunken
stupor. I ca...Isobutanol-Gasoline to the rescue [2 articles]
Bill - 2011-10-29 09:13:00 [In: Go Green | ]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Gevo-Supplied-bw-735469105.html?x=0
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In side by side performance,
durability and emissions testing of small engines, gasoline blen...Dutch fall out of love with windmills [43 articles]
Home Guy - 2011-11-25 10:18:00 [In: Appliances | Contracting | Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Go Green | Health & Safety | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Dutch fall out of love with windmills
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-dutch-wind-idUSTRE7AF1JM20111116
When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006,
they we...The Green Thing [26 articles]
Robert Green - 2011-11-26 19:18:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Go Green | Health & Safety | Home Electronics | Kitchens | Landscaping & Gardening | Laundry Rooms | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
The Green Thing
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman,
that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good
for the environment.
The...Solar Plant -- "biggest in the nation". [4 articles]
"BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- President Obama came to Nevada to visit a solar generating plant in Boulder City. He touted what he's calling his "all of the above" energy plan and criticized politicians who...Rechargeable, waterproof, LED, Japanese lantern [4 articles]
HeyBub - 2011-12-15 20:46:00 [In: Go Green | ]
Designed for emergency use.
http://mashable.com/2011/12/15/luminaid-solar-light/
Wonder if you inflated it with Helium...
...OT - Home Preparedness tip [2 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2011-12-26 19:17:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Go Green | Health & Safety | Home Electronics | Lighting | ]
Local Day After Christmas Sale Idea For Preppers
by David Morris on December 26, 2011
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks to all who sent me such
heartfelt emails and notes. I'm trying ...Hot water to forced air [139 articles]
JIMMIE - 2012-01-14 09:48:00 [In: Go Green | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
My son has a home that he added a solar water heater to a few years
ago. Works great , too great. The unit far exceeds his demand for hot
water. He wants to add some coils to his forced air HVAC sys...OT:Green energy + Red tape [8 articles]
HeyBub - 2012-01-13 22:19:00 [In: Contracting | Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Go Green | ]
"A new $800,000 solar project at Death Valley National Park, photovoltaic
panels at the state-of-the art visitors center at Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area and a solar power system..."14-Year-Old’s Game-Changing Solar Power Design" [12 articles]
Oren - 2012-02-24 19:49:00 [In: Go Green | ]
...Aidan Dwyer on his ‘tree leaf’ design for solar panels.
Video:
...HOAs: "No solar panels for you" [91 articles]
HeyBub - 2012-05-06 00:53:00 [In: Go Green | Roofing & Gutters | ]
"The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will
even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not. It's a
lesson Angel and David Dobs discovered when thei...