Comm Goes Green

Are solar panels for green energy worth getting?

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:42:13 +0000

Looking at getting solar panels for house whole energy savings and to have a green element to my way of life. But my concern is that I think they have a limited shelf life of 10 years is this true? It’s such a large out lay for only 10 years of use. Could I be wrong?

Solar panels are warranted for 25 years. Generally, companies warranty for half the product’s expected life span, so they expect 50 years from them. We can’t tell for sure how long panels will last, because the first ones made are still working.

If you have a solar system with battery backup, the batteries do have less than a 10 year lifespan. But 80% of solar installations are straight to the electric grid with no batteries.

If you are looking for a good return on investment, look into solar water heating. It’s a much bigger bang for the buck for saving energy. Let the sun heat the water instead of the dirty fuels.

I want to help my school "go green" but..how?

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:42:09 +0000

I’m 16 years old and see the constant waste that generates from everyday school life and want to know how I can help my school and community to go green.

call your local trash service (make sure you call the industrial brnahc for larger quantities of trash) and ask if they would donate a couple of recycling bins for your lunch room at school, or if they won’t,get a quote. remember that a school is tax exempt. after you have your figures, set up a meeting with your board of education, citing costs and possible ways to raise the money, ask your school’s key club to hold an event like a bake sale or something like that.’

more than likely, your school can take a chunk of it’s budget to afford the facilities you need. even if they don’t bite right away, they might reward your efforts and planning anyway. do anything you cxan, you know?

What is a reason to switch to renewable or "green" energy sources?

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:37:11 +0000

A. There is more pollution with green energy sources
B. it is better for our envioronment
C. renewable energy sources are hard to replenish
D. all of the above
E. none of the above

Those don’t make any sense. Because there is LESS pollution with green energy sources and if it is REnewable then it is EASY to replenish. So its E or B…

Green Day (official) Tour Dates 2009 (and im retiring)?

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:37:08 +0000

so who’s really pumped for a green day tour? who plans on going?

hi there my nimrods and international superfans, i know it’s been a while, and i regret not updating as much as usual, but there’s too much going on in the world of green day for me to cover.
So without further ado, i give you the first tidbit of green day tour dates!

July 2009
3rd Seattle, WA
4th Vancouver, BC
6th Edmonton, AB
7th Saskatoon, SAS
9th Winnipeg, MAN
10th Fargo, ND
11th Minneapolis, MN
13th Chicago, IL
14th Detroit, MI
16th Hamilton, ONT
17th Ottawa, ONT
18th Montreal, QUE
20th Boston, MA
21st Philadelphia, PA
22nd Pittsburgh, PA
24th Hartford, CT
25th Albany, NY
27th New York, NY
29th Washington, DC
31st Nashville, TN

August 2009
1st Atlanta, GA
3rd Tampa, FL
4th Miami, FL
5th Orlando, FL
7th New Orleans, LA
8th Houston, TX
9th San Antonio, TX
11th St. Louis, MO
12th Kansas City, MO
13th Omaha, NE
15th Denver, CO
16th Salt Lake City, UT
18th San Jose, CA
20th San Diego, CA
21st Las Vegas, NV
22nd Phoenix, AZ
24th Sacramento, CA
25th Los Angeles, CA

So ticket sales arent announced yet, and updates to the tour can be found here: http://www.greendayauthority.com/tour/

im sorry to say that i’m retiring from this little thing i’ve managed to build up around here. it’s hard, home life sucks and is effecting my time online, i can barely keep up with all the updates myself, and now that the album release is a couple weeks away (May 15th), i dont think ya’ll need me here anymore. my work here is done, basically.

Please direct yourselves to the Green Day Authority daily for updates, and if you’re up for a real experience join their forum the Green Day Community. you wouldn’t regret it.

Thanks for all the support guys,

- Alanna (ila reto)

I’ll be in Philly the 21st, no doubt! I think that’s cool they’re there the 21st, for the album 21st Century Breakdown. :]

Awwww, you’re leaving?!
We’ll miss ya!!
Byee!<3

What are the challenges with government pushes rural electric cooperatives for green energy?

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:32:08 +0000

help me out!! What are the challenges rural Electric cooperatives face when the government faces for green energy.

Funding. Scale. Zoning restrictions. Practicality.

What will it take to get people passionate about stopping global warming again?

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:32:06 +0000

It seems that the liberal and green community has gone into hiding over this. We carried the torch 2 years ago! I am the only one passionate about saving the planet? What were million of us saying 2 years ago? What has happened to hope and change?

Politically speaking…you got sold a 75 Chevy Vega with Obama.

Nice work…. " hope and change " ,,,you actually bought that line of BS ??

Where can i find reliable information about green energy?

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:22:10 +0000

For school i need to do a project about green energy.

I want to know how much of the energy won this day, is green energy.
So maybe a link with a pie-diagram in it? I know i saw it one day, but now i cannot find it anymore.

THanks in advance
this article about renewable energy sources in United States should be helpful to you http://renewableenergyarticles.blogspot.com/2010/01/most-important-renewable-energy-sources.html

Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown CD download?

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:22:07 +0000

Yesterday on the Green Day Community there was a link to download the whole album and expecting it would be there today I was going to download it but then the link was canceled so could someone please give me a link or something to download it? Please and Thank You.

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What are some cons to green energy policies?

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:03:29 +0000

what are some of the bad effects of having green energy policies for one and another thing is where can I find some statistics of how expensive green energy changes would be?

Renewable energy sources have environmental impacts of their own.

Hydroelectric dams create lakes that change the natural environment and cover up heritage sites while making it more difficult for fish to breed.

Windmills are an eyesore and cause significant deaths to birds.

All of these are cons, but they are all containable and have options to get around them.

Where can I find information about recycling (plastic) in my community?

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:03:25 +0000

This year, my high school started a club called Go Green, where we (obviously) try to make the school and community a greener place. One thing I’ve noticed is that the students in our school alone use a lot of plastic water bottles. I’m looking for a way to get students to recycle water bottles. I’d really like something simple, like a bin that can be filled with the bottles to be sorted later. I don’t want the students to be discouraged or turned off from recycling by something too complicated though. I live in a small town of about 6,000 people so there aren’t a lot of local options for recycling. Is there a company or organization online that provides a simple service like this?

Hello,

There are a couple of options you can look at:

Earth 911 is a site that lists local recycling options based on zip code. It may be worthwhile to look there and see if there are local plastic recycling companies.

The option about talking to your town is a good one. Many towns offer recycling services to schools. Usually it requires the school to initiate the service and they provide pickup, etc.

Another option is to check out a company called TerraCycle. They have a program open to some schools where they collect plastic bottles as a fundraiser. TerraCycle makes a vermicomposting fertilizer product that they botte.

Regarding the collection, an easy way to do this is to engage an art teacher and ask them to assign it as a class project. Utilizing the boxes that paper gets shipped to your school in, have the art students come up with creative ways to decorate the boxes and communicate the message. This also eliminates the need for you to purchase containers to collect bottles in. Finally when those containers get to the point of replacement, you can recycle them with the other cardboard generated by your school.

Hope this helps!
Adam