Solar Energy

I saw an episode in extreme makeover home edition were they built a house for a family and they used solar energy to power the house I like that not just because is good for the envirorment but because I think is better for us too, If we take care of the Earth we live in I think is going to last more.

Hurray for caring about Mother Earth. The cool thing about converting to solar energy is that you can do it a little at a time if you want to. One of the best sources in checking out all the options is the magazine Mother Earth News. This magazine has been around for as long as I can remember and have hundreds if not thousands of articles about solar energy projects. A good library will probably have back issues and I imagine you can go on line and get some article straight from the source if you are so inclined. As with any project it is the proper installation that is key in making the project worthwhile. So you either do it yourself, right, or hire people who have many years of experience in doing these types of installations. You might also be interested to know that the government gives very nice tax right offs for folks who convert to solar energy and some states can be very generous indeed. So check out all your different sources both on line and at the library to get the best information you can. Enjoy the process it is really fascinating overall.

I know he's done a lot to make sure that we have an adequate supply of oil but what has he done to make renewable energy more practical for the future in terms of research and funding?

~please include websites for me to read up on

i'm thinking, i'm thinking.

seems i'll have to get back to you on that.

you could say corn ethanol, but that's raised the cost of food, and with an expanding population, that's surely not going to be practical in the future.

There is a guy that e-mailed me and said that he wanted me to watch his twin boys … i thought it was odd, seeing as how i have never me the guy.. here is the e-mail he sent …

Hello ,
My name is Brian . Am a engineering in building of solar panel,inverter,and making installation but presently running my own company .I work on electrical production and repairs . I saw your AD on www.mybabysitter.com as a good caregiver for infants and am very interested in leaving my kids in your care .I had someone in care of them the last time i came for the project in your area but she moved to Canada to take care of her father.
Am urgently in need for a caregiver from 10th January to 18th September. I have to continue a project in your area and i will like to put my 2 kids with you every Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm when i will be coming to pick them up to the hotel where i will lodge . My twins are just 4 years old . lovers of computer games, not allergic and free to people .Kindly reply me via my private email brian_simpson88@yahoo.com if you are sure to care for them Monday - Friday and let me know how much it would cost me ..
Best Regards,
Brian

Then after i said i would .. then he wrote

Hello,
Thank you for your reply . Am really glad to know your interest.They re very friendly, appreciative and tolerative.There names are peter and paul.I hope you understand that am not residing in your state . Am coming there to continue my assignment in this month so i will have to stay with the kids in a hotel near you .You will start having the kids from 10th January and they will stay in your house from 8am - 8pm every Monday - Friday and i will pick them up on my way back from work.Please understand that am not concern about the charges . i just want to be sure you will take good care of them.
The paycheck for your first week services would be arriving as soon as we finalize plans and make immediate arrangement so i can be rest assured that i will be leaving my kids with you .Hence,get back to me with the following:Your full names, address and phone number as should appear on the check and your total charges per week. As soon as I get your reply we will proceed immediately and finalize all arrangement.I look forward to your urgent reply .
Thank You ,

I told him my price and he wrote …

Hello ,
Thanks for the information and concern about caring for my kids . Am very okay with the cost/week and i want to let you know we are going to set for the date . I have ordered some clothing and toys for the kids from a store in California . I will be sending the payment for your first week service and the cost of the items purchased as soon as i finalize with the store manager so you can help make payment to the store via money gram wire transfer this week . I will email the courier information to you asap the payment has been mailed out so you can be sure to care for my kids.Thank You ,
Brian

And today he wrote :

Good Day,
How as been your day,hope you are doing fine today.Am keeping you inform in respect of your first week payment.Have been notify by my Personal Assisstance(P.A) that Payment as been make out to you So expect it in some days time and be puntual with your box.Have a Nice Day.

I never believed this guy, im just waiting for the next line of crap he is gonna try and feed me.

here is the scam in detail

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/baby-sitting-overpayment-scam.shtml

When i get the check, what do i do with it? Do i take it to the police station, or what?

Oh my god, I got the same email from the same guy only I went a little farther than you did with him and I am very scared now because I gave him a lot of personal information. How do we get him caught? I asked him for his address and phone number and name and he gave me a different name than he had first given me and gave me the address of a comicbook store in california and a fake phone number. my email is marissa.eldridge@me.com if you wanna talk more about this.

