Metroplex Alternative Energy Caucus

Global Warming - game over.

2010-11-29T11:16:00.001-06:00

Dear (name/email withheld by request), . Thank you for asking after my reasons for standing down from my rants about the environment and closure of the green-metroplex.com information and how-to domain. . Simple, really. 1) The interest was just not there (unique hit counts leveled around 1,000 per month which is way to low for attracting paid advertisers.) While some of the loyal followers'

Re: Climate Change - A Real Scientific Perspective

2010-10-29T22:58:00.001-05:00

From Warren Richardson's Home/Office Desktop Hello Larry and Janet, Thanx for the data link. The Climategate Scandal was/is not about skewed global warming information. If you follow/followed it it's about a protest by the more conservative, cautious minded scientific community discovering that their email addresses were public property and whether or not they were on the broadcast alert

Ocean inundation from glacier melt

2010-10-18T12:47:00.001-05:00

From Warren Richardson's Home/Office Desktop Hello, Thank you very much to those whom had input an questions about glacier loss causing ocean rise in present time in response to an earlier post of mine. Your kind words of encouragement were and are appreciated, as well. I'll protect your anonymity by just making passing references to your responses. Attached is a picture of an Inuit

Goodbye Green Metroplex dot com, LED's and glacier melt

2010-10-07T13:10:00.001-05:00

From Warren Richardson's Home/Office Desktop Hello! Dateline 10/7/2010 The Green Metroplex website is now history, y'all. Thank you to those whom sent feedback and due diligence links to review over the years. I'm currently working on a means by which to park images, videos and other content that was being done on that domain from time to time; actually in more frequency than green

Fw: The appointment of a fool to be king comes to mind from Nostrodomas' Predictions

2010-10-07T12:27:00.001-05:00

From Warren Richardson's Home/Office Desktop Hello! Dateline 10/7/2010 Whilst cleaning out the late green.metroplex@yahoo.com messages and diatribes, the below article from a Czech Republic news source came to view and I contemplated deletion but considering the current fence riding voter turnout coming in a month - thought, "Naw - the attached article truly bears repeating." wr -----

Some No-Bull proactice good news about recycling from Purina

2010-07-11T12:08:00.001-05:00

Purina's Friskies Cat Food is promoting a pro-recycle campaign called, "Together We Can," with its aluminum cans. According to them if one recycles one 5.5 oz. aluminum can it saves enough energy to power one 60 watt light bulb for three hours. The recycled aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to make aluminum cans from virgin materials. The below image is a scanned promo insert found

The Taste That Kills

2010-07-08T16:06:00.001-05:00

Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" published in the 1950's brought home the objectively verified fact that our planet's ecology was in trouble due to the use of pesticides; with emphasis on DDT. A new book out this year named "Exitotoxins : The Taste That Kills" by Russell L. Blaylock is now on the stands that should rightly be ranked with Ms. Carson's earth shaking works. Written by an experienced

A simple dietary solution to beat heart and diabetes and cancer diseases

2010-06-08T14:51:00.001-05:00

From the Desktop of J. Warren Richardson I've recurrent cancer and suffer from type 2 diabetes, as well - However, the numbers counts for the antigenic markers in my blood have steadily decreased since I started eating more plant food and only meat, fish or poultry on rare occasions. Below the source links are a short, telling couple-three sentences from http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/

2010-02-27T05:15:00.001-06:00

Two items have come across my desk this week that I consider worthy of broad dissemination Dateline February 23, 2010: According to the Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, TXU Energy wants to reach electricity consumers whom get their power through Oncor through a new program to be formally announced today by the Irving-based retail electric provider. TXU is teaming up with a California-based

Environmental Cap and Trade Shell Game

2010-01-08T17:51:00.001-06:00

From the Desktop of J. Warren Richardson I've never met ex gov and spec operator Jesse Ventura. Now he has an expose reality TV show. Here are 6 video feeds he has aired about a global warming conspiracy where in the issue of global warming is not the focus but rather the exploitation of the issue of global warming is the whole point. Since I have repeatedly mentioned over the past five

LED lighting: Rant update.

