utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: 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
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utah homes: Crimereports.com, something you should check out. - 01/31/08 07:48 PM
If you subscribe to the Salt Lake Tribune, then you saw this in today's paper. If you do not subscribe, it is worth while for you to check out this site as it either applies to you or will probably apply to you in the near future. So what is crimereports.com? It is
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utah homes: The Secret Life of Cell Phones - 01/30/08 12:39 PM
Very interesting video and a great follow up to this post on the 50 ways to recycle your cell phone. Please recycle your old cell phone and any of your electronics responsibly. If you want to know where to recycle electronics in your area please visit this website, it is a fabulouse
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utah homes: Green goods or greenwash? Ecolabelling.org can help you answer that question. - 01/30/08 12:24 PM
Perhaps you have been following Jonelle Simmons Blog and you make your own green cleaners. However, if you don't there is a very handy new resource out there for you. It is called ecolabelling.org. Ok, it doesn't have a lot to do with cleaners, but Jonelle's posts are a wonderful resource,
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utah homes: What is the story of your stuff? - 01/25/08 07:34 AM
I came across The Story of Your Stuff today and I feel everyone should stop in at this site and watch the whole 20 minutes worth of videos. This is a quote from the Press Release and there is a short "Teaser Video" Below: Throughout the 20-minute film, activist Annie Leonard, the
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utah homes: Strawbale may not be right for you , but what about Enviroboard? - 01/03/08 10:25 PM
First, let me say that I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season and I wish everyone a very succesful 2008! My last post of 2007 was on December 19th and I took some time away from the technology for a while to spend time with family! It was wonderful! So, on
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