If Green Energy is overstated and not what's it's touted to be, what is it?
Don't confuse green energy with some kind of magic elixir, and by the way, it's not really green. It's solar, it's wind, it's hydrogen, magnetics, biofuels, it's many fantastic energy technologies and some surprising applications.
Hummm, anyway I'll admit I didn't pay much attention to the scattered debates over the pros and cons of something called green energy, AKA alternative energy sources. I wondered who came up with that idea. To me, it was a bit whimsical, likely somebody's colorful imagination.
Now I know folks understand energy isn’t a color. Even so, what if it was a color, I’d like to think it would be... maybe glistening silver, or better yet... blazing white - kinda like the sun. White energy cool huh. But since they wanna keep it green energy, I guess I'll have to contain myself.
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So just how do we do save and such? I’ll show you… For instance, upgrade your home electrical systems with photovoltaics, you know - solar energy cells. Set up a solar heating system, or a solar cooling system or both. Do some solar cooking. Yep, now you're doin green energy.
I'll show you how to setup a wind power generator so you can foil those high utility bills. I’ll show you stuff about hydrogen; how to make it. You’ll find practical money saving tips to make your life easier. I’ll even show how to distill alcohol to fuel your buggy. And wait till you get a look at zero point energy – whoa.
Okay, so lets take a look at all the colorful (green energy) alternatives, and regardless whether you’re a DIY enthusiast or not, you can save a ton of money with all the possibilities:
- General Information about Solar Energy; applications you can incorporate for all kinds of stuff.
- Wind - let it blow, the more the better – learn to get the most out of it and get off the grid.
- I’ll show you how to use ordinary tap water to fuel your car – whoa! Green energy - no, Hydrogen.
- General Information about biomass; what it is and how to use the stuff (bio degradable waste) to make fuel.
- Making DIY diesel from French fry oil, you’ve seen it on TV.
- Learn how to make it, you can do it in your garage.
- Cat tails, corn, wheat, grass clippings, algae. The list goes on and on.
- Shows you how to make a simple still and distill some fuel for your buggy.
- General Information you should know about the difference between ethanol and methanol. Even if you’re not into racing.
- You can make woodgas and charcoal at the same time, the gas can be used to power your buggy.
- General Information about what’s under our feet and green energy applications.
- Digester Gases
- Belive it or not, noise that cools things down. Take a look at thermoacoustics.
- General Information about water; drink it, bathe in it, fuel your car with it
- Yeah, but beside all that, you can make electricity with it. You know - hydroelectricity.
- The Ocean
- Gas Hydrates
- Natural Gas
- Todays Coal technology, clean, available and lots of it, find out - you'll really be surprised.
- Crude Oil
- Nuclear
- Hot Sound, Cold Sound, Heat and Cool with Noise.
- How you can make enough electrical energy to run your home and then some. It’s called: zero point energy.
- DIY plans to make a zero point energy generator are available here. Make a genset – be utility free.
The point is you can purchase inexpensive BioDiesel Processors right now, efficient Hydrogen Generators too. Literally fuel you car with tap water. Distilling columns for making ethanol can also be purchased. How about a zero point energy generator, buy or build one. You can get off the grid and sell the excess back to your utility with such a system for less than $100. The point is, you can buy or build any of these green energy fuel stingy alternative power generating systems for big $ saving.
If you prefer the DIY route, I’ll show you how to build em; where to get the plans. With very little experience, a DIY enthusiast can join the green energy revolution.
Like I was saying before I got sidetracked by the list of alternatives, I was informed that the term green energy implies Environmentally Friendly Energy Sources.
My question is how does one rationalize such a colorful crusade in order to sell the idea of the global warming menace... To think us puny humans could actually alter this planet's weather - is just plain arrogance. That’s akin to saying, should we decide we can alter the sun's nuclear furnace. What’s it really all about than? $ $ $ – that’s what.
Yet, we have been given the responsibility of taking care of this blue ball. Anyway, if you want to save boocoo bucks, no matter whether you want to call it purple pink red or whatever, stick with me. I’ll show you how to save some green - green backs that is.
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