2009-12-13T14:13:00.001-06:00

Since indicating and promoting our invivo unsuccessful attempts to obtain LED lighting to retrofit our aging compact fluorescent lamps a lot has changed in three months. Time constraints just now make it important to keep this brief. Bottom line, WalMart now stocks a limited number of indoor, outdoor and Par LED lamps. Yep, they are pricey but not as expensive as those on-line. The compromise in

Update - LED lighting

2009-10-30T14:16:00.000-06:00

The up front cost of LED replacement equivalent lamps can be somewhat daunting to the uninitiated. One must and probably will do the math before their first replacement of conventional incandescent lamps and compact fluorescent models with LED lighting. Before dismissal out of hand one should be aware of three key technical factoids which MUST be factored into the buying formula (these are

HANDY SWITCH RECALL PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE

2009-10-30T10:29:00.001-06:00

For those of y'all that use the wireless Handy Switch or know of someone who may have one or more of them; this is a recallyou can take advantage of because it is a manufacturer based recall... I bought my first Handy Switch through Idea Villagea number of years ago and have a night lamp plugged into it that we use when getting up during the wee hours which can be turned on while we pad around in

Zero E House in Lewisville Texas

2009-10-30T09:38:00.001-06:00

Dateline Friday, 30 October 2009 Hey there Guy, Here's a first hat-pass as we search for a less censorious domain and email provider than Yahoo! for the green-metroplex caucus to be parked on. . The Dallas Morning News Metro section covered by writer Wendy Hundley whundley@dallasnews.com of this eco-friendly home, soon to be lived in by Amanda Ferguson's and her Husband Scott Owens after

DFW Green Advocate's new Email Address

2009-10-26T10:18:00.001-06:00

"Guy Green" green.machine@activist.com

We ain't running out of no stinking oil!

2009-09-27T14:23:00.001-05:00

Ahem: In the news are exasperated pro-oil types that rant about there being no lack of oil available; stating that the available "reserves" and still undiscovered oil available which are sufficient to satisfy the greediest good oil boys n girls for centuries. In truth, it is a more or less correct factoid that we are NOT running out of oil at this time. What's being overlooked is that the

The next step down in lighting power consumption

2009-09-25T16:16:00.001-05:00

At the risk of appearing to brag, our electrical consumption stats (measured in Kilowatt Hours) are down by over 35% since four plus years ago when we first decided to "Go Green;" that is because we have implemented most of those things posted on the www.green-metroplex.com website and our blogs. Our deciduous shade is keeping the sun off in the summer; almost all of our appliances are Energy

Model Electrical Triad: Updated

2009-09-22T15:05:00.001-05:00

A suggested... model standard (For an Electrical Generation Triad) Adoption of this model electrical regulation concept by ERCOT and utility regulators in other states would accelerate a trend toward renewable energy solutions and a reduction of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that are fostered by the burning of none renewable fuels for electrical production. This triad

The conundrum of utility regulators toward environmentally progressive reform

2009-09-22T14:41:00.001-05:00

Dear Texas State and Federal Legislator, et al, I have an idea for ERCOT that addresses the conundrum of emotionally conservative vested interests that block progress toward an more environmentally friendly utility regulation body. Please consider it and pass it on to them if you concur: A suggested... model standard (For an Electrical Generation Triad) Adoption of this

Hydrates - an unraveling disaster in the wings

2009-09-13T18:55:00.001-05:00

This Reply came from a "Hardball_Player" list member who also reads the Information Not Spam Blog: "Dear Mr. Warren, OK I understood most of your news article a.k.a., your opinion, about the Northwest Passage shipping which is opening up next summer due to global warming. But you lost me with your inserted comments about hydrates. What the heck does that have to do with the cost of lumber from

Hymotion Prius Hybrid plug-in upgrade in the news.

