July 12, 2009 in News by boss
After spending millions marketing his “Pickens Plan” to ease domestic dependence on foreign oil, T. Boone Pickens has scrapped his project to build the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle.
Tight credit markets and competition from cheap natural gas proved too much for Pickens to move forward with the renewable venture he once estimated could produce 4,000 megawatts of power by 2014.
Natural gas prices have fallen about 70 percent from last year’s high, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal, while trade groups have predicted solar panel and turbine installations will decline 30 to 50 percent.
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Technorati Tags: energy awareness, wind farm, wind turbine
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July 12, 2009 in News by boss
The Detroit News ran and article today about all the green improvements made to the State owned governors 8700 sq. foot house. The residences annual electric bill is an amazing $10,900, natural gas usage is $5,381 and a $4,276 per year water bill.
With utility bills like this they had to do something. Michigan’s government is currently has an aggressive campaign to rebuild the states economy through the development sustainable energy research and production.
Lets take a look at the Eco-friendly, energy saving devices being installed in the governors mansion. Read the rest of this entry →
Technorati Tags: energy reduction, energy saving devices, light bulbs, sustainable energy research, tax write offs, wind turbine
Tags: energy reduction, energy saving devices, light bulbs, sustainable energy research, tax write offs, wind turbine
July 4, 2009 in News by boss
If you have been wondering what the new Cap and Trade policy will mean to your bottom line. The Tax Foundation has released a tax calculator to show you the extra cost.
Washington, DC, June 4, 2009 – Americans can now estimate how much a U.S. cap-and-trade system would cost their individual households annually with the Tax Foundation’s new Household Cap-and-Trade Burden Calculator. The calculator can be found at http://www.taxfoundation.org/capandtrade. Read the rest of this entry →
Technorati Tags: cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions, Taxes
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