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U.S. President-elect Barack recently promised that his presidency “will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change.” Pre-election, Obama vowed to promote clean and renewable energy. The signs were looking good for the furtherance of solar power for homes.

It was for those reasons that you may remember we at Go Solar Power For Homes Dot Com got behind his election campaign. However, it would appear that already Mr. Obama’s plans are coming up against some major obstacles. In these trouble times economically, the major power companies are getting cold feet. Consequently, this is looking to be a harder promise to keep than it was to make.

One of Mr. Obama’s highest priorities was to establish an optimistic new energy future. This would happen by creating huge quantities of wind, solar and nuclear energy. However, in order for this to happen, energy companies and utilities were always going to have to finance the massive new investments that would be needed.

The best way to describe it is that the funding has stalled. Take the example of the New York-based Clear Skies Solar Inc. Even though a major California utility company had agreed to buy all their output, nevertheless Clear Skies Solar recently had to cancel their plans to build a one-megawatt solar plant in California’s Mojave Desert. The reason for this was that they were unable to find funding.

This is the case with solar companies all across the U.S. Capital budgets are being slashed and projects are being cancelled.

Sadly, some of the first things the utility companies have trimmed are the renewable power projects that were supposed to be the vanguard of the country’s new energy future.

Members of Obama’s transition team assure us that, after fixing the economy, enacting environmental greenhouse-gas legislation is the new administration’s second-highest priority. But now, following the mess created by massive bank losses and the ensuing stock market collapse, the new economic realities dictates a less-expensive program.

So, our hopes at Go Solar Power For Homes Dot Com are still bright, but it looks like patience is the key. We are still pointing in the right direction. Looking over our shoulder in the direction of the White House, we are reminded how it could be so much worst.

Over there, in his last 60 days, we can see George Bush working at breakneck pace to pass thru as many new anti-environmental laws as possible. One example of this is a new law to ensure coal-fired power plants will no longer be required to install pollution controls or clean up soot and smog pollution. Another one of Mr Bush’s legacies, if he has his way, is set to be a law to open up 2m acres of land in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado to development of oil shale, the dirtiest fuel on Earth involving a number of environmental issues such as greenhouse-gas emission, air pollution and waste-water management.

So, we can be glad that, though things maybe are not going as fast as we might like with Obama’s plans, things could be a lot worse. Mr. Bush has promised that he will be heading off for a quiet life in Texas after he completes what was unarguably the very worst Presidency in U.S. history.

Bring on Obama! Go Solar Power For Homes!

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Here’s an idea that we at Go Solar Power For Homes Dot Com absolutely love the sound of. How about sending loads of solar panels out into space, line them up so they are facing the sun and then have them send back all that solar power for homes back to us! Sounds great, don’t you think?

Well the truth is that beaming solar power for homes from space is not a new concept. In fact, American scientist Peter Glaser came up with the idea of space solar power way back in 1968. Indeed, NASA and the United States Department of Energy gave extensive consideration to the idea  throughout the 1970s and decided that the theoretically it is possible, but the cost of assembling all the technology and then the added cost of sending it all out to space put the whole thing out of reach.

The idea was that satellites could electromagnetically beam solar energy back to receivers on Earth to create solar power for homes. The gigawatts upon gigawatts of solar energy could easily be turned into electrical energy. This could then be fed into the national grid providing almost unlimited amounts of solar power for homes. 

Of course, these satellites, circling high about planet Earth, wouldn’t have to worry about it becoming night time. They’d be way up above the earth’s shadow. So they could beam energy back to us all day every day throughout the year.

Clean, renewable electricity coming at us all around the clock? Endless quantities of solar power for homes? How good is that?!!!

‘All good’, you’d think, but then along comes a scientist to bring us back down to earth (excuse the pun!) The problem was a straight forward one according to John Mankins, the former president of the Space Power Association and NASA technologist. “The estimated cost of all the infrastructure to build this in space was about $1 trillion … an unimaginable amount of money.”

In the mid-90s, NASA looked again but then for no great reason they just stopped. By the start of this millennium, the whole idea had been pretty much scrapped.

However, fresh enthusiasm has been injected into this debate recently by Charles Miller, director of the Space Frontier Foundation, a group promoting public access to space.

