| Word Count: 515 | | | | remain at their current level or rise, micro |
| | | | generation (meeting all of one's home's |
| Characters: 3271 | | | | energy needs by installing alternative energy |
| | | | technology such as solar panels or wind |
| Character Width: 60 | | | | turbines) will become to home energy supply |
| | | | what the Internet became to home |
| Resource Box: 4 lines + 2 web links to | | | | communications and data gathering, and |
| “Greenlight | | | | eventually this will have deep effects on the |
| | | | businesses of the existing energy supply |
| Merchants” and “GLM Store” | | | | companies. |
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| ============================================= | | | | Carbon Free's analysis also show that energy |
| | | | companies themselves have jumped in on the |
| Alternative Energy For The Home, A Growing | | | | game and seek to leverage micro generation to |
| Trend | | | | their own advantage for opening up new |
| | | | markets for themselves. Carbon Free cites the |
| -by Elton DeWése | | | | example of electricity companies (in the UK) |
| | | | reporting that they are seriously researching |
| © Elton DeWése – All Rights | | | | and developing ideas for new geothermal |
| Reserved | | | | energy facilities, as these companies see |
| | | | geothermal energy production as a highly |
| ============================================= | | | | profitable wave of the future. Another |
| | | | conclusion of Carbon Free is that solar |
| The trend toward homes that are powered by | | | | energy hot water heating technology is an |
| alternative energy sources, ranging from wind | | | | efficient technology for reducing home water |
| turbines and solar collection cells to | | | | heating costs in the long run, although it is |
| hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one | | | | initially quite expensive to install. |
| that needs to continue into the 21st century | | | | However, solar power is not yet |
| and beyond. We have great need of becoming | | | | cost-effective for corporations, as they |
| more energy independent, and not having to | | | | require too much in the way of specialized |
| rely on the supplying of fossil fuels from | | | | plumbing to implement solar energy hot water |
| unstable nations who are often hostile to us | | | | heating. Lastly, Carbon Free tells us that |
| and our interests. But even beyond this | | | | installing wind turbines is an efficient way |
| factor, we as individuals need to get | | | | of reducing home electricity costs, while |
| “off the grid” and also stop | | | | also being more independent. However, again |
| having to be so reliant on | | | | this is initially a very expensive thing to |
| government-lobbying giant oil corporations | | | | have installed, and companies would do well |
| who have a stranglehold on people when it | | | | to begin slashing their prices on these |
| comes to heating their homes (and if not | | | | devices or they could find themselves losing |
| through oil, then heat usually supplied by | | | | market share. |
| grid-driven electricity, another | | | | |
| stranglehold). | | | | ____________________________________________ |
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| As Remi Wilkinson, Senior Analyst with Carbon | | | | |
| Free, puts it, inevitably, the growth of | | | | With “over 3300 items” to choose |
| distributed generation will lead to the | | | | from his gift store and many more from his |
| restructuring of the retail electricity | | | | audio/video store, Elton DeWése (owner |
| market and the generation, transmission and | | | | operator) manages one of the best sites on |
| distribution infrastructure. The power | | | | line for Gift ware, Collectibles and Home and |
| providers may have to diversify their | | | | Garden décor items. |
| business to make up for revenues lost through | | | | |
| household energy micro generation. She's | | | | Gift Store=> |
| referring to the conclusions by a group of UK | | | | |
| analysts, herself included among them, who | | | | Audio/video Store=> |
| call themselves Carbon Free. Carbon Free has | | | | |
| been studying the ever-growing trend toward | | | | **Attn Ezine Editors/Site Owners** |
| alternative energy-using homes in England and | | | | |
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| energy independent. Carbon Free concludes | | | | be edited down to any word count by author. |
| that, assuming traditional energy prices | | | | |