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For people interested in reducing their usage of fossil-fuel evergy through conservation, renewables, and alternative energy: solar, wind, biodiesel, fuel cells

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Welcome to Energy Independence!

We are so pleased you joined us. Please feel free to read through the messages in the group; there are many interesting topics that have been discussed. If you have a particular interest, you can... | posted by collieflower

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please update your email settings here on eons. Because of the sheer numbers of emails that eons sends out, they use an email service. If your email address is changed, when you get an email from e... | posted by collieflower

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New Battery Design Increases Charge Capacity, Rate

A new battery design for lithium-ion batteries can increase the charge capacity up to 10 times and decrease the charging time. ~ view link | posted by Chasindigo

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Jatropha Plant- Jet Fuel?

The Jatropha Plant is being touted as an answer for Bio-Diesel and has been tested as a replacement for jet fuel and the tests have been positive. Jets, Trains and large ships all use diesel. It ca... | posted by Chasindigo

2 replies - last reply: "Thank you for your feedback, Rob. " ~ Chasindigo

Solar Forest

I did a search of this group and couldn't find any posts on this, so, I thought I would share it with the group. It is from a couple of years back and is from industrial designer Neville Mars. It i... | posted by Chasindigo

3 replies - last reply: "They really look like something from... more" ~ collieflower

Lighting Darkened Habitats

Here is a simple low-tech solution to lighten darkened habitats of these low-income dwellers, using plastic pop bottles, water and bleach~ view link | posted by Chasindigo

1 reply - last reply: "A simple, ingenious and inexpensive... more" ~ collieflower

A Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell

At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, they have recently made a discovery that may pave the way for production of economical Full-Spectrum Solar Cells. Read the details in this piece~ view... | posted by Chasindigo

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A Green Search Engine

Just wanted everyone to know that there is an alternative to Google and Yahoo/Bing~ There is a 'Green' search engine that has been around since 2000, is easy to navigate, fast, and indexes & up... | posted by Chasindigo

1 reply - last reply: "Interesting, I had never heard of... more" ~ fgra

Oil Independence - Anew era bigins

Finally, since presidents began talking about the need for the U.S. to become energy self sufficient, President Obama has taken action and working with the auto companies, foreign and domestic, has... | posted by galivantstom

8 replies - last reply: "I am also not familiar with the term... more" ~ Chasindigo

13- year-olds Solar Discovery

Why it is important to encourage curiosity and imagination in youth. This 13-year-old's solar array was inspired by the leaf patterns of the mighty oak~ view link | posted by Chasindigo

1 reply - last reply: "How fascinating. That is a smart... more" ~ fgra

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