Author Archives: Conserv-A-Store

We were only able to visit one of the stops on the annual Orlando Solar tour on 10-2-10 but it was a great stop at a downtown homeowner who was very gracious and passionate in showing off his system and … Continued

We walk and bike alot around our neighborhood here in central Florida. Sadly we are almost run down by sporty autos at least once a week. These higher performance sports cars ie Audis, Mercedes, Lexus, etc are driven way too … Continued

Obviously the largest warming influence on the Earth is the Sun. Seems like discussion of the Sun’s activity on the Earth is not mentioned as often as should be by climatologist’s discussion global warming. The Economist magazine has a good … Continued

 Not sure where we picked this up but we have read the general theme a few other  places that being that LEED is a bit light on defining true energy saving. It is being changed constantly and hopefully strengthened but … Continued

Development of Florida’s beautiful natural environment has gone on since the Native Americans ruled the land. But the impact of Native Americans did not come close to that of the European Americans who have added almost 12 million humans to … Continued

 Biodiversity is sadly recognition that plants and animals are allowed by man to continue their lives without threat of extinction either from man’s direct actions or indirectly from climate change which must partially be attributed to man. Since most humans … Continued

We recently started receiving the Green Business Quarterly. It’s an interesting recap of what’s going on in the Green world of architecture and engineering of largely commercial space. There is an advertisement that accompanies the write-ups on each given company … Continued

Heard a great interview on Bloomberg radio with Kathleen Hays, the Hays Advantage, on 9-21-10.You may be able to find it if you go to the Bloomberg Radio website. We like Kathleen Hays since she is smart, a trained economist, … Continued

The largest wind turbine farm in the world is now operational off the coast of Kent England. Say what you want about it’s looks or power output but it will NEVER recreate the American Gulf oil spill.  The external price … Continued

Since consumer auto transportation gobbles up to 35% of oil demand we are vigilant that a larger offering of Alternative Fuel Vehicles can only help us change from what the great Oil Man GW Bush called “Our addiction to oil” … Continued