I heard about this website awhile ago but when I checked them out there wasn’t much there aside from an introductory video, so I decided to hold off from making mention of it on the blog.
Well I just came across a press release for Green Energy TV today (also checked out the site again) and it seems they have added some more videos. I figure now is as good a time as any to write a post about them - after all, more publicity will undoubtedly help to make GE TV an even more valuable resource.
Here is a blurb from the press release:
The goal of the clearinghouse is to allow Participants to easily submit their videos of green energy projects that are underway or completed in cities and countries all around the world. Videos will be reviewed and accessible to anyone with internet access at no cost. Then, viewers can search and view the solutions that address their specific need. Videos are also sought from companies, inventors, colleges and universities with existing or breakthrough green energy technology that is waiting to be discovered and marketed to the world.
Green Energy TV will develop revenue streams through advertising opportunities. According to founder Craig J. Zamary, “We will use some of the revenue to install solar/wind energy projects in third world countries,” he said. “These energies can pump fresh/clean drinking water from deep below the earth’s surface and provide many other benefits to impoverished people.”
You can read the full release >>here<<
I think this is a great idea for a website. It can be somewhat annoying trying to find green videos amongst all the clutter at YouTube and Google Video, so I'm definitely happy to hear about any sites focused exclusively on eco-vids.
Unfortunately there are still only 5 videos available to watch on the site, but as mentioned I suspect that with increased media attention we'll see many more uploaded before too long.
Anyway, be sure to check it out for yourself - GREEN ENERGY TV
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Written by Bentley on January 3rd, 2007 with no comments.
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I received an email not too long ago from someone “on behalf of HGTV” (not 100% sure what that means), letting me know about Ed Begley Jr’s new HGTV series called “Living With Ed”.
I had actually heard about the show already, but was happy to receive another reminder since I’ve been hoping to watch it myself (and of course let all our readers know about it as well). I wish I had managed to get this post up sooner (since the premiere was Jan 1st), but alas such is the nature of the holiday season for yours truly.
Although I do have access to HGTV, when I browsed through the weekly show listings today I could not seem to find the show. I REALLY hope it’s not a case of it not yet being available for Canadians. That would stink!
The show is scheduled to run on Sunday nights at 10 pm EST/PST
For those of you unfamiliar with idea behind ‘Living with Ed’, it is essentially a reality series revolving around Ed Begley’s extremely green lifestyle and the effect it can have on his relationship with his wife (who is not quite so green).
I’m sure there are many people (myself included) who can relate. It can at times certainly be a delicate matter trying to find that balance between being green and maintaining a satisfactory level of domestic peace when one is further ahead on the green path than one’s spouse.
By the way, I recently read a very interesting interview with Ed Begley Jr on Grist, about the show and Begley’s environmentalism in general. I highly recommend you check it out.
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Written by Bentley on January 3rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Came across an interesting article about two Missouri men who have started a biodiesel plant which will create fuel using primarily chicken fat.
To be honest, I’m somewhat surprised I haven’t yet really heard all that much about the idea of using animal fat for biodiesel. I’m sure there must be an incredible quantity of this stuff available, and unlike the practice of growing plants for biofuel this concept simply utilizes a waste stream that already exists (ie. we’re not going to hear about animals being raised purely for the sake of removing their fat).
To me this just makes more sense, plain and simple!
Of course, it would be great to see North America moving away from the ‘factory farm’ approach yada yada, but until such time as we see a massive paradigm shift in the farming and food processing sector, why not at least take advantage of green technologies?
What’s funny is that the article mentions that it’s the rising cost of Soybean oil (which apparently accounts for approx. 90% of all biodiesel fuel stock) that is responsible for people starting to focus on animal fats. Why oh why do humans always tend to think like this? Oh well…
Here is an exerpt:
The nation’s biggest meat corporations haven taken notice. Tyson Foods announced in November it has established a renewable energy division that will be up and running during 2007. Competitors Perdue Farms Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc. are making similar moves.
As meatpackers enter the field, they bring massive amounts of fuel stock that could make biodiesel cheaper and more plentiful.
The shift to animal fat as a fuel stock could be key to making the budding biodiesel industry a reliable fuel source for U.S. trucking fleets, said Vernon Eidman, a professor of economics at the University of Minnesota.
Eidman estimates that within five years, the U.S. will produce 1 billion gallons of biodiesel, and half of it will be made from animal fat.
Original article: Tapping chicken fat as biofuel ingredient
Anyway, I really hope we hear more about this and other similar ideas in the biofuel arena - biofuel from human liposuction perhaps? Lots of other posibbilities I’m sure.
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Written by Bentley on January 3rd, 2007 with 2 comments.
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