I have to write a bill in class and I want to know how much money it would cost for a city to run on wind and solar panels. It doesn't have to be a specific amount. . .

depends on size of city, but a small city $100,000,000.00 would be a good start and still wouldn't be enough for all power needs. for one house PRICE: $16,475 (July 1 2008) for less than half of the power all ready in use per house so lets say $35000 per avg. house for 90% all electricty needs if house is heated with natural gas. that figure only works with residintal homes not commercial bulidings expecily not manufracturing.

Fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas are non-renewable sources of energy. solar energy is now considered the best alternative to replace fossil fuels.

solar energy is harmful to mankind because it exposes UVA and UVB rays into out skin. our skin pigment helps protect us but sometimes that is not enough. the layers of skin that we have are thin and when the rays hit them, it can be very easy for cancer to develop.

Many individuals, especially those who are newbies in solar technology might wonder how solar panel works.  But first, what is a home solar panel? This is a sun-powered gadget that collects and utilizes the energy from the sun via its rays and converting them into power.

Some residents use home solar panel gadgets to act as alternative source of power for their small home appliances, effectively complementing the electricity consumption from the local utility.

Still there are home owners who invest on residential solar panels that can fully power the home, running all its appliances, water heater and even the swimming pool. However, for you to own and install your own home solar panel that will work as sole source of your everyday power requirements can be very costly. A solar panel unit actually has an exorbitant price of several thousand dollars.

Now, how solar panel works can be answered simply. It has photovoltaic cells in the panels that mainly work by collecting the energy from the rays of the sun that falls on them. Such photovoltaic cells effectively convert solar energy into electricity for home use.

You can very well consider these gadgets as investments, because you need to shell out a sizeable amount of money in order to purchase and install them as your power source. It is certainly a serious investment as albeit you only have to spend an initial sum of money, the amount needed is really a big one. After the purchase you need not worry about it as the solar gadgets runs on its own, creating endless supply of power for your residence with the help, of course, of the sun.

Many advocates of clean and green environment recommend the utilization of home solar panel if only because the energy that it gathers and converts to power comes from the sun. Hence, the produced power is clean and harmless to the world environment. Likewise, you need not worry about solar energy running out as the supply is endless. Solar energy is clean renewable energy, and so is considered as the best alternative energy there is.

For more photovoltaic cells and home solar panel articles, do visit our Solar Panel World blog.

Ernesto Maitim
http://www.articlesbase.com/gadgets-and-gizmos-articles/how-solar-panel-works-running-your-homes-with-these-sunpowered-gadgets-643153.html

It is considered as an incredibly brilliant breakthrough - “Install solar energy Power” System enables you to produce your very own in-house power-supply. Many users already found out that this technique can be easily duplicated and used for virtually unlimited applications. Follow this report in order to learn more about how we can all benefit from it.

Overview

Solar-Panels are the most important element of any “Install Solar Energy Power” System, fortunately there are quite few good guides on the Internet that teach you how to assemble them at extremely low cost and at minimal effort. Although many of these guides offer the same thing, it is necessary to choose the right one; make sure it provides ‘proofs’ to be working for others. In any case, here are some important benefits and tips that may help you to know more about this subject.

Quick benefits and advantages

We could clearly notice several good reasons to use this one-of-a-kind solution:

* Cuts down on the usage of non-renewable enr. resources.
* Extremely easy to be implemented by almost anyone.
* Rely only on your own energy-resources and not the ones supplied by governments or corporations.
* Enables us to make a 220V-240V elec. sys.
* Enables us to store the produced elect.-power at zero cost.

Quick advice

It is highly important to backup everything with a simple Wind-Power generator - it is perfect for cloudy days and ensures continuous supply for 365 days a year.

Article summary

Most of us spend a lot each month on elec. expenses; no doubt that “Install Solar Energy Power” System can effectively help us to ‘cut’ these by almost 100%. If we go a little further, it wouldn’t be that hard to discover other great benefits provided by this exceptional ‘machine’, simply because as individuals we no longer need to depend on the authorities to supply these needs. Now that we understand how it works the best tip would be to simply get it so you could explore the various advantages that it provides.

