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People for the most part want to protect the environment regardless of their political affiliation. The problem is that people do not want to put their time and energy into something that keeps showing itself as an outright lie and fraud. Also unrealistic expectations are trying to be enforced that make no sense as just about every single product, service, and resource is created using a petroleum based fuel source. The greenest among us drives a car and many of these take vacations to Europe on a frequent basis all the way from the US.

Considering that the American consumer lives in, eats from, and drives in things that were made with petroleum products the idea of making oil and petroleum something evil would put everyone in the world in the hypocritical camp of do as I say not as I do. We all love to drive around in our cars, drink from paper and plastic cups, and buy cool looking T-Shirts. All of the consumer activity we participate can happen because of crude oil and CO2 emissions.

People in states like Texas are called flat earthers and heretics for saying things like manmade climate change does not exist. Although conservative states like Texas do want to keep the country clean they also want to refine and sell oil. If you think about oil actually provides a significant improvement to our living conditions that far outweighs the negatives of pollution. Pollution is still bad and must be improved upon but to make oil into something evil is just hypocritical as we all use oil based products.

I will admit states like Pennsylvania and Texas that have many coal-fired power plants need to continually improve their efforts at cleaning up pollution and making their power plants less polluting but to say that CO2 emissions cause man made climate change and impose large energy taxes on electricity consumers is ludicrous. Man made climate change is based on 30 year old models that have predicted 84 different climate catastrophes incorrectly. These cataclysmic events are the political attempt at popularizing the idea of a global carbon tax to reduce global warming. The issue at hand is that there are more politicians and scientists that disagree with the science of manmade climate change then agree on it.

Texas is truly a unique state as we do make a lot of money from the petroleum industry but we are open minded enough to retrofit our outdated technology and create new technology to keep our state clean. There was even a clean up the road program started in Tyler Texas that eventually spread throughout the US and it is totally voluntary and does not need to use tax payer dollars. Texas is one of the biggest producers of energy related fuels and we use a lot of that energy in the form of electricity power as well. We sell our energy to other states and reap the profits but those other states receive very cheap electricity rates and other benefits as a result of innovation Texas does. Texas may have a few hillbilly’s but we also know a thing or two about keeping things clean and protecting the environment even in the face of hypocrisy from other states.

Alexa Wright has also written information on the EPA Agenda and you can check it out here: EPA Climate Science Agenda

Have you ever thought about building your own wind turbine? It is not as simple as making your own solar panels but it is not hard either. Making your wind turbine look attractive is a bigger problem than making electricity from it. The first thing you need to do is get a set of plans to make a wind turbine and then set about buying all the parts.

Assembling the pieces of equipment is easy. The bits and pieces can be picked up cheap from car scrap yards and your local DIY store. Just think of being even only 50% self-sufficient in electricity? Add in a few solar panels or a second wind turbine and you could soon be off the grid altogether.

Everyone knows about the continually increasing cost of electricity and that it would be a good idea to create energy from the wind and the sun just for the cost of the generators – the wind turbines and the solar panels – so you may be wondering why it is not a good idea to just go out and buy what you need from a professional installer.

Well, the answer to that is cost. Professionally installed wind turbines can cost tens of thousands of dollars and it can take 20 years to recover the cost. On the other hand you can make your own for between $200 and $500.

If the turbine saves you $200 a month then it is evident that you will have recouped your outlay within three months maximum, if you assemble the turbine yourself. This is a very good incentive as with a little regular maintenance it will last you 15-25 years. Let’s just say 15 years or 180 months at at least $200 per month. That is $36,000 or an 7,200% return on investment.

Wind generated electrical power is very green as it takes practically no fossil fuels to make it. I say practically none, because it may need a little engine oil to keep the blades turning smoothly. And that is it. You may have to replace a bearing from time to time, but that is the scope of your maintenance program. It is not severe. You will also have to put some water in the batteries from time to time as well, unless you buy the sealed units, which you cannot top up.

It really is not so difficult to build a wind generator. The average DIYer can complete this project with everyday tools. There are detailed instructions and drawings available on the Internet or at DIY stores to build a wind generator in your workshop at home.

So why not start to make yourself a wind turbine today? Fix it on a roof or a pole and begin generating your very own free electricity. You could be off that grid faster than you know it and you will be doing more than your bit to help the planet too.

If you want to read more about home-made wind turbines and solar panels, there is plenty of advice on the Internet.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many topics, but is currently involved with a favourite topic – alternative power sources. If you are interested in Sustainable Energy At Home, please click through to our site.

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When most people think of safe and clean energy, what comes to mind is usually basic information that’s not particularly interesting or beneficial. But there’s a lot more to safe and clean energy than just the basics.

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Solar panels on roofs are good, but covering entire deserts with them is another matter. They like small wind turbines and even small wind farms, but get very jumpy as wind power reaches industrial scale.

Investors will not expect all companies to be experts in climatology, but they will expect every company to see and understand a trend of this magnitude and make sure the firm does not get left behind. Investment in the United States fell by 2% and in Europe growth was very much muted.

Solar customers typically use sonar-like time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) to measure molecular contaminants other techniques may miss. The “echo” from an ionic beam projected onto the substrate reveals the presence of oils, particles and residues. Solar made large gains, recording growth of 49 percent to reach total investment of $33.5 billion. Geothermal was the highest growth sector, with investment up 149 percent to $2.2 billion, but bio fuels dropped by 9 percent to $16.9 billion.

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