2009-08-23T11:24:00.001-05:00

On the environmentally good news front there is a "new" player in the Prius Hybrid game that specializes in converting these already high mileage cars to 100 MPG + Plug-in capability. The conversion entails retrofitting a stock Prius Hybrid with heavier gas cushion load-leveling shocks and heavier springs; a much larger battery system and a plug-in charging harness along with rewiring to

Fw: [CR4] New comment to 'Wind Turbines Without Teeth' by Guest

2009-08-21T14:54:00.001-05:00

Here is some really terrific environmental tech news! It is about Direct Drive wind turbines, which will surely drive their cost down; their reliability up; and increase the fortunes of inverter manufactures a bunch. Now, WHERE are my Siemens and GE stock positions links? ;-) ----- Forwarded Message ----From: "CR4, The Engineer's Place" To: Tinker65

One progressive city has a retrofit solar panel program for everyman.

2009-08-19T13:28:00.001-05:00

SOURCE: Urban Eco Electric Aug 19, 2009 11:00 ET Urban Eco Electric, New Philadelphia Electric Company, Hosts "Beer for Bills" Events Trade in Your Peco "Clunkers" for a Beer and Free Solar Panels PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwire - August 19, 2009) - On August 20 and August 27, 2009, homeowners are invited to learn how they can get free solar panels and lower their electric bills during

EXXON to invest $600 million into a moonshine outfit

2009-07-15T12:01:00.001-05:00

From the Desktop of J. Warren Richardson Perhaps things are not at a status quo with EXXON. Wonders never cease. Big-time oil gorilla, EXXON Corporations' good oil boys ("Oil" is spoken ole, in Texan) have authorized the investment of $600,000,000 bucks into a partnership with biotech firm Synthetic Genomics. This appears to be a top management reversal of position from the same folks that

Vetoe'd TV Recycling Bill - 5 short snippets from a local environmental blog

2009-07-12T18:38:00.001-05:00

Here'er some snippets from a recent blog I've started participating in regarding North Texas environmental issues at this URL: http://energyandenvironmentblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/06/rick-perry-rejects-tv-recyclin.htmlPosted by Mark - Dallas @ 2:13 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009The only good thing to come out of this was learning about the group Texas Campaign for the Environment. They stopped by

Now that China has passed the US in auto sales

2009-07-09T16:32:00.001-05:00

US auto buyers and drivers of automobiles are in for a slow-coming but definite shock over the next few months and years. Now that China has passed the US in auto sales (1.14 million vehicles sold in that country, for the month June of 2009) we are all of us going to see a steady increase in the price of gasoline that will not drop back after passing $4 bucks, like it did last summer. While OPEC

Plug In America Tracks New Vehicle Progress

2009-07-09T14:00:00.001-05:00

Plug In America Tracks New Vehicle Progress- "Wow!" That's what U.S.A. Today's Open Road blogger Chris Woodyard has to say about Plug In America's new Plug-In Vehicle Tracker, which has also gotten raves from supporters and auto companies alike. - It's a "fantastic tool," said David Bentley Busch, VP of Design for Bright Automotive. You'll find the tracker, likely the world's most comprehensive

RE: $317 Million for Smart Electric Meters? I don't think so.

2009-07-02T09:11:00.001-05:00

Mr. Richardson, Thanks very much for the email. I can understand your frustration with the new meters, the new fees, etc. I can also appreciate your enthusiasm for alternative power generation technology. However, I feel compelled to point out that Oncor is 80% owned by Energy Future Holdings, the former TXU Corp. It isn’t affiliated with NRG at all. Also, I’d like to invite you to

$317 Million for Smart Electric Meters? I don't think so.

2009-07-01T19:20:00.001-05:00

This email is about Elizabeth Souder's article in the June 30, 2009 issue of the Dallas Morning News regarding Oncor's plan to apply for a stimulus grant of $317 Million from the fed to retrofit its electric meters with so-called Smart Meters. The article touches on a multitude of related issues in the process of reporting the latest maneuver by NRG, parent of Oncor, to grab tax bucks to

Wind Farm Power Grid Accountability - A suggestion and a question.

2009-06-26T15:09:00.001-05:00

There is one aspect of wind-turbines that has always dismayed me. When Turbo-mavens post raves about the latest number of mega-watts now on stream - I always wince. (I'm delighted, but still I flinch.). That's because I long ago doped out the reason George Bush as Governor of Texas created the wind farm initiative, back when. T. Boone Pickens the oil tycoon turned windfarmer got the idea and

A video of an all electric, around-town jitney for everyone.

