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Website: http://www.blueplanetsummit.org
Location: Hawaii
Members: 8
Created By: Daniel Leuck
Latest Activity: 4 hours ago

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An all electric, all Hawaiian motorcycle?

I really hate my 15 mile commute to work each day. I especially dislike using my 20 year old Volvo station wagon solely to drag my sorry okole and laptop. I started dreaming of a green commute that... Continue

Started by Ken Mayer 4 hours ago

The World on Wind Power
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I just heard an interesting fact on the History Channel's Modern Marvels: There is enough wind power at ground level over land to supply all the world's energy needs 10 times over. On a related no... Continue

Tagged: wind power

Started by Daniel Leuck. Last reply by Daniel Leuck Apr 30.

HECO at home
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My neighborhood board invited someone from HECO to come last month and talk about what individuals can do with solar energy. The HECO speaker promoted solar water headers (especially with the tax r... Continue

Started by J. David Beutel. Last reply by David Lassner Apr 14.

Renewable Energy News

The Folly of Fueled Power Plants

The Earth comes to us with a safe and clean nuclear power plant built in that can provide all of the energy we need. We learned how to tap this geothermal energy decades ago, yet we still seem to prefer gathering fuel and burning it for virtually all of our power needs. Fuel gathering seems to be a deep human instinct that overpowers our logical thinking. Even now, when the earth's climate is threatened and health problems from fuel burning are killing us, we cling to this fuel-gathering obsession.