Solar is Our Only Viable Energy Source

It seems pretty obvious to me that the future of energy on our planet is solar.  We are effectively a closed system with only one energy input, our sun.  All energy on Earth is ultimately sourced from the sun or other stars (in the case of radioactive elements).

Wind is just a less efficient [...]

Solar Panels as Roof Shingles

building-integrated photovoltaics

It seems so obvious.  Just make your roof a giant solar panel and put all that square footage to work.  Well maybe it’s not that simple, but at least this gets us one step closer.  Pacific Northwest National Laboritories has created the building-integrated photovoltaics roof shingle that has the potential to [...]

Investigating Clean Power Alternatives

I am currently investigating clean power alternatives for my home in Connecticut.  With the new home addition we are working on, I was thinking that it might be pretty cool and geeky to add photovoltaic (PV) cells on the roof to generate electricity.  The problem is… the savings are just not there.

There are [...]

Norwalk "Hollywood" Connecticut

So about 15 minutes ago I was driving back to work from lunch (yeah, I know, late lunch) when I experienced for a few seconds a feeling that I haven’t felt since 9/11. I saw something that didn’t look real for a second.

On the other side of the street I saw a [...]