http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com Information about alternative energy options, news, and discussion. Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:58:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As concerns for global warming rise, so does the need for educated personnel to be able to meet the requirements for the new consciousness. The need for qualified workers in this new field of commerce is essential if it is to succeed. At present, there are more than seventy ethanol ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/02/23/energy-education-for-a-new-era/ China and India are emerging as Asia’s new powerhouses for gobbling up fossil fuels. Economists and experts agree that this will do nothing to bring down the price for oil any time soon. It has been noted that India and China can account for over 2/3 of the global growth ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/02/17/oil-prices-are-not-likely-to-go-down/ New questions are being asked about switching from oil as a source of energy to the grain needed to create ethanol. Two top publications are raising doubts about whether ethanol is really beneficial to the environment or if it will contribute further to global warming. These findings will have a huge ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/02/10/questions-arising-about-ethanol-as-an-energy-alternative/ Because the cost of energy is so high these days, many consumers have taken it upon themselves to try and reduce energy waste in their homes. Their intentions may be good, but the plan in its execution is not. Check to see if you are making any of these common ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/02/04/energy-mistakes-that-can-cost-you-big/ People have different opinions on what is causing global warming. In the past, the focus was on whether global warming was really happening or not. Now that the world leaders and the masses have been presented with irrefutable evidence that global warming is definitely happening, it seems there are still ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/01/27/thoughts-on-the-book-%e2%80%9cunstoppable-global-warming-every-1500-years%e2%80%9d/ Most people are aware that there is sometimes inaccuracy in the facts that the press report to their readers. There are others that take what is told to them with a grain of salt. Sometimes these inaccuracies, or lies if you prefer, can do a lot of damage because people ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/01/20/75/ Heavy pressure is being put on scientists across the globe to find alternative energy sources from a variety of resources. We talk about wind and solar power, and we study biofuels, but there is also another alternative that should be probed. Geothermal energy, though as yet is not plentiful enough ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/01/13/geothermal-energy-as-an-alternative-power-source/ We have been hearing ethanol being bandied about on the news lately. Most of us know that it is made from corn; but that is about as far as our knowledge of it goes when it comes to ethanol. Ethanol is also known by the names of grain alcohol, ethyl ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2008/01/08/facts-about-ethanol/ Muscle cars - they are a boy’s rite of passage. Boys rarely have a passion for anything the way they have a fascination for their race cars. It seems with the new emissions legislation as well as the pressure on carmakers to ensure that all cars manufactured in the future ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2007/12/30/have-muscle-cars-made-their-last-appearance/ With all the focus on alternative energy sources, why are we not looking more into converting the wind into power? It is not as if it’s a new idea or has never been tried before. We know that you can successfully harness the wind in order to convert it into ... http://www.yourenergyalternitives.com/2007/12/22/why-don%e2%80%99t-we-use-wind-power/