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Paul Robbins : Switching on the Sunshine
Flipping the switch at solar farm near Austin, Texas. Rag Blog photo.Let the sunshine in:On being young and crazy in Austin They say that victory has 1,000 parents, but defeat is an orphan. By Paul Robbins | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Austin, Environmental Activists, Paul Robbins, Solar Energy
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Harvey Wasserman : Pete Seeger Sings for Solartopia!
Pete Seeger sings for Solartopia! By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / August 3, 2010 See Video and Lyrics to ‘God’s Counting on Me,’ Pete Seeger’s song about the BP oil spill, Below. “We’ve got a country full of … Continue reading
Solar Powered Flight: The Potential of Renewable Energies
Solar Impulse planeSolar plane to make public debutBy Jonathan Amos / June 26, 2009 Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world. The initial version, spanning … Continue reading
Why Wind Power Is a Viable Alternative
Click on graphs below to enlarge. The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of windBy Jerome Guillet and edited by Paul Spencer / June 2009 I’d like to try to clear some of the confusion that surrounds … Continue reading
Music Video by Ric Sternberg : That Big Hot Texas Sun
Music video by Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog.Red hot music video promotes solar energy with red hot Austin musicians. By Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2009 Why do we keep fiddling while Texas burns? We … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Filmmakers, Music Video, Musicians, Solar Energy, Video
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Passive Solar: Living Without Furnaces in the Cold
This is the kind of innovation that will be required around the world in short order. We love reading our Friends at Earth Family Alpha: they always have a positive outlook and make incredibly imaginative suggestions about how we can … Continue reading
Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
MIT’s Daniel Nocera.‘Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon’August 2, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce … Continue reading
The Earth: Love It or Lose It, Part V
Two Potential Components of MicrogenerationBy Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / July 7, 2008 Microgeneration may or may not present much of a solution for our increasing energy deficit; but it’s still fun, and it’s not counter-productive as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Solar Energy, Sustainability
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The Earth : Love It Or Lose It, Solar Energy Dept.
Photovoltaic electrical generation array.Solar Power to the RescueBy Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Paul Spencer is a former Austin activist and staff member of sixties/seventies underground newsppaper The Rag, who has been running for president … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability
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