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DIY Solar: 6 Reasons Not To Do It
The growth of solar power is continuing its trend upwards and so is the amount of promoted DIY solar panel kits out on web. DIY solar panel kits may seem like the ideal solution as you may initially think it’s going to help cut down on cost; however, this isn’t necessarily the case. Professional solar [...]
Politics Over Reason Yet Again?
This is a follow up to a Vector story that appeared August 24th, 2010, called “Opposing Ethanol”. In that story, we discussed that an effort in the form of an energybill was poised to allow an increase of ethanol mix. The mix was 10%,but the bill was seeking to raise this to 15%. Many from [...]
Another reason to hate Prop 23
??Our good friends at Vote Solar just let us in on a not-so-wonderful little news flash: If Prop 23 (which is on the ballot in California this November) passes, thestate’s renewable energy mandate will drop from a respectable 33% by2020 to a dismal 20%. That’s because Prop 23 would repeal AB32,California’s landmark climate change law, [...]
Reason #4 Why We Need Solar: Cloud Control
I thought I was done blogging on why we need solar – after all,climate politics, toxic plankton and geopolitical conquest seem likereason enough. But on Tuesday, Greenpeace released a report called “Make IT Green” about the Dark Side of “cloudcomputing” (the dreamy new term of art for the internet). The IT industry has a reputation [...]
Reason No. 3 Why We Need a Solar Revolution
Popout Reason No. 3 is sponsored by VoteVets.org, which has launched a $2million ad campaign in support of a clean energy and climate bill. Watch their one-minute ad called “Tough” andforward it to anyone you know who calls themselves a patriot. The VoteVets ad clarifies a simple truth: Over the next few decades, we’re going [...]
Reason No. 2 Why We Need Solar
In my last post, I took a pretty dim view of the looming climatelegislation battle. Treehugger has a differentand more upbeat take, reporting that 22 high-on-health-care Democratshave already whisked off a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidpressing for clean energy and climate legislation this year. But let’s turn now to what a certain one-celled [...]
Reason No. 1 Why We Need Solar Power
One of these days Congress is going to try to pass some kind ofclimate bill, and the word around the Beltway is that politicians withties to the fossil fuel industry will dig their heels deep into theearth’s crust to eviscerate it. In other words, if you think the health care brawl was tough, you ain’t [...]
5 Reasons Why Solar is Now Affordable
Everyoneknows that solar is a great renewable resource, but there’s amisconception out there that it’s not really affordable, especially inthis economy. While this USED to be the case, the last year has reallybrought solar prices down to earth, so to speak. Reason 1: 30% uncapped Federal Tax Credit Thismeans that if you buy a solar [...]