“The country that takes the lead on space solar power will be the energy-exporting country for the entire planet for the next few hundred years,” Miller said. No wonder people are looking agin. He’s suggesting a process whereby solar power for homes would be supported ad infinitum.

However, it would appear that the U.S. faces stiff competition from Russia, China, India and even the European Union. That’s not to mention Japan. Their government has been pouring millions of dollars into space power studies for decades … and they’re giving out signs that they’re about ready to run out some real-time testing very soon.

Is this fast developing into the new space race?

Let’s not get too excited just yet though. Enormous engineering challenges still need to be overcome. The operation will probably need equipment that’s literally a mile long, or longer. This would take hundreds of components to construct using advanced robot technology.

Then there is the matter of finding someone to foot the bill. This is likely to cost in the order of billions of dollars. Even Bill Gates would have to stretch to raise those funds. Nevertheless, we think that the important thing to get here is that some of the great minds of our generation agree that getting our solar power for homes from space outposts really is possible.

Not only that but incredibly Miller said he thinks it will be possible in the next 10 years. “We could see the first operational power satellite in about the 2020 time frame if we act now,” he said.

Bring it on! Go solar power for homes!

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at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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Talk about making diy solar power for homes? Here is an amazing YouTube video which shows you how you can make yourself a solar shingle roof that is as cheap and easy as anything. In fact, making and fitting a solar shingle roof is so inexpensive it would cost more to have a normal traditional tile roof installed!

So watch this video as our solar shingle roof guy shows you how very quickly and easily you can make your own solar shingle roof and have it give you free energy, meanwhile solving the problem of cladding your roof. This really is a genuine way for you to make diy solar power for homes.

The guy shows you how to build the solar shingle roof from basic materials. This solar shingle roof is built in front of your very eyes so there is no mistaking how you too can create diy solar power for homes for yourself and your family.

In order to build the solar shingle roof he starts with a mock up for the roof. Starting with plywood covered with Polystick TU Plus, you can watch as your diy solar power for homes takes shape!

He incorporates metal shingle which is easy to find at most hardware stores. He then puts Unisolar solar film on it to make this type of roof a solar shingle roof that will produce electricity for your house in a ‘diy solar power for homes’ type of way!

By using dummy shingles with exactly the same looking frontage, making a solar shingle roof in this way means you don’t have the problem of two colors to your roof. This way the whole roof looks the same color as the whole roof is either solar shingle roof panels or dummy solar shingle roof panels.

At the top of the solar shingle roof panels run the electrical wires that are easily connected together as you fix the solar shingle roof panels to the plywood.

To make the diy solar power for homes installation even easier, the solar shingle roof panels come with a little slot that allows each of the the solar shingle roof panels to slip into the next easily. In this way, everything is made watertight.

Safe underneath a raised gable trim at the end of the solar shingle roof, the main cable takes the electric power away and feeds it into your home. Fitting a complete solar shingle roof can be done for less than the cost of a traditional tile roof.

As the man says, “If you’ve got to put a roof on your house anyway, why not make it pay your electric bill?”

Good work, solar shingle roof guy!

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As a rough guide to installing solar power for homes, the other day we discussed how to quantify the total amount of electric power your home runs on over the course of a year. Today we are going to take the next step in installing solar power for homes. We are going to choose the solar panels for homes you are going to use.

So, once you have established your home’s total energy usage, you want to add on an additional 30% to that total in terms of the real amount of power that you will really need for you to have complete peace of mind.

Now, before you get cold feet thinking that this is a tall order from your solar power for homes system, please remember that you don’t have to go the whole way and take your home completely off the grid. Most people have a solar power for homes system that runs with both home made solar power for homes and some electric power from your local energy company. You could even set it up like that for now and then slowly take yourself off the grid little by little.

Using a combination of solar power for homes and traditional electric power works for many people because they are covered in the case of all kinds of emergencies. If there were a power cut, then the solar power for homes system kicks in. If something should happen to the solar power for homes system, then you still have the safety of the traditional power company supplying their energy to your house, expensive and dirty though it may be!

The next thing you need to do is to go shopping for some solar panels. As was mentioned earlier, there are two main types of solar panels. There’s ‘solar thermal collector’ solar panels which tend to be used for heating peoples’ water supplies. This type of solar panels for homes is rarely used for all the energy needs throughout the home.