2009-06-15T16:42:00.001-05:00

Do you still think the all-green vehicle is just a pipe dream of greenies like me?Click the link below and once the page loads, click: Video Eclectichttp://www.venturi.fr/Video-Eclectic.htmlThere is music but no voice over in this short demo of a French built four wheel electric jitney. Consider the possibilities if these were available for purchase and use in major U.S. cities. Grand Prairie's

Addison's New Water Tower is in discussion on CR4

2009-04-03T12:49:00.001-06:00

Dear Mr. Barnett, . Congratulations on initiating your city's new water tower to be shaped somewhat like a wine glass according to the news about that. . I have a number of improvements to that design that I'd like you to consider. They will reduce the operational overhead and be more environmentally friendly to birds and healthier for humans in the towers' vicinity, alike. . The impact on health

Addison's wind powered water tower is just a beginning.

2009-04-02T21:48:00.001-06:00

Dear constituents, friends and green advocates, If you missed the Addison, Texas announcement that it is letting bids for an esthetically designed, wind powered water tower.... This is your chance to catch up and also follow a thread created for nothing but the improvement on a good ideas' start point (Read: Councilman, Congressman, Senator, Editors, Advocates, ET AL... this is a call to you.

Fw: Plug In America Action Alert – Urge the EPA to Match Tough California Standards!

2009-04-02T10:24:00.001-06:00

I support most of what is stated below - please read it and consider proactive participation.Sincerely, J. Warren Richardson, webmaster of www.green-metroplex.com ----- Forwarded Message ----From: Jay Friedland To: jwarrenr@rocketmail.comSent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:01:38 AMSubject: Plug In America Action Alert – Urge the EPA to Match Tough California Standards!

Getting primed for Earth Day / Earth Weekend in April.

2009-03-11T16:50:00.001-06:00

~ Getting ready for plug-in vehicles ~ By Laura Schewel Posted Mon Mar 9, 2009 4:23pm PDT Related topics: Government, Electric

Recommended Green Websites

2009-03-11T16:28:00.001-06:00

Two excellent, well designed Green Websites: WFAA channel 8's Project Green Websitehttp://www.wfaa.com/projectgreen/tips-home/vitindex.html Yahoo! Green Has a great website, too. Lot's of video feed links as well.http://green.yahoo.com/

A terrific hologram

2009-03-11T16:03:00.001-06:00

I liked this hologram enough to forward it to you.. Hope you like it and its message, too. Warren Richardson of www.green-metroplex.com This is an entertaining hologram from GE, promoting the "Smart Grid" concept. See a digital hologram of the Smart Grid come to life in your hands. Warren Richardson has invited to you to experience the Smart Grid in Augmented Reality. Simply

Link to a great new Green Web

2009-03-11T15:57:00.001-06:00

This is a great, fresh alternative energy resource that has an excelent plug-in vehicle page, too.http://green.yahoo.com/blog/amorylovins/73/getting-ready-for-plug-in-vehicles.html

An Unkind take on the value of Plastic Bags

2009-03-04T18:39:00.000-06:00

More on the topic of a seven cent point of sale tax in Texas. While I realize that Grand Prairie's fourth largest employer, a plastic products manufacturer, is right here in the heart of the Metroplex, I am honor bound to make this point. Here are the best of the liter from a fifteen minute photo shoot which is an oblique take on what I think of plastic point of sale shopping convenience bags

Taxing Plastic Bags in Texas

2009-02-28T23:05:00.001-06:00

AS a constituent of Texas I am very much in favor of the proposed taxation of plastic bags which are creating plastic floating raft beds in the Gulf the size of Nevada, clutter the tree roots and limbs of every water course in our neighboring watercourses, including the Trinity River and Bear Creek and which after releasing off flat land tow up I've used to mark the center of thermals while cross

Wind turbine mean electric production standards are needed

2009-02-25T18:15:00.001-06:00

There is one aspect of wind-turbines that has always dismayed me. When Turbo-mavens post raves about the latest number of mega-watts now on stream - I always wince. (I'm delighted, but still I flinch.). That's because I long ago doped out the reason George Bush as Governor of Texas created the wind farm initiative, back when. Looks like our current president grasped the concept and is spreading

Alternative Energy Good News

2009-02-25T10:17:00.001-06:00

January 29, 2009 ~Installed US Wind Energy Capacity Grows by Record 8,300 MW ~ Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/01/installed-us-wind-energy-capacity-grows-by-record-8300-mw-54619~ The U.S. wind energy industry

Response to kind words from a friend.

