R.I.P. Incandescent Light Bulb (1835- 2012/14) According to local Internet lore, James Bowman Lindsay created the first “constant electric light” in Scotland in 1835, a full 44 years before Thomas Edison received his electric light patent. For a century and a half, the incandescent light bulb has not changed very much, while other technologies have [...]

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Has anyone read the news lately?  This is really trite.  Apparently the media needs an unfathomable  env. catastrophe to look at fuel efficiency, and somehow a panel of experts (distinguished experts) has been assembled to tell us all how expensive it’s going to be to improve our fuel efficiency particularly with diesel.  Apparently diesel is [...]

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Aloha and welcome, Let me first disclose that I am a PV net metering consultant, and I make my living in part by turning folks onto grid tied PV. Today’s post: A sobering reminder that energy independence isn’t free and that we as citizens need to fight for our rights to secure clean renewable and [...]

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