Then there are photovoltaic solar panels for homes, which are the more popular type of solar panels for homes. Rather than heating just water, photovoltaic solar panels for homes work by converting the sun’s energy directly into electricity. The electrical energy created is either used at that time or can be stored in a battery or system of batteries to be used later.

As has been discussed, some people feed the overflow of their solar power for homes back to the electric company. The utility company then pays you for the energy, though rarely will you find a deal where they actually give you cash back. Most often they take the energy as part payment of your bill with them. Although often you will be reimbursed on a 1 to 1 ratio, you tend to be asked to sign an agreement whereby they won’t pay you for any extra energy you supply them over and above the amount you have taken from them. That my friend is just how it is I’m afraid, but don’t hold back in asking for a better deal!

OK, I digress! Back to solar panels for homes. As I said, it is most likely you will want to use photovoltaic solar panels for your solar power for homes system. My advice is to buy nothing less than 250 watt solar panels for homes. Anything less will simply not be sufficient for this type of an installation.

If we are talking about an average household, then I would suggest that you buy at least 20 of these 250 watt solar panels for homes. This will deliver you 5000 watts of power to your house, which could be just about enough to run your home’s lighting, heating, water, water pumps, refrigerator and other electrical appliances. This size of a solar power for homes system is minimal. Ideally, once the initial solar power for homes installation has taken place, you would want to get more panels over time.

Nowadays, you will find that photovoltaic solar panels for homes have come a long way. Their productivity is excellent. The relative size is a great deal smaller than it once was, so they take up less visual space on or around your home.

They can come in all different kinds too. Aside from the traditional clean looking solar panels for homes, you could also choose solar shingles or the very latest solar roll out sheets, some of which can be as thin as a credit card. With their sticky backing you simply lay them down, connect them up, and off you go!

However, most people continue to opt for the traditional photovoltaic solar panels for homes because they are still the cheapest and most efficient to choose from.

From their earliest days, solar panels for homes have always been extremely durable. It is quite possible that you will come across solar panels for homes that are 20 and maybe even 30 years old. Certainly these days you can expect a good 30 years lifespan out of them. Indeed, if I were buying good quality solar panels for homes, I would want and indeed I would expect at least 30 years endurance from my solar panels for homes.

Solar panels for homes tend to come with a 20 year guarantee and it is said that they lose roughly one half of a percent from their optimal efficiency levels per year. Their upkeep is minimal. All you need to do is to squish them clean with your hosepipe once in a while to get rid of any grime and dust. 

Now that you have made your choice and gone out and bought the solar panels for homes, your solar power for homes system is beginning to take shape!

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at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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Are your average electricity bills soaring upwards? Has your average expenses, the cost of your average electricity and gas bill for example, got you feeling nervous about the future?

Sadly, it’s clear that the current trend of dramatic price rises is not likely to stop any time soon. So here are some money saving tips - ways to save money off your average expenses when the going gets tough.

Right now, most people are finding the cost of living average to be just about bearable. The average bills and other average expenses are not fully biting just yet. However, as the average bill for fuel escalates, the cost of everything else connected with oil will send the cost of living average up. As the average bills for transport go up, so will your average expenses on food, vacations and so on. People will be looking for money saving tips and any other ways to save money they can find.

I’m sure you know your cost of living average, the price of your average bills and your other average expenses (like your average electricity and gas bills). Can you imagine if the price of your average bills and your other average expenses were to go up by 50%? Would you still be living the same lifestyle if your cost of living average went up by that much?

A 50% increase almost certainly is not something that most people could sustain.

So now is the time to take action. Now is the time for each of us to take responsibility for our own environmental footprint. Now is the time for each of us to improve our environmental efficiency on an individual level. This would not only make a difference to your total average expenses. It will also significantly help to save our planet.

As more and more people take this on, so the big energy companies will have to stop raising prices regardless of the declining price they are buying it in at. With a reduction in demand for fossil fuels, their prices will have to decrease to attract us back. That will beneficially impact the price of foodstuffs and so on. By adopting these money saving tips, the cost of living average will decline. As the price of your average electricity bill falls, so will the price of your average expenses generally.

Also, as people take on board these money saving tips, they become more efficient in the way they use unsustainable products like fossil fuels. There will be less wastage. A decline in demand for these unclean products will ensue. Prices will fall until they reach a price that people are prepared to pay. At that point, the cost of living average should stabilize as peoples’ average expenses become bearable once again.

