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Alternative energy news including wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, nuclear energy, geothermal energy, hydrogen fuel cells, and biomass. We try to focus on diy altenergy projects you can do in your own backyard.

September 17
FUTURE POWER I stand in a cluttered room surrounded by the debris of electrical enthusiasm: wire peelings, snippets of copper, yellow connectors, insulated pliers. For me these are the tools of freedom. I have just installed a dozen solar panels on my roof, and they work. A meter shows that 1,285 watts of power are blasting straight from the sun into my system, charging my batteries, cooling my refrigerator, humming through my computer, liberating my life. (via Powering the Future @ National Geographic Magazine)

FUTURE POWER

I stand in a cluttered room surrounded by the debris of electrical enthusiasm: wire peelings, snippets of copper, yellow connectors, insulated pliers. For me these are the tools of freedom. I have just installed a dozen solar panels on my roof, and they work. A meter shows that 1,285 watts of power are blasting straight from the sun into my system, charging my batteries, cooling my refrigerator, humming through my computer, liberating my life. (via Powering the Future @ National Geographic Magazine)

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