Jason Gilford
http://www.articlesbase.com/diy-articles/quotinstall-solar-energy-powerquot-system–critical-information-729978.html

During President George Bush’s State of the Union Address in January this year, he pointed out that one of his administration’s goals is energy independence for the country. He also promised to earmark a huge amount of funding for the development of alternative fuels which will reduce the United States’ dependence on oil-producing countries.

This announcement was followed by the President’s visit to the assembly plants of General Motors and Ford. The president also met with chief executive officers from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler as evidence of his dedication to making the United States energy independent. While the “Twenty in Ten” goal announced by the President is supported widely by U.S. car manufacturers, General Motors’ Vice Chairman Bob Lutz seems to have taken a step back from the administration-inspired “global climate-change mania”.

The journeyman of the auto industry who has worked for BMW, Chrysler and Ford and currently with General Motors pointed out that the administration should enact a national policy concerning the use of alternative fuels. Lutz pointed out that the current energy dependence issue is putting pressure on the auto industry only. He pointed out that the auto industry is already doing its part to reduce fuel dependence but it also needs help from other sectors of the country especially the alternative fuel industry with the support of the U.S. government.

One problem being faced by the auto industry is that there are few refilling stations that are catering to the need for bio-ethanol.

This issue has been raised recently by concerned individuals in the auto industry. The number of flex-fuel vehicles on the road is ever increasing but only one percent of these actually run on E85. This fact shows that the vehicles produced by car manufacturers to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are being rendered useless.

While tests have shown that if these vehicles run on E85, which is a combination of conventional gasoline and bio-ethanol, greenhouse gas emissions can be significantly reduced. Add to that the fact that these vehicles are still running on conventional gasoline shows that greenhouse gas emission is not really reduced.

Another problem being faced by the alternative fuel industry is that it cannot produce enough bio-ethanol for the nation’s consumption. The Bush administration has already taken steps to support the alternative fuel industry by urging the U.S. Congress to approve the funding for companies developing alternative fuels. Bob Lutz though has suggested that the United States should import bio-ethanol from Brazil. Brazil is currently the fastest growing producer of bio-ethanol. “I’d much rather import from Brazil than from some of the countries that we’re getting the oil from today,” says Lutz.

In the United States, aside from developing bio-ethanol as an alternative to fossil fuel, biodiesel is also being promoted as a substitute to petroleum diesel.

As far as General Motors financial stability, Lutz said that GM is having a “pretty good year”. This is in view of the fact that Toyota has overtaken them for the first quarter of 2007 in terms of global sales. General Motors, while losing billions for the past couple of years or so, has posted a good ending to the year 2006 with a fourth quarter profit of $950 million. Although the Detroit-based auto manufacturer ended 2006 on a high note, they still suffered from a $2 billion loss for the entire year. While Toyota’s success may require highly efficient brake pads from EBC active brakes direct to be slowed down, General Motors is already taking steps to take back their position as the top of the sales output list.

As far as the competitiveness in today’s auto industry, Lutz has this to say: “This industry is more than 100 years old, and it has definitely seen some dog-eat-dog days, but I’d venture to say that it’s never seen a period of more intense, more pressure-packed competition than right now.”

Anthony Fontanelle
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/gms-lutz-calls-for-national-renewable-energy-policy-138380.html

Where I live the universities do not offer degrees in renewable energy, but do offer classes in it. I know that going into engineering is a plus but I am honestly not a “technical” person. I’d do much better in sales (in financial sales now for 5 years). Any advice would be appreciated.

Illinois State Universtiy offers a bachelor’s degree program in Renewable Energy. It’s a 2 part program, technical and policy. I would check out their website http://www.tec.ilstu.edu/renewable_energy/index.shtml

Does anyone have any good information on how to build a system that could run your whole house which doesn't cost a arm and a leg to build ? I wanna get away from the high cost of the electric company and run my whole house on its own with no help from the power company.

Cost is a matter of perspective. I have a system that cost $26K, That was less than my pool. I also got a $10K rebate and a fed. tax credit. I should break even in my 6th year. With rates increasing about 5% a year we will likely be paying double in less than 15 years, without my system that would be ove $500 in the summer, with my system it will be more like $40. I should save well over $50K over the life of my panels.

All that being said conservations is key. I was able to cut my usage at least 25% before getting my panels and I was pretty conservative before that. I know my neighbor uses more than twice the electricity I use and we have the same floor plan.