This all starts with people living more efficiently.

‘Yes, but how?’ I hear you ask.  Well, there are many ways people can incorporate energy efficiency into their lifestyle. Don’t expect to get much support or encouragement from the major companies. They’ve been thriving on our heavy wastage levels for too long. Wastage drives their profit levels up.

So let’s start with the basics. Let’s take a tour of your house. Make a list of all your electrical appliances. Check that everything that isn’t in use is fully switched off. Are there appliances that you tend to leave on regardless, without thinking? For example, do you ever leave your TV on standby? If so, then get in the habit of always turning it off when it’s not being used.

Be sure to bring your whole family in on this or else your life will become very frustrating. You could suggest they all play a fun game where every one of you becomes responsible for the well being of the planet. These are the steps … then show them round the house outlining what new actions will be needed to make your home more energy efficient. Explain to them how this will reduce your average expenses.

Is your computer monitor switched off? Doing so, even for a few minutes, will save you money. Are all of your light bulbs energy efficient?  One bulb might save you as much as $100 over its lifetime.

If you tighten up your energy efficiency levels for just 30 days, you could save as much as 33% off your average electricity bill.

I have mentioned just one or two ways to cut down your average expenses. These money saving tips really do work. Most of them are just good common sense. There are many other ways to save money and reduce your average expenses. For example, you could look into the cost of installing solar power for homes. What about wind energy? Depending on your location, that may be best for your home. Renewable energy options often have a hefty initial outlay, but long term, the savings are almost always extraordinarily attractive.

If you are interested in finding out more and you want to benefit from a wide range of excellent money saving tips, then you would do well to visit the efficientplanet.com website. Simply click through on the text link for lots more ways to save money.

These money saving tips will reduce your cost of living average, particularly reducing your average electricity bill as well as other average bills and other average expenses. So what’s keeping you? Click through to the efficientplanet.com website right away!

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How much solar power for homes system setup for running power a home might costs ?

I am from India and their are too many power cuts , so i have decided to setup solar  power for homes system system instead of buy a generetor or invertor , and can any one tell me which company in India supply solar  power for homes system system setup for home

I don’t know about companies in India, but what you might do is look around for someone who has a system, then ask where they got it. If you have trouble finding anyone with a system, maybe it’s not a very good deal. If the home is in a less-developed area, and all you would be powering is a light, and a radio or TV at night, then you might get by with the kind of system they use in some parts of Africa. It has a 40 or 80-watt panel, and basically a car battery.

The appliances run right off the battery, and no charger or other devices are used. This sort of system costs $200-300 when implemented by a nonprofit organization - I don’t know what the cost if you were to try to set it up, yourself. On the other hand, it sounds like you’re already connected to a power grid, and maybe already have a heavy appetite for energy in your house.

A solar power for homes system with batteries tends to cost about $15 a watt in the USA, when hundreds or thousands of watts are involved. A system for a modest off-grid cabin will cost anywhere from $5000 to $30000, depending on the size.

It’s a popular misconception these days that the price is too high to install solar power for homes. Many people think that unless you have a huge amount of roof space and live in a very sunny area, there is no point in having a solar power for homes system installed in their house. However, this is simply not true as you can build your own safe, reliable, cost-effective and efficient solar power for homes system by using the “Earth4Energy” system. Rather than spending thousands, you can actually install your very own solar power for homes system for as little as $250.

Once you have installed solar power in your home using the “Earth4Energy” system you will immediately enjoy a large decrease in your electricity bill. If you are dedicated and cut down on unnecessary power wastage by doing basic things like turning lights and the air con off when you’re not using them, you could even get rid of your electricity bill altogether!

Another great thing about using solar power for homes is the fact that you might be able to sell any excess energy that the solar power for homes system produces back to your utility company. You won’t be sending them checks. Instead, they’ll be sending you money!

The other great thing about using solar power for homes with the “Earth4Energy” system is the fact that you will be helping the environment. Even if you don’t believe in global climate change, you cannot deny that using renewable resources such as the energy from the sun is a very good thing. It cuts down on pollution, thereby reducing health risks and saving public health money. With Earth4Energy and solar power for homes, you will actively be creating a healthier, more pleasant environment for yourself, your family, and generations to come.

