Posts by jacal1

Hi, this is a great thread - so many people do not realize how much babies - no fault of their own! - can be so non-green.  People who tend to try to recycle and do other things to help the environment and keep a green home miss...

No matter how you are voting this fall, if you have any respect for science and even the possibility that climate change is occuring you had to be disappointed with the cheers Mr. Romney got when he poked fun at President Obama for...

THis is a great thread - I would just echo that absolutely the major barrier to the wider use of ground source heat pumps is the lack of qualified and expert installers as well as those who need to work with them to get the job done...

Good thread - I wish that LEDs had come out before we rushed into CFLs.  Does anyone else think that the market for LEDs has been hurt because people soured on CFLs due to problems with disposing them and the fact that they do not...

Helpful thread - it seems as though in the US we could benefit and this will likely be a product that grows in popularity.  It's too bad the current climate has too many people skeptical of any government mandates on people...we...

Micro hydro is, not surprisingly, the hardest of the renewable energy technologies for the home to really answer your question - it really depends on the flow of that stream and the distance to your home, with the former being most...

Two great points made in this thread - first, EVs may not be perfect but are a good interim solution and better than gas guzzling cars, and second that EVs will be a better solution when the electric grid itself is powered by...

The argument that somehow scientists are proving GW and CC true only because it is somehow in their best interest financially, and that since "billions" of government dollars goes toward scientists as opposed to much less going into...

Quite sad actually, and as you suggest it will appeal to those who will be impressed with quantity.  It's hard for many to accept that global warming is happening and the price will be paid by our grandchildren.  And...

Great post Jerry.  It's too bad Huntsman has absolutely no chance, because he's the only one that seems to have any respect for science.  I do have to say that when he was governor of Mass Mitt seemed to be a lot more...