Natural Gas Facts
Natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel.
Natural gas is safe, clean and affordable.
Natural gas is naturally colorless, odorless, lighter than air and non-toxic.
Methane is the primary hydrocarbon in natural gas.
The chemical symbol for methane is CH4.
A blue flame indicates a complete gas/oxygen mixture during combustion.
During complete combustion of natural [...]
HydroPower Facts
World-wide, about 20% of all electricity is generated by hydropower. (1)
Hydropower provides about 10% of the electricity in the United States. (1)
The United States is the second largest producer of hydropower in the world. Canada is number one. (1)
Norway produces more than 99% of its electricity with hydropower. New Zealand uses hydropower for [...]
Wind Energy Facts
Wind energy is a form of solar energy, and therefore, is renewable. Wind does not need to be produced, like ethanol does, so there will always be a constant supply of it.
Wind energy is very expensive to set up, so it requires significant amounts of capital to establish wind farms. After the initial investment [...]
Why use solar for your home’s energy needs?
A solar thermal roof is basically a roof converted into one giant collector. A solar thermal roof 50’x20’ or 1000 sq ft could easily harvest the fuel oil equivalent contained in 3,000 gallons of fuel oil/year. The materials needed to make a solar thermal roof of this size cost about $4,000. It takes two men [...]
