A Green Snowblower

To continue my migration to all things green, my big, heavy, smokey snowblower has find it’s new home under my deck. Yes, I might have to get some exercise this winter.

Residential Geothermal – Here now. Is it Cost Effective?

The idea, which is being proven effective every day by companies like Climatemaster and Waterfurnace is a real choice for new construction, public buildings and upgrading your home system.
The earth absorbs almost 50% of all solar energy and remains a nearly constant temperature of 50°F to 70°F depending on geographic location. Working with an [...]

Battery Powered Lawnmower

UPDATE #2
The problem part was the handle unit, which I replaced failry easily once I received it from Neuton. I do appreciate that the machine is pretty simple. Not much to it, battery, handle, one circuit board to connect all switches etc, and the blade.
I finally used it this weekend on my 1/3 [...]

Reduce gasoline consumption by %50 – NOW!

The study below says if all cars in the US were plug-in fuel cell hybrids we would reduce our gasoline consumption by %50.  This is with existing technology and would be about one thousand more on top of the currently available hybrid technology (for the fuel cell piece).  A lot of research went into this [...]

Vertical Wind Turbine – Quiet Revolution

I love this idea. The problem with many wind turbine installations has been the NIMBY it fosters in local communities. The large turbines, destroy the view, make too much noise and cost too much. Those are the usual complaints. We have a major wind project held up along the cape cod coast for exactly these [...]