2009-02-20T18:51:00.001-06:00

Hello my friend,. Thanks for the nice strokes about my latest info not spam e-news. No, I don't think I can ride in on a white horse and set our country straight, but I think, as a part of a grass roots movements and demands for change; changes are in the wings or sticking out behind the curtains from time to time. Below is my reply, respecting your feed-back. I wrote this last year. They are the

A Shared Victory on Stimulus Bill - Major Victory Announced

2009-02-20T16:59:00.001-06:00

Hello Everyone, ~I wanted to share an atta boy with everyone who has an interest in reducing foreign energy imports and the growing of infrastructure and jobs in America through the use of domestic energy for transportation. This is a terrific first step in the process, as I see it. Whether you participated in the Plug In America Campaign (and I thank you) or not, this is news you I hope you will

Comment and Kudo's on the so called McBurger Controversy

2009-02-12T11:59:00.001-06:00

Going the rounds are a Snopes verified True/False Multiple Choice exposé on McDonald's importing beef because there is, supposedly, not enough to be had from the American Cattle industry sources... ~ This "controversy" is misdirected, in my opinion, in that it's focused on something ginned up by the American Cattle Feeders Association or some such acronym for what is actually the Force Fed Beef -

Butterfly Wings are natural solar collectors

2009-02-09T13:48:00.001-06:00

Natural Solar Collectors in Butterfly Wings ~ Source: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=24463 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering

Green products link

2009-01-28T16:48:00.001-06:00

A highly recommended green products link http://www.absak.com/

The Federal Tax Credit for Solar instalation is no longer capped

2009-01-26T23:26:00.001-06:00

Did you know that Federal Tax Credit for Solar Installation of 30% was capped at $2000 for all systems completed before 12/31/08? ~ The Good News! ~ For systems completed after 12/31/08, the tax credit is uncapped. http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=710 http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US02F

A moderate sized municipality in Los Gatos CA goes solar

2009-01-26T14:42:00.001-06:00

Exerpt from: http://californiasolarinstallation.com/archives/category/news/solar-news We recommend that you click this link to review extensive solar good news.in addition here are some more YouTube feeds: Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLSARSw2JUQalso: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMnx5tFrDDc&NR=1Largest (breakthrough solar generator system being built in the Mohavi Desert in

R.E., Cowtax article in DMN

2009-01-25T12:45:00.001-06:00

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090113_wz_cowtax.41c121e.html#slcgm_comments_anchor ~ Dear David, ~ On the same web page that your article about methane-gas-from-cattle tax article there was a Mickey D ad for a morning McBuiskette, right next to the "pass along" comment. Cracked me up. The truth is that virtually all commercial livestock are feed lot fed on

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Detection Satellite links

2009-01-25T12:33:00.001-06:00

~ Orbiting Carbon Observatory scheduled for launch in February 2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory ~ Japanese Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite Ibuku (Which means, "Breath.").http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_Gases_Observing_Satellite

Why I rant

2009-01-25T10:52:00.004-06:00

Hello Friends,~Enclosed are two quotes that I have on my wall which motivate me to disseminate broadly when I'm discouraged or filled with sorrow or concern for my friends and family and American humankind in general on the state of my countrymen, this country and the environment of Earth in general.~"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. The

Belated New Year Prayer

2009-01-21T19:39:00.006-06:00

Dear Lord, God Almighty,~I apologize for not communing with you earlier this year about this tribulation on my mind. You have known what sadness and concern I am carrying in my heart for your sick daughter, mankind's soul mother, the Earth; whom we both love so much. Each time I've approached the point of getting on my knees to talk to you, I have been overwhelmed with grief and anguish too harsh

Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill Summary

2008-12-31T12:24:00.000-06:00

The Sludge Spill In Tennessee is already on Wikipedia. Click on the pix for larger image views and comprehensive synopis.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_coal_sludge_spill

A trillion barrels of oil

2008-12-28T21:52:00.019-06:00

According to: Gulf Publishing Company,World Oil, Vol. 228, No.9 (September 2007), the world supply of crude oil is 1.14 trillion barrels. If you followed estimates over the years that number has slowly eroded for the past two decades. However - one understands why middle east oil production countries (and Russia) want to drive up the price past 100 U.S. Dollars a barrel. At $25 bucks a barrel

Encourage Corn as Bio-fuel to help fight Type 2 Diabetes.

