January 3, 2012 | 
Author Do Carbon Credits still have a chance? Can they still be viable for business?
The short answer is yes.
Carbon credits are investments that businesses can make in green companies. These investments help offset the amount of greenhouse gasses that are being pushed into the environment by said company. While this can be viewed as just paying someone off so you can damage the environment more. It is not.
The reason it is not just paying someone off, is companies get to choose the company they invest in. Which means they have meetings, see the presentations of the green company and choose which one fits their business model. Most if not all of these green companies are working in research and development. This means these green companies are working on ways to make green energy, building material, and production methods. Most of the companies who are buying carbon credits are production companies. They are funding the methods that will later improve their company.
People are correct when they point out that companies who are buying carbon credits are not changing anything about their methods, or even trying to change the amount of greenhouse gasses they put into the environment. They are not changing anything yet. However, by investing in green companies who are researching ways to not only make things more energy efficient, but also developing types of green energies that will make energy cheaper to use and easier to obtain. Businesses are first and foremost looking to make a profit. By buying carbon credits they are investing in Read the rest of this entry »
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The Chevy Volt is a new economical car that was put out by Chevy. It was hyped up because of the ability to run on just electricity or gas if you wanted. When the Chevy Volt was released it was in July that it was nearly sold out nationwide. The sales, as GM would have you believe, were supposed to be going great. Then, after careful investigation you can see that this is not the case. There are several dealerships, in the month of July that had the new Chevy Volts ready to go at moment’s notice. On the other hand, there were also over 300 dealerships that had none in stock at all. During the month of July, 2011 there were only 125 sales of the new Chevy Volts. The highest of the sales went to the month of January, 2011 with an unimpressive 281 units sold.
The total sales of the Chevy Volt have only Read the rest of this entry »
In the United States the exploration of smart power grids was legislatively endorsed in 2007 as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act. Energy experts from academia, government offices, and industry vendors agree that smart grids have the potential to radically improve the energy capabilities of the country. Some of the stated goals of smart power grid technologies include improved reliability of power systems, reduced consumption of power required to run the distribution systems, enhanced speed of recovery in the event of an outage, and integration of power from multiple generation methods into one grid effectively incorporating green production systems into mainline distribution channels. Though a lofty list of goals, grid systems have a history of changing technical capabilities across industries.
In fact, grid technologies are common in computing Read the rest of this entry »
Would you like paper or plastic? If you’ve bought anything at a retail store lately, it seems like it’s almost impossible to not get your item in a plastic bag. Americans alone use over 100 billion plastic bags each and every year and the number keeps growing. As consumers continue to buy items, the problem continues to increase. Across the world, trillions of plastic bags discarded and disposed pollute the land and scenery. The entire process of plastic bags is in no way helpful to the Earth; producing plastic bags requires the use of petroleum that could have been used instead as fuel for heat or fuel for transportation. Instead it gets turned into an item that can be even more harmful form of pollution.
There are dangers in plastic bags, not only to humans but to the planet. After plastic bags are used, only a small percentage of them are actually recycled. Most plastic bags Read the rest of this entry »
Americans throw away over thirty-eight million plastic water bottles every year. While drinking water is an excellent way to improve one’s health, the plastic waste that is created as a result is detrimental to all life on this planet. Seventy-five percent of these bottles are thrown away after being emptied even though they can be refilled and reused.
Plastic bottle waste is completely preventable. In fact, it is advisable as well: tap water is actually healthier because it must meet stricter regulations. It is also cheaper than bottled water, which Americans spend $100 billion on annually. Carrying tap water in a reusable bottle does not have the glamor or prestige of purchasing name brand water whenever thirst strikes, but the benefits far outweigh the tiny amount of convenience lost by toting around bottled tap water all day.
Plastic bottles are one of the most common Read the rest of this entry »
Green cars nowadays are the best vehicle to save the planet and consume on gas at the same time. Not having to fill up on gas to drive to places may sound weird but when you think of the amount of money spend everyday on gas tanks being filled up, the whole world is loosing money on gas and now is the time for a change to take place and move people forward without having them worrying about the gas prices or about where to get the money to buy gas and go to work or wherever you desire to go that day.
The best Electric car on the market is the Peugeot iOn: Green Car which is made in the same significant way all green cars are made of. The green cars are made by Mitsubishi the which was used to help manufacture the electric cars in a unique basis that allows the car to be recharged instead of using gas through lithium chargers and batteries. It takes 6 hours to charge an electric car like this one and the top speed is set at 110 km per hour. One charge can take the car up to 300 km.
The second best electric car on the market is the Nissan LEAF car. Made with a very responsive system like a regular car, this electric car is expensive to buy but will save the customer a lot of money on the long run when you thing of the amount of gas that has been saved and not bought. All that money can go to Read the rest of this entry »
The movie “An Inconvenient Truth” was released in 2006 and was a documentary by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. The premise of the film was to educate and enlighten Americans about the global warming issues which had been at the center of the Clinton administration during Bill Clinton’s presidency, as Vice President Al Gore was a staunch proponent of getting the message of global warming out to the masses. The film chronicles Gore’s attempts at enlightening others about global warming in a private citizen role, as the film was shot after Gore had ended his tenure in the White House. The movie explores many of the issues surrounding global warming, and also investigates the political side of the debate as to whether global warming even exists and how the issue is and is not being handled.
Many key facts and topics are addressed Read the rest of this entry »
With air pollution and the ozone layers, getting worse every year, there is a real need for batteries releasing less energy and lasting longer. Along with being biodegradable. This process has been very slow, but it is coming along.
You got to be careful that the tooted, new and improved batteries for green ecology, are not false claims. Make sure that the company, who is saying this, has been around for a while and that they have a good rating with the better business bureau. If so, take the chance on what they are, along with a 30 day written guarantee to return your money if something goes wrong.
With this said, Hewlett Packard just introduce Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re sick of having your electronics run out of battery in the middle of the day when you’re away from an electrical outlet, and wish that you could accomplish as much of your daily computing as possible without harming the environment, you’ll love a solar laptop bag or backpack. These bags have convenient solar panels on the front so that you can charge all of your gadgets in your bag while you walk to work, eat lunch in the park, or read by the window; without harming the environment! These bags are big enough to fit all of your electronic devices, books, and whatever else you need to carry on your adventures. The panels are super efficient too, when you charge your cell phone, you’ll get three hours for each hour of sunlight from a four watt backpack. With an eight watt tablet case, you can fully charge an iPad in ten hours of sun, and less time for most other tablets. With the laptop bags, you can get up to forty five minutes of laptop runtime out of Read the rest of this entry »
Heated floors using radiant heat in cold climates are one of the greenest ways to heat a home. Radiant heat is continuous, which creates a constant stream of warmth, unlike forced air systems that warm air, a substance that retains the least amount of heat of almost any material. Although installing a radiant heating system is among the most complicated and expensive of all types of heating, the benefits to homeowners is long lasting and rewarding.
Radiant heating typically uses gas, oil or wood to heat water that is piped throughout the floor. Although slow to heat up, once reached the maximum, temperatures remain steady, even after the systems have shut down or a power failure occurs. When people heat nothing but air, the temperatures cool quickly. Read the rest of this entry »