Editor’s Note:  350Kishwaukee blogger Bonnie Amesquita expresses, through poetry, her personal struggle to adapt to a Red-hot Planet and the extremes of anthropogenic climate change: Breathe these days when your chest burns while climbing stairs walking treadmills traveling the neighborhood on hot days you long for air that comes easy without thought like when you (More...)

“If someone’s building a new home, to me it’s a no-brainer.  You put in geothermal and put in the solar panels, and it’s part of your mortgage.  And there you are!  You’ve got your energy.  If you can, get a battery backup.” This, according to Ron and Joyce Marten, is the easiest way to become (More...)

EV Myths and Savings Joseph Appell, Solar By Jos. Myths 1) More CO2 is put in the atmosphere in the manufacture of an EV. True, but depending on the size of the battery, the break-even point is 6~18 months (24 months on the “Ludicrous” Tesla model). After that, the EV advantage over the fossil fuel (More...)