2008-12-20T11:57:00.004-06:00

A draft variant of the constituent position change below was sent to U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant of Texas yesterday and inserted today into the home page linked in the title above:.At one point, this bully pulpit was opposed to the production of Bio-fuel from corn. The argument was that it was definitely driving up the price of gasoline additives in the form of alcohol and as a result of the

Energy Future Holdings is doing a Mercury Pollution end run...

2008-12-10T10:52:00.001-06:00

Luminent Technology, which is owned by National Conglomerate Energy Future Holdings, has negotiated a deal to avoid a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over two cheap and quick to build coal fired electric generation facilities that are almost ready to go on-line in Oak Grove, Texas. For those of y'all that don't know where Oak Grove is located, it is about due southwest of the DFW Metroplex. Further

Common Sense about the Automobile Industry Bail Out

2008-12-06T11:57:00.001-06:00

Dear CNN.While there is an impassioned lobby in Washington which is trying to get yet another bailout grant from Congress/AKA the American Taxpayer, I would like a review of a short list of items..GM has already done the engineering and has the personnel to make the environmentally friendly cars which it scrapped in 1997. Are they going to re-instate and build those? ... Please review the

In wheel motors

2008-12-06T09:27:00.001-06:00

Mitsubishi is really on to something with its series of in-wheel motors and its in-between wheeled concept vehicles. Check out this dissertation in the Wikipedia website about the evolution of Mitsubishi's wheel drives and concept vehicles: Wiki Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIEV .(Image source: http://www.green-metroplex.com/EVs/Index.html )

Truly stupid bumper sticker

2008-12-06T08:23:00.001-06:00

My spouse told me I aught to publish this joke after showing me a cartoon in today's paper depicting a Hummer with a large bumper sticker on its back door stating, "Global Warming Advocate." My response was, "Well, at least those insufferable idiots are honest about the intended product of their actions."

There really are smart car buyers, y'all!

2008-10-31T12:39:00.000-06:00

Here's some good news for those who wonder what is contributing to some degree to the lessened demand for the formerly out of control gobbling up of more and more foreign oil for gas. The source of this data about this Mercedes built car, is copied from: http://www.green-metroplex.com/Assorted/Fuel/Efficient_Cars.html 20,000 Smart cars have been ordered in the USA as of Oct. 2008 TERRY BOX

Mitsubishi is building a micro electric vehicle

2008-08-06T16:50:00.001-05:00

Mitsubishi Motors of Japan has jumped into the mini-Electric Vehicle arena in a big way. Here's a link to their micro website. You'll need a broadband connection to enjoy this short but intensive four Flash Pages of views introducing their latest hot car project. Tip: Remember to use your outside mouse button to find a menu to get you back out of enlarged views of these Flash Pages if you

Energy saving tip; from the trenches.

2008-06-12T23:13:00.001-05:00

My sister-in-law, who is on social security, was in a fix. As I understand it, her apartment living room has a large, 5 x 8 picture window facing west. It has no protection from direct solar gain, at all. Curtains and slat shades could not keep out the heat in the afternoon, which made the room uninhabitable for much of every day. Her limited funds are made more distressed by the enormous

Oops - ten cents per kWatt solar cells... not just per Watt from thin cell solar arrays.

2008-05-01T22:14:00.001-05:00

My mistake. I meant to say, "Thin Film Solar Cell technology is well on the way to being able to make 10 cents per kWatt energy which is cost competitive with today's coal fired energy." That's 10 cents per kilowatt pumping directly into your abode folks not 10 cents per Watt. Energy from the net grid costs about 6 cents per kWatt. They mark it up and charge about double or more (TXU = 13.9

I'm a Republican Capitalist but I still flinched when I heard Bush speak about market adjustment.