More and more people are buying the simple the “Earth4Energy” guide to create their own solar power for homes. Isn’t it time that you joined in? With solar power for homes, you too can save money on your utility bill and help the environment?

Click here to learn more about the “Earth4Energy” system, including how much power and money you will save every month, how much it will cost to install, and whether it is as safe, reliable and easy to use as professionally installed systems.

Learn more about solar power for homes when you buy the “Earth4Energy” system today!

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Jeff Palmer is an economist, but has also worked in the alternative energy industry since its early days, installing and helping to develop mainly solar and wind power generation systems.
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Today, Tuesday, 4 November, 2008, is an historic day. It is the day a crucial election will take place. It is a day when the U.S. people must make a choice. Having weighed up all the pros and cons, we, at Go Solar Power For Homes Dot Com, find ourselves in full support of Barack Obama, the Democratic party candidate.

Under the Republican, George W Bush, we have seen eight failed years that started with a dubious electoral count, a devastating attack on the World Trade Centre and the invasion of Iraq. This appalling presidency has ended, perhaps fittingly, with a $700 billion bill, the cost to the American people for system-wide endemic government mismanagement.

Here are some reasons why Go Solar Power For Homes Dot Com support Mr Obama:

Barack Obama has outlined his New Energy for America plan in which he promises he will:

* Provide short-term relief to American families facing pain at the pump
    
* Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future.
    
* Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined.
    
* Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars — cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon — on the road by 2015, cars that, if possible, will be built in the U.S.

 * Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.

McCain meanwhile has presented his response, the Lexington Project, an energy manifesto that he describes as an ‘All of the Above’ Energy Solution that will:

* Expand domestic oil and natural gas exploration and production  

* Commit $2 billion annually to advancing “clean” coal technologies

* Construct 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 with the ultimate goal of eventually constructing 100 new plants

Barack Obama has an energy policy that looks forward with structured plans that are thought through. McCain’s policy is a reflection of the past with no constructive thought for the future, leaving unanswered questions like “Where will the nuclear waste be stored?” and “Why not get behind renewable energy?”

Seems like McCain is as tightly tied in to the fossil fuels sector as the Bush family. The world simply does not have time any longer for such indulgences.

Here’s a couple of videos from Barack Obama. We think you should take a look:

Vote Barack Obama on 4 November 2008.

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at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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As the U.S. election approaches, it’s pleasing to see that energy is one of the most central issues for both presidential candidates. Here’s a look at what Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain are saying about solar power for homes and other energy issues.

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Obama proposes a $7,000 tax credit for those buying “advanced” vehicles. He wants one million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. Obama wants to increase the Renewable Fuel Standard to at least 60 billion gallons of advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol by 2030. He suggests we should build out ethanol distribution infrastructure, making it law that all new vehicles be running on “flexfuel” within four years. By 2013, Obama wants to see the U.S. producing 2 billion gallons of “cellulosic” ethanol from switchgrass and other non-corn sources.

McCain meanwhile opposes all ethanol incentives saying he’d take away any import tariffs on sugar cane-based ethanol. He is opposed to all kinds of tariffs and subsidies that distort the marketplace. McCain has supported moves for a $5,000 tax credit for those buying zero carbon emission cars while other cars should benefit from tax credits on a graduated scale where lower carbon emission cars receiving higher tax credits. McCain agrees with moving over to “flexfuel” vehicles.

ELECTRICITY

Obama’s plan is to have US utilities taking a quarter of their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power by 2025.

McCain opposes the red tape blocking increased investment in the national grid. He sees a massive potential for the grid in charging for refilling electric cars. McCain supports SmartMeter technologies that offer customers a more accurate picture of their energy usage, thereby gaining more cost efficiency in this area.

OFFSHORE DRILLING

There is a congressional moratorium on drilling in federal lands off the U.S. coastline. Obama opposed lifting this ban but would agree to limit offshore drilling to help solve America’s energy problems short term.

McCain wants to expand offshore drilling, pointing to an estimated 18 billion barrels of oil on the US outer continental shelf.

WINDFALL PROFITS TAX

Obama supports a five-year windfall tax on large oil company profits. The proceeds from Obama‘s tax would go towards a $1,000 tax rebate for low- and middle-income families to support them as they struggle with increased energy prices.

