Category: Energy
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Is Bitcoin Bad For The Environment?
Bill Gates hailed Bitcoin as a “technological tour de force” while Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said that it “has the potential to do something like change the world.” Not everybody is as gushing with praise. Billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, said that it is a “delusion” because it has no “unique value” and also…
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How vehicle tracking reduces commercial fleets environmental impact
The environmental impact of a commercial fleet can be a significant issue for businesses in any sector. No matter the size of a fleet, the goal of reducing its environmental impact has now become high on the list of priorities for fleet managers around the world. One way to reduce a fleets impact on the…
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How to Keep your Home and Garden Energy Efficient
Global warming is already having a noticeable impact on our planet – sea levels are rising, polar glaciers are melting, and there have been increases in average temperatures all across the globe. We are all realising that each individual needs to take action and change their daily habits in order to reduce our energy usage…
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Pros and Cons of Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint
There’s been a debate about the pros and cons of offsetting for many years now. Leo Hickman, the chief adviser of climate change at WWF-UK believes “carbon offsetting is both a distraction and a delusion.” But Duncan Clark, author of The Rough Guide to Green Living believes “If you offset as part of cutting your…
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How To Make Your Home Office Eco Friendly
Your home office is a place in which you spend a large amount of your time and because of this, you should invest in it. In addition to making it comfortable and stylish, you might also consider making your office eco-friendly. Set aside some time and a little bit of money to lessen your carbon…
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Skiing and the Environment
Holidays are certainly not restricted to the summer months but when it comes to choosing a winter break there are two options which outnumber all others. The first is to simply forget all about the winter weather and jet off to the other side of the world and the other is to embrace the delights…
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Energy Saving Doors and Windows
Along with walls and roofs, doors and windows form the elemental parts of all habitable buildings. They are so familiar that they can easily be taken for granted but, for those looking to make energy savings, these humble apertures can offer scope for significant improvements in terms of both comfort and energy savings. Energy Saving…
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The Best Hybrid Cars in 2016
Not too many years ago choosing a new car was a relatively simple matter. Car manufacturers offered small, medium or large models and occasionally a “sports” car. How things have changed. Today’s car buyers are confronted with a vast array of different choices from city cars to SUVs and crossovers with an equally bewildering choice…
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Do Electric Cars Make Environmental Sense?
Electric and hybrid car cynics will argue that these green vehicles do not actually make environmental sense because they have higher manufacturing and energy costs. Whilst this is true when you take into account the full lifetime of the vehicle and its greener impact on the environment once manufactured and in use then they are…
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Sustainable Wood Fuel
Sustainable Wood Fuel Wood has always been used as a source of domestic fuel to heat the home and cook food. Fossil fuels such as coal and gas reduced the use of wood significantly in large parts of the world, but once again wood is being seen as a good alternative. As the limited supplies…
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Types of Wood Fuel
Types of Wood Fuel Biomass is one of today’s buzzwords and the use of organically sourced fuel is seen as the truly green alternative to the use of fossil fuels. Although biomass fuels can originate from a wide variety of sources, the one with which people are most familiar is of course wood. Wood is…