2008-05-01T16:36:00.001-05:00

On April 30th of this year President Bush made several state of the union statements. One comment, almost a sidebar and almost impossible to pick up on was that, "The consumers and the free market will adjust the rising costs of energy." It was buried in his rhetoric, and it was not an error in his fielding of several questions as to what the government could or would not do about the current

Canon Free Shipping Recycle Cartridge Return Lables

2008-03-15T12:17:00.001-06:00

Hello Recycle Buffs, . As a public service, we've looked through Canon's Clean Earth/return Program and found that one pays the price of getting on their email lists in order to get their offered free shipping labels for both USPS and UPS. As a result we scanned and uploaded a workable facsimile of their USPS label to our www.green-metroplex.com website as a public service for those of you who

Three Springtime Health Tips for Gardeners

2008-03-06T12:27:00.001-06:00

In our factoids on health/Gardening page we now have three timely tips for gardeners who want to go a bit greener (pun intended). The tips are: A how-to tip to end pesticide use on tomato plants; Replacing the use of plastic sheets to stop weeds around shrubs and flower beds and biocompatible soap usage in the yard and garden to green them out and remove pests in an easy, eco-friendly manner, in

A compressed/stored air powered car is now on the market.

2008-02-07T15:29:00.000-06:00

Link to information about an innovative Urban Car from the new Compressed Air Technology (CAT) Sector. http://www.green-metroplex.com/CAT/Index.html . For those who are interested in SOLUTIONS to environmental pollution, this vehicle should be in your saved links folder, for an occaisional review over the next year or so, hmmm?

Link to a sustainable gift of love.

2007-10-20T17:55:00.001-05:00

To Wari'n Dori's family and friends: Please consider a donation of love to a strangerduring the coming holiday season. Please go to this Click here link and save it to your favoritesfolder and when approriate, PLEASE make a donation - it's really, really good for the environ-ment and totally creates a sustainable scenario inthe bargain. We used Susan Sarandan's page for our modest donation; a

A newly updated, upbeat Green-Metroplex.com home page.

2007-10-20T16:21:00.001-05:00

Welcome Sisters, Brothers, Children of Earth..Our goal, is to help you find abundant in-formation about what you can do to affect positive change by improving your personal, local, national and world wide environmental use. You may be surprised to find that changes in your lifestyle can actually reduce your cost of living in the bargain; both in the short run and the long run, too!.For example,

Sample Plug-in Petition to one's legislator or representative

2007-10-20T15:28:00.001-05:00

Dear Legislator,.Whereas: I want to have the choice to use cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity to power my car. It is time to once again promote plug-in cars, including battery electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Grid-connected vehicles can make an extraordinary contribution to the reduction of auto emissions, including greenhouse gases, by eliminating the tailpipe..Additionally, plug-ins can

Six months of hybrid sales is doubling all of last years hybrid sales in U.S. (Link)

2007-09-22T10:19:00.001-05:00

Here is some good news from a reliable source about hybrid-electric vehicle sales in the U.S. Last year there were 144,000 hybrids sold for the whole year. Hybrid Sales by Vehicle: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070917/hybrid_sales.html?.v=1? From the desktop of Warren Richardson D/FW Metroplex, pro-active mentor for conversion to energy alternatives and

Review of "Man Builds All Electric Car" in Midlands - Odessa, TX.

2007-08-19T18:04:00.001-05:00

Today there was an apparent re-run of a TV news byteabout an EV made in Midlands - Odessa, TX a fewmonths ago. I built a review page about it with a linkfor your reference..Sunday, 19 August 2007.On the tube today there was a repeat byte about aman in Midlands, TX entiltled Man Builds All ElectricCar, who commutes with a battery powered car. Hehad mixed reactions from folks about town

PVC Poster Child

2007-07-23T14:31:00.000-05:00

Our sister website, www.green-metroplex.com installed a new page which announces its "Poster Child" image; a PVC Water Bottle..Click here to read the announcement. ( http://www.green-metroplex.com/factoids/In_Vivo/PVC_Bottle.html ). Warning, have tongue clamped firmly in teeth.

