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Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

We're rhe only oil company affiliate we're aware of that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable power solutions. We are very serious about being carbon-neutral at Chevron. It makes sense from our own needs and from an internal systemic and business perspective. The way we think about the answer to your question about being carbon-neutral is how close it is to our chairman Dave O'Reilly's philosophy. First of all, Chevron has a huge energy expenditure of three to four billion dollars annually worldwide. Finding ways to operate our own facilities more efficiently is simply good business.

Typically these improvements pay for themselves in energy savings, and they often include renewable power solutions, such as solar and fuel cell generation systems. In Richmond, California, improvements, including a solar electric system for the public library, are expected to save the city more than $9.5 million over the next twenty years. In West Sacramento, California, at the U.S. Postal Service's Processing and Distribution Center, CES installed the nation's largest nonmilitary federal solar power installation, among other energy efficient improvements.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

By doing so, you are funding the advancement of renewable power in other areas that have such programs. How do I find green power? Organizations like the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency maintain online databases of green-power suppliers by state, as well as suppliers who offer green tags. Comparable resources can be found in Europe. How much should I buy? Buy the maximum percentage you can afford. The bigger the demand, the greater the amount of power the utility company will draw from a renewable source. Are some green-power products better than others?

The Cost of Green Power A popular myth holds that renewable power is always more expensive than fossil-fuel power. Not so: under the right conditions, good wind farms already generate electricity for three cents per kilowatt-hour, which is almost as cheap as the cheapest energy source around—coal. Energy subsidies, or carbon taxes and credits can make wind power the cheapest energy source available. Solar photovoltaics are expensive compared to the grid, but in remote locations they are often cheaper than running power lines.

B4] can make our lives radically more efficient; buying green energy can spur our power companies to invest in a new generation of renewable power technologies; and getting off the grid can turn our homes into little clean power plants. Individually, these are all great steps toward smarter energy use. But what if we put them all together? What if a new kind of power grid could weave together improvements in energy performance, a variety of big green-energy sources, and home-energy systems while maximizing the effectiveness of each? Meet the smart grid.

With this in mind, several innovators have designed systems for compact medical support, renewable power, water purification, and networking telecommunication. One of the biggest stumbling blocks for aid workers is finding a consistent, reliable source of power in places where power lines and stations have been destroyed —or places where there was no energy infrastructure to begin with. SkyBuilt Power's Mobile Power Station (MPS) solves this problem beautifully.

In short, Inveneo is using open-source technology and renewable power to improve the lives of poor people around the globe through better access to communication. This isn't just a fantasy or a "we're hoping to do this soon" sort of project, either. With the assistance of the nongovernmental organization ActionAid, Inveneo has already deployed its system in rural villages in Uganda. ez Free Geek ¦m New urban models for bridging the digital divide aren't only found in the Global South, of course.

Emergent local food economies in cities around the world are signs of that shift, as are growing markets for biofuels and renewable power generated close to home. In truth, a healthy planet demands a blend of global connectivity and ecosystem attentiveness. As we enter such an era—as the industrial metabolism of society changes and natural ecoregions are reshaped by extinctions, invasive species, and unpredictable shifts triggered by climate change—we will be forced to think of "place" in new ways.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

By 1994, Time magazine was ready to announce a "sunny forecast" for solar energy and Shell International Petroleum in London predicted renewable power, particularly solar, would dominate world energy production by 2050. By 1996, the first large, commercially competitive solar power projects were underway. In India, the Rajasthan State Electricity Board signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Amoco/Enron Solar for power.

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