McCain does not agree with raising taxes on oil companies.

NUCLEAR POWER

Obama supports nuclear power, but is concerned about the issue of disposing of U.S. nuclear waste. He opposes the suggestion to store nuclear fuel at the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada desert. Obama is also urgently seeking a solution to nuclear proliferation.

McCain wants to build 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030, and ultimately wants 100 new nuclear plants built in U.S. He supports the Yucca Mountain plan.

GASOLINE TAX HOLIDAY

Obama opposes temporarily lifting the federal tax on gasoline. He believes the suspension of this tax would only amount to a saving for each American family of less than $30. It is therefore not a real solution.

McCain agrees with a gasoline tax holiday. He wants to divert funds from general government revenues to pay for transportation projects funded by the tax.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Obama makes the radical pledge to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 while reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. This would mean fuels suppliers would have to cut carbon content by 10 percent by 2020.

McCain prefers a cap-and-trade CO2 approach. Last year, he sponsored a bill to cut emissions by 30 percent by 2050.

OIL USE

Both Obama and McCain advocate cutting down on U.S. dependence on foreign energy imports. Obama would reduce overall oil consumption by at least 35 per cent (10 million barrels per day) by 2030, to offset imports from OPEC nations.

McCain wants the US to be independent from foreign oil by 2025.

ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Obama opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

McCain supports increased offshore oil drilling, but does not support ANWR drilling “at this time.”

ENERGY RESEARCH

Obama suggests the U.S. should invest $150 billion over 10 years on low-carbon energy sources. He wants to double research and development spending on solar and wind resources as well as biomass. Obama wants to invest in low-emissions coal plants while creating pressure to accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids.

McCain meanwhile wants to make a $300 million prize up for grabs to the auto company that develops a next-generation car battery that will move the U.S. away from their dependence from oil. He wants to put $2 billion annually into the advancement of clean-coal technology.

VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY

Obama wants to see a doubling of fuel economy standards over the next 18 years. He would give car manufacturers added tax credits to upgrade their plants with a focus on the addition of advanced lightweight materials and new more eco-efficient engines.

McCain voted against the energy amendments in 2003 that would have boosted the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) to 40 mpg by 2015. He aims to increase fines for car companies that fail to meet CAFE standards, offering tax credits relating to vehicles’ carbon emissions.

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at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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Another famous celebrity has fallen in love with solar power for homes. Woody Harrelson has embraced solar power for homes, creating an off-grid, solar-powered lifestyle for himself and his family.

Just like Johnny Depp, Woody Harrelson is a huge fan of solar power for homes. They just love to live that true, green Hollywood lifestyle that only solar power for homes can give them.

As he prepares to welcome into his eco-village community yet another Hollywood star who loves the solar power for homes lifestyle, the UK-based Times Newspaper caught up with Harrelson for an interview. They discussed the solar-powered community in Hawaii in which he lives. Harrelson, a vegan and raw-food enthusiast who once scaled the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco to protest against deforestation, also discussed how his move to solar power for homes is inspired by his wife and three daughters.

Famous for his roles in Cheers, Indecent Proposal, Natural Born Killers, The People vs Larry Flynt, for which he got an Oscar nomination, and most recently No Country for Old Men, Harrelson now lives in an off-gird, eco-village in the tropical paradise island of Hawaii. The community members there have been living with solar power for homes as a community for years before the celebrity got there.

“Everybody in the neighborhood has solar power for homes,” he says. “People get the concept that it’s like a commune, but this was a neighborhood that’s been there long before I got there. They just never wanted power lines.”

It’s a completely sustainable eco-village community that incorporates organic farming as well as the solar power for homes … what you might call a 100% alternative green living eco-village community.

… and who is that other Hollywood celebrity?

None other than Owen Wilson, who will be moving into Harrelson’s community shortly! Wilson seems to be very much on the mend after his brush with death last year.

It is so good to see those in the public eye actively promoting solar power for home and the whole “green” living concept. This will impact positively making it more likely that we will have a sustainable world for our children to grow up in. We love it when celebrities go solar power for homes!

Here is the rest of that Times Newspaper interview for you to read.

From Sam Deane,
your solar power for homes guide,
at www dot go solar power for homes dot com.

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