Solar Electric Warriors

2007-07-06T14:42:00.000-05:00

.If you don't surf to any other link today, surf to this one! It is the Solar Warrior websit, home base for a homeowner family in California that has tons of experience in dealing with the quiet(?) war by utilities against net-grid connection by alternative energy self-producers who built and operate a 2,880 square foot PV array. Their practical, no-nonsense information and sharing of their

A PHEV can provide power to a home

2007-06-14T14:25:00.000-05:00

. Did you know that, "A PHEV can provide power to your home in the case of a power grid outage?; A fleet of PHEV’s (consisting of cars, vans, trucks, firetrucks or busses with plug-in capability) can power critical systems during emergencies." Source: CalCar/Vehicles.Additional Wikipedia Reference: Paragraph 2 Sentence 4.And: Conversions of production hybrids to Plug-in Hybrid capability.And:

Green vs. Classic Economics

2007-06-12T17:53:00.000-05:00

Green Economics is based on three axioms:.- It is impossible to expand forever into a finite space.- It is impossible to take forever from a finite resource.- Everything on the surface of the Earth is interconnected.. .Green Economics is seen to be encroaching into Classic Economics turf, and currently is being resisted somewhat successfully by classic economists who counter that Eco Economics is

I took the Green Footprint Quiz

2007-06-08T14:01:00.000-05:00

.Yikes!.I just took the Green Footprint Quiz and learned that "IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE us, WE WOULD NEED 3.6 PLANETS " to survive... .The quiz results mean that my wife and I who are living modest semi-retirement lifestyles in a lower than average square footage home with energy efficient devices and have cars with better than average mileage; we often ride share and sometimes buy local farm

Today's Feature: The Green Living Store

2007-05-31T17:29:00.000-05:00

The Green Living Store located in the Lakewood district of Dallas has a wonderful plethora of hardware, goods and products for the eco-minded metroplex dweller. They also have a good selection of links and resources and below I have placed a snippet of an article they carry on their website, about compact flourescent lighting, that you will find informative..Source: Green LivingURL: http://

A grass roots invitation for Texans and others

2007-05-29T19:18:00.001-05:00

The DFW Metroplex Alternative Energy Caucus has officially been Googled and can now be found by its key words. The web log is located at http://dfw-alt-e-caucus.blogspot.com/ You are invited to click on the link and find links and information for the beginner through advanced student of Alternative Energy Issues and Information. This web log is aimed primarily at grass roots metroplex citizens

SECO: McKinney ISD

2007-05-26T12:12:00.000-05:00

Sustainable Elementary School Design Demonstration Projects.Studies have shown that schools incorporating passive solar features, such as daylighting, use less energy, student grades have improved, and attendance is higher. .- Energy Smart Schools.According to a study conducted by the Alberta Department of Energy in Canada, students benefited significantly from attending schools where daylight,

Solar Classes in North Texas

2007-05-26T12:05:00.000-05:00

Dates: Jun 02, 2007 - Jun 09, 2007Event: Solar Classes in North TexasTime: All DayDescription:.Doug Livingston of the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA will be conducting a 4 day grid connected solar boot camp for installers and electricians. He will also be giving 2 – 1 day seminars for builders, home owners and businesses that are considering solar..URL: http://www.ckdsi.com/

Sustainable Energy 101

2007-05-24T23:18:00.000-05:00

PEV's ( Plug-in Electric Vehicles ) qualify in the "Storable" category, especially if they re-charge during night hours when traditional utilities usually and otherwise would shut down many generators due to a lack of enough load to remain on the grid. However, PEV's or hybrids retrofitted with higher than stock capacity storage batteries will have worn out tires and batteries which will

Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Green Initiative

2007-05-24T21:06:00.000-05:00

First words: I want you to know something I discovered over the past few weeks about the DFW Metroplex's alternative energy-production potential.First: Average winds speeds are just too slow to make wind turbines cost effective in this part of Texas. Wind energy is not a viable option here. Second: However, clean solar energy is abundant in the metroplex. 100,000 Kilowatt Hours are being