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Alternative Energy in Philippines
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Let us begin the New Year on a positive note by highlighting the fact that
things are looking rosy for the country’s emerging renewable energy industry as
investments in so-called green technology soared at the close of 2009,
auspiciously ushering in 2010...(Read More)
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Many local businesses are
adopting the green path and investing in sustainable practices. Going green
means to pursue knowledge and practices that can lead to more environmentally
friendly, ecologically responsible decisions, and lifestyles which can help
protect the environment and sustain its natural resources for current and
future generations. From an investor point of view, where there is cost, there
is a flow of capital and opportunity. As a result businesses are looking at the
opportunities that green ventures offer...(Read More) |
Harnessing new frontier
in electricity generation
With
trepidation over climate change risks, the charted path toward the world’s
energy future conjures shift to cleaner energy options - and it invariably
factors in renewable energy (RE) into the equation... (Read More) |
What
is renewable energy?
Today we rely mostly on fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. There is
only a limited supply. In other words, they are nonrenewable resources. Fossil
fuels also create pollution when they are burned. Renewable energy cannot be
used up, and it does not generate pollution. It is sustainable energy. Another
way of looking at the impact of using or, in this case, not using renewable
energy sources, is to imagine planet Earth as a spaceship. As we orbit the sun
through space, we carry with us a limited supply of air, fresh water, coal, oil
and natural gas. All of our trash and pollution must stay with us on board our
spaceship. As the world's population grows we use more supplies. Pollution also
increases. Spaceship earth is so huge that in the past, people believed that
its resources would never run out. Some also thought that it could not be hurt
by pollution. Recently, it has come to our attention that we are treating the
earth badly. This is not fair to future generations that will inherit this
planet....(Read More)
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