Solar PV Use Accelerating

SUBHEAD: Mid size solar photo-voltaic installations grow at light speed across Unit.by Lauren Sommer on 16 March 2011 for KQED Broadcasting - (http://www.npr.org/2011/03/16/134341220/midsize-solar-installations-grow-at-light-speed?sc=17&f=1001)Image above: Solar panels at the midsized Sunset Reservoir solar array in San Francisco. From original article.As Tim Nilsen steps into one of his barns

Fuel from Sunlight?

SUBHEAD: Scientists reveal potential of new technology to produce "clean: fuel from sunlight.By Jake Richardson 20 January 2011 for Care2.com - (http://www.care2.com/greenliving/clean-fuel-could-be-made-from-sunlight.html)Image above: Illustration of thermochemical solar powered reactor. From (http://blog.genericase.com/?tag=petrol).Dr. Sossina Haile and her colleagues at CalTech have created a

Ku`oko`a

SUBHEAD: Renewable energy sources should come before electric grid infrastructure.By Henry Curtis on 9 January 2011 in Disappeared News - (http://www.disappearednews.com/2011/01/kuokoa.html)Image above: NYC barge sporting wind and solar energy power generation. From (http://www.earthzine.org/2010/04/19/ten-steps-to-a-smarter-grid).I had an opportunity to talk with a principal in Ku`oko`a a few

The Tarpaper Shack Principle

SUBHEAD: Its only useful if you can build it from readily available materials, and put it to work, while living in the an old fashioned tarpaper shack.By John Michael Greer on 5 January 2011 for ArchDruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/tarpaper-shack-principle.html)Image above: A tarpaper shack during winter in Nova Scotia, Canada. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/