green utah real estate: Turn those trans fats into oil for you car! Green Motor Oil coming at the end of the month! - 03/03/08 11:35 AM
Green Earth Technologies has announced the arrival of their Green Motor Oil on store shelves this month!
This motor oil has been developed by using nano technology to transform those trans fats, now illegal in many places, from fryers to your cars engine. So that 200 pounds of waste tallow from … (3 comments)
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green utah real estate: A taste of why we need clean energy in Utah. - 02/25/08 04:05 PM
I stumbled upon this blog today when doing a search for photos of the dreaded inversion here in Salt Lake City and think it is very worthwhile to post a link on my blog.
If you want to understand my passion for environmental change take a look at this blog. You … (0 comments)
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green utah real estate: Have you ever seen a wind turbine fail? - 02/25/08 03:49 PM
All I can so to the video below is wow! Turbines have a governor to keep them revolving at a slow pace during high winds. This one obviously failed. I can only imagine the damage something like this could cause in a large scale wind farm. By the way I am … (7 comments)
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green utah real estate: Now this is promising! The world's largest (today) solar plant is coming to Arizona in 2011. - 02/25/08 03:45 PM
If, and only if, congress renews the clean energy tax credit this year, they will be building the worlds largest solar plant in the Arizona desert. Thanks to a partnership between Arizona Public Service and Abengoa Solar the state of Arizona will be able to provide solar powererd electricty to about … (6 comments)
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green utah real estate: I have seen the future and the possibilities are endless with renewable power! - 02/23/08 06:01 PM
I came upon this video today over at treehugger. Scientists are now working to make Germany fully reliant on Renewable energy sources. Generating enough power through the use of wind, water and biogas to keep all of Germany electrified. I do hope that we see these things in our country someday … (1 comments)
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green utah real estate: The air car is coming!!! - 02/23/08 08:54 AM
Now this is exciting news! According to this Cnet article the 106 MPG air car will be arriving in the US in late 2009 or early 2010.
From the article: "According to its initial, estimated, specifications the Air Car will go 848 miles on an 8 gallon tank of gas. The size … (14 comments)
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green utah real estate: Would you live in dirt? How would you run the comps on that??? Rammed earth homes. - 02/22/08 10:42 PM
It has been a long time since I posted a would you live story! This one is great. As the world move more and more to alternative and sustainable means of construction things that were laughed at as hippie ideas just 30-40 years ago are proving to be beautiful and doable … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Tankless Water Heaters - Does it Take Longer To Get Hot Water? - 02/20/08 05:14 PM
Over on the LA Times Blog called Pardon Our Dust, they have posted an entry on how long it takes to get hot water to your faucet with a tankless heater vs. a conventional heater.
The basis of the story is that tankless owners, myself included, are always asked (told) that … (8 comments)
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green utah real estate: I was on TV thanks to AR! Going Green: Cash-Saving Tips That Help Environment - 02/20/08 11:39 AM
As I posted last week I was contacted by ABC 4 our local affiliate here in Salt Lake City about doing a news story. They came upon my Active Rain Blog through a Google search and called me based on what they saw. Soon after they were at my house filming … (11 comments)
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green utah real estate: They say you need thick insulation. Do you? Listen and see. - 02/17/08 03:06 PM
Here in Utah there is a local podcast production that does casts that debunk a lot of what the "experts" say. Sure the "experts" that are debunking it may be a litle biased, but I think you can learn great things as well.
Last week a local builder and friend of … (0 comments)
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green utah real estate: New Listing-Enjoy Life from High Above The City and Only 10 Minutes From Downtown! - 02/14/08 07:56 PM
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green utah real estate: Tidal and Wave Power: Amazing new technologies for our future. - 02/13/08 11:06 AM
I have covered a lot of alternative sources of energy with Wind Power and Solar Energy, but nothing is more captivating to me than what has been coming along for several years now as a potential power source for millions of people everywhere. Completely clean energy that creates no greehouse emissions … (6 comments)
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green utah real estate: What are you going to do with your tax credit? How can you help the recession get better? - 02/11/08 12:27 PM
According to the latest reports we are in a recession, we are going to be in a recession or we are now exiting the recession. Who knows?!? I certainly don't. What I do know is that recessions seem to be a mindset. They always have been. At least in my 39 … (11 comments)
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green utah real estate: This is one of those duh, why didn't I think of that moments. - 02/09/08 07:11 PM
Forget generating electricity in ways we typically think of it. You know, solar, wind, etc. Think about revolving doors all over the world. Spinning away and doing nothing. Now think about attaching a generator to them and then you have the latest way to generate electricity.
The technology that is growing … (3 comments)
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green utah real estate: Beautiful Prefab Shipping Container home - 02/09/08 06:57 PM
To see this post and many others like it, visit my other blog at www.ecozebra.com
I have posted a lot on shipping container homes and this week I found yet another beautiful example of this architecure that has been built. I really do hope to have a home made from shipping … (10 comments)
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green utah real estate: Weekend Update: Green in the news. - 02/09/08 06:51 PM
Two weekends ago I promised to start doing this every weekend. Then I missed last weekend. So should we call it Every Other Weekend Update? Nah, I'm committed now.
This week there was a lot out there in the way of green news.
From the New York Times we learn that … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Working out for the greater good. Or at least for to watch DVD's and keep the lights on. - 02/06/08 11:56 AM
I picked up on this over at Inhabitat today. It seems a personal trainer has built the first green micro gym. While working out you are generating electricity to power DVD players and even help with the light bill. What a concept and why did it take someone so long to … (4 comments)
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green utah real estate: Masdar Initiative - A bit cool, A bit creepy, A bit Star Treky - 100% Carbon Neutral City. - 02/06/08 11:41 AM
The concept is cool, the beauty is amazing, the whole thing is such a great idea, but I find the video a bit creepy. The definition of Utopia. So what am I talking about? I am talking about a city outside of Abu Dhabi that will be 100% carbon Neutral, Car … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Solar is going to get cheaper and more efficient everyday! - 02/04/08 09:41 AM
The amount of information that is changing and updating everyday is staggering to me! We live in a wonderful time full of incredible innovation.
According to this article from the Idaho National Laboratories, they are using a special technique to stand millions of tiny antennas on to a thin film of plastic … (4 comments)
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green utah real estate: Solar Tracking Skylights. A Big Energy Saver. - 02/01/08 05:16 PM
I came upon this at another blog today and I am very impressed. The product is a Solar Tracking Skylight and the the company is Solar Tracking Skylights, Inc.
Basically what this product does is function as a skylight that tracks the sun throughout the day and it provides full daylighting … (11 comments)
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