published March 20, 2009 and has No Comments
image: Solyndra Back in October there was quite the buzz about a new type of solar power array consisting of cylindrical thin-film PV modules produced by Solyndra . Now Solyndra is announcing that it has received an offer from the Department of Energy for a $535 million loan guarantee to expand its manufacturing capacity in California:...
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published March 15, 2009 and has No Comments
picture: JNovak Visitors to Disneyland likely don't know that when they sip from Disney water fountains that the great tasting aqua treat was once streaming through a public sewer. Not to worry though. That sewer water is actually substantially cleaner and more carefully filtered than the water consumed in the average American household. Moreover, the new system providing Disney's ...
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published March 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Huber Solutions (this is not the system shown in the video). How to Recycle Gray Water Legally Lloyd has already written about the Gray Water Guerrilla movement - a lose alliance of activists dedicated to installing clandestine water recycling solutions. Yet while some innovative companies are offering gray water package units , many people are still struggling ...
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published March 4, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via: Author's Photos While perusing the aisle of my local grocery store the other day, looking for some sort of "sauce" to go on quesadillas and burritos, I ran across this Chipotle-Ranch Dressing. Perfect I thought. Then I got it home and realized it was a "vegenaise" product. Good Grief! I'm a vegetarian, but I've had trouble getting ...
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