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Solar Energy on a Limited Budget

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Solar Energy on a Limited Budget How do you afford the purchase and installation of a solar energy system in these economic times? I certainly want to but I am limited by financial constraints. To make solar more affordable, we are limiting our current home energy consumption. The thinking goes like this: the less energy [...]

My Home’s Carbon Footprint

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife My Home’s Carbon Footprint I really want to know what my contribution to the illusive “carbon footprint” amounts to. Using multiply on-line carbon footprint calculators left me worse than frustrated. According to some calculations, I’m super wasteful. According to other calculations, I’m well below average. Is below average really [...]

Energy Conservation by Individual Choice

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Energy Conservation by Individual Choice The mission here at Simple Home Solar Energy is to “go solar.” The goal is to eventually produce all the energy our home requires. The process to turn our home into a solar energy generator is documented here, in this blog. Not being a trained engineer or [...]

Is the Energy Crisis Over?

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Is the Energy Crisis Over? In desperate times, we do what we can to address the immediate crisis. This past summer the high cost of energy initiated a crisis mode. Americans drove less, spent less, and elected a new president with lofty energy promises. Today, gasoline prices are down [...]

Home Energy Reduction Progress

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Image by thingermejig via Flickr Our Home Energy Reduction 2008 Progress This week I paid my last electric utility bill for 2008. As mentioned in Monday’s post we went off our “energy diet” during the holidays, so the monthly bill was higher than usual. Still, in spite of our holiday energy binge, we used fewer [...]

Home Energy Diet Resumes

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Image by dianaschnuth via Flickr Home Energy Diet Resumes During the holiday season, we have been off our home energy diet. With family and friends here to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year, we set the thermostat back up to 70 degrees, turned the hot water heater timer off, and used the clothes dryer [...]

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