This video is by far the easiest and fastest way I’ve seen someone build a solar-powered gadget. And it’s quite inexpensive.

How To Make A Solar Powered USB Charger
This one’s for the broke but still green wannabe entrepreneurs. Build a few and show your friends and family — they’ll be amazed and would probably want to [...]

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During his campaign for the Presidency, George W. Bush pledged to commit $2 billion over 10 years to advance “clean coal” technology. Since then he’s carried out his promise, advocating the technology and future of its use, based on the assumption that we have a lot of it, and will continue to use it just [...]

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Envision Solar has thought up a new place to install solar panels: in parking lots.
These lots, usually barren, heat-producing landscapes, can now provide shade for customers, while generating up to a half-megawatt of electricity. Envision’s “Solar Groves” incorporate lights that turn on automatically at night, while blocking skyward light pollution. — metafficient.com
Frick yeah! Now that’s [...]

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The problem with most solar energy options has been its price tag. Most businesses and homeowners don’t have the tens of thousands of dollars required to fit their existing homes and buildings with expensive solar panels. Sure some people cried out to the government for subsidized programs, but when’s the last time Bush listened to [...]

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TerraCycle is a company started by two Princton University students. What’s so unusual about their products is that every single part is made from garbage and waste. Yes, including the bottles and the packaging. The bottle you see on the right is an old, cleaned Pepsi bottle. To save resources, they recycle old soda bottles, [...]

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Some of you may have already heard about landfills across the country utilizing their garbage to generate electricity. It sounds like a great idea. They dump the garbage into the landfill and collect the gases that are created while it’s decomposing. Typically, methane is the gas they look for to generate the power, which varies [...]

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