I just read a blog on some other site commenting about the Presidents program to repower America saying that he lives in MI and his roof has been covered in snow for months so how could his roof be generating any solar power.

First, MI and WI, where I grew up, are abour 45 degrees north.  for optimial wintertime solar collection a pannel should be tilted about 15 degrees more than the lattitude.  so way up north where they have snow for long periods  their house should b... Read More

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Here is another link to a green big utility project in the works:

PSE&G Proposes $773 Million Solar Energy Program

Peace!

Charley

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Check out this industry anouncement @ ITC Proposes $12 Billion Wind Power Transmission System

Peace!

Charley

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"The electric transmission investments proposed in the new Obama administration’s stimulus plan would have a major impact on wind Power development in the United States, according to Emerging Energy Research, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, advisory firm in the renewable energy sector." Study: Electric Transmission Investment, by Emerging Energy Research

Wind Power has good potential to supplement our country's electrical usage but wind Power will not replace the use of hydrocarbons. I a... Read More

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Energy is is all around us. It is in our bodies, in our food, in our homes, in nature, in animals and plants, in the sun, and in the wind. We don't tend to think of how much energy we actually have right in front of us. As Barrak Obama starts hi presidency i have high hopes for change in the energy crisis. Yet we as individuals can take steps to change our ways to more healthy and efficient ways of living. If each one of us took the initiative to harness our own individual energy we could tac... Read More

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