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More and more home owners are choosing to install solar panels on their roofs. According to the Energy Information Administration, the official provider of energy statistics to the US government, the number of installed units was over 280,000 in 2007 (the latest year that data is available). Why are so many people installing them?

The first reason is that solar, or pv, panels can save money. In many cases homes become “net providers” of energy. That means the solar panels create more electricity than the homeowners’ need, turning these homes into mini-power stations, where the electricity the homeowner does not need is sold back to the power company. They not only reduce their electricity bill to zero, but get credits applied to their electric company’s bill. That comes in handy on those months that there may not be enough sun to cover all of your electricity use, like during a month with a lot of rain or snow – or during winter.

The second reason is that there are tax credits that try to make the installation of the panels more affordable. Recent stimulus legislation includes these incentives.

A third reason is that more and more Americans are concerned about where their fuel comes from, and they want to do their part to help keep the environment clean for the children and grandchildren.

However, even with the tax credits, the costs for putting solar panels on homes can still reach into the thousands of dollars. That is beyond the reach of many people. But there are other options.

Believe it or not, you can build your own. With as little as $200 in materials and a little elbow grease, it is possible to start putting these savings into your pocket. And there are very easy step by step guides to help. The internet offers many products that walk you through the process.

How many months does it take you to spend $200 on your electricity bill? Three months? Two? One? In that amount of time, these panels would have paid for themselves. This is a great investment.

My experience installing solar panels is always the same: homeowners love saving money, using less foreign oil and helping the environment. See if this product is right for you. http://makeyourownenergy.wordpress.com

Robert Fryer is an architecture professor in energy efficiency, and has 15 years experience in designing homes and systems.

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What are some environmental issues that are being ignored by the bought and paid for Copenhagen establishment?

I wonder why the bought and paid for scientists, politicians and fake environmental shills put stuff like poisons and toxins in the drinking water supply and focus on a gas necessary to sustain life.

http://news.nuprana.com/2009/10/07/dangerous-toxins-taint-drinking-water-in-schools/

An environmental issue that is totally ignored that I can think off from the top of my head is the realization that Antarctica is GROWING and not shrinking…but you don’t get those pictures shown that NASA has available. Another point to be made is nothing is commented on the biggest green house gas in our atmosphere which is Water vapor…or what people know as CLOUDS!

People we, and the plants NEED Carbon Dioxide and to ignore that fact shows a gross ignorance of grade school Earth Science classes.

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environmental issues/waste management in the workplace?

anyone know any useful ideas on how to mange the energy we use, and waste (mainly paper) we throw away in the office? Also- any important facts we should know about the environment- not like the obvious ones- but like some statistics etc that can give us a bit more drive to become more eco-friendly?

thanks a lot

Depending on the size of your business there are many paper shredding/recycling companies that can provide service. The document shredders/bins can accomodate paper clips, staples, and folder brackets and they pick up. This works for medium and larger offices, smaller offices may have to collect and drive to the recycler themselves.

Look into ways to reduce the paper. Use email, databases, websites, electronic billing and payment, computer filing. Encourage employees to not print drafts or emails. Accept digital signatures from PDF where you can so docs don’t have to be printed.

For energy: the obvious ones that you’d do in your home – control the thermostat, change lightbulbs, use power strips, turn off lights, computers, equipment. If employees listen to music encourage them to play it on the PC or phone system instead of a radio or CD player.

For statistics I’d suggest creating your own internal stats. Collect the waste paper for a week and weigh it, then calculate how many trees it took on an online calculator. That way it’s personal. Or have contests, for every $1 saved on the power bill the employees get to share $0.25 or pool it for a prize or party. The company still saves $0.75!

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The environmental issues in India become more serious every day and she is turning into a bit of a mess on this front but with over 1 Billion people most of which in dire poverty, it’s hardly surprising. The recent boom in its industries, little or no environmental education, infrastructure at bursting point not to mention the huge deforestation that’s going on.

India appears to be digging its own grave deeper and quicker than the rest of us, nearly 30% of India’s gross agricultural output is lost every year due to soil degradation, poor land management and counter productive irrigation. 7516 km of coastline have also come under attack from this environmental sabotage, overfishing remains a huge problem due to lack of legislation enforcement. Raw sewage from an awful lot of people is pumped endlessly into the ocean along with other industrial waste and chemicals.

India’s incredibly vulnerable water supply has also come under attack from every angle resulting in very dramatic drop in the national water tables. Air pollution remains a huge problem in India with the diesel used containing up to 200 times the amount of sulfur than our European diesel.

The quite rapid story if India’s deforestation is rather depressing. It is predicted that almost 5.3 Million hectares of forest have been destroyed since the independence. The government has been slow to recognise this problem and the solutions it has come up with involve unenforceable legislation mixed with wide spread corruption and a million poeple buring desire to survive

Land degradation, disease and a huge litter problem are some of the other problems which plague this great nation. It is however, not all lost…

Follow the link below for a complete view of the Environmental issues in India. http://www.all-about-india.com/Environmental-issues-in-India.html

Another Expert article from the web’s most comprehensive India resource.
Written by Oliver Wakefield of All-about-India.com

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