Archive for February, 2007

Great Advantages of Hybrid Cars

The price of fuel and the damage it brings to our environment has become more severe, and because of that, hybrid cars are currently considered as very beneficial to the preservation of the environment and natural resources. The reason behind this is that hybrid vehicles do not depend mainly on fuel for it to have [...]

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How can I take more advantage of solar energy?

What are some inexpensive, easy ways to benefit from solar energy around the house and yard?Contractor Listings in LA Share It!: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

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Why do people lie about Hybrid cars getting better gas Mileage?

Given that the Hybrid car can have it’s batteries and electric motor taken out and get better mileage, since it is lighter by about 1000 lbs. Would it not be simply up to statistics that you might save enough gas at stop lights and brakeing to make up for hauling around the extra 1000 lbs [...]

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why do people suggest i run biodiesel in an older diesel engine?

I understand the alterations that have to be made with vegetable oil fuels, but what is it about older engines that they ‘run better on biodiesel’? is it heating, design, lower restrictions?Renewable Energy Videos Share It!: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

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Is it true that it takes about one and a half gallons of petroleum to make one gallon of ethanol fuel?

I realize that ethanol is a corn poduct, but I was informed that basically it is even more wastful then just using oil. Share It!: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

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Solar Energy – Basic Principles

This article will describe how solar energy is created and cover some of its basic principles.Solar energy is created by light and heat which is emitted by the sun, in the form of electromagnetic radiation.With today’s technology, we are able to capture this radiation and turn it into usable forms of solar energy – such [...]

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Energy Costs of Driving Electric Cars

are full of news about electric cars. The $100,000 Tesla electric sports car is going to be sold soon, automakers are falling over each other to announce new electric vehicles, and entrepreneurs across the world are jockeying for venture capital.Petroleum prices have jumped during the last year and everybody is feeling the pain at the [...]

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Hybrid Cars Go Stylish

Hybrid cars are taking the world by storm – figuratively, literally. And here are just two of the latest hybrid cars that avid car fans and buyers are sure to love.If you want an eco-friendly hybrid car that not only drives like a dream but is a weight off your conscious too, then you must [...]

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The History of Electric Cars

We’ve all seen the commercials talking about how technology was all going to be about flying cars and cold fusion. In reality, though, we have our very own science-fiction-turned-fact in looking at hybrid vehicles which are taking over. They truly are efficient and are money-saving at some levels, but most consumers assume that the concept [...]

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What is the difference between thermal and solar energy?

I know that solar energy is energy from the sun converted into elctrical energy and all that great stuff, but if you heat a sheet of flashing copper, put it in the sun and it makes a little more energy than it did in the shade, is that thermal or solar energy OK I think [...]

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