The cost of electricity in the United States is expected to increase by 21 percent over the next 10 years and 51 percent over the next 20 years, and a growing number of families are turning to alternative forms of ...
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Arkansas Man Arrested For Trying To Take Down Power Grid
An arrest in Arkansas may demonstrate just how vulnerable the US power grid is to sabotage, and the involvement of the FBI and a Joint Terrorism Taskforce shows that federal officials are concerned. Jason Woodring was arrested last week at ...
Read More »NatGeo’s ‘American Blackout’ Examines U.S. Without Power
What would you do if the world suddenly went dark? That is exactly what NatGeo’s original movie American Blackout – which premieres Sunday, Oct. 27, seeks to discover. The power grid collapses following a cyber attack, forcing the nation into ...
Read More »The Ultimate Guide To Building Your Off The Grid Solar Cooling System
Developing solar air conditioning has long been the holy grail of solar energy scientists and engineers the world over. In a sense, they are a perfect match. Air conditioning is needed the most when the sun is the strongest and ...
Read More »EPA Targets Coal Plants That Make 40 Percent Of America’s Energy
Regulatory changes imposed by the Obama administration could force up to 207 coal-fired power plants to shut down over the next 10 years, leading to higher electric bills for Americans and potentially further weakening the power grid. Coal supplies 40 ...
Read More »Northeast Railway Failure Shows Power Grid’s Vulnerability
A major Northeast railway power failure and the vandalism of a portion of the power grid in Arkansas illustrate once again the vulnerabilities of key pieces of America’s infrastructure. The second busiest railroad in the United States suffered a major ...
Read More »Skyrocketing Electric Bills Causing Many To Look For Alternative Energy Sources
There’s another really good reason why you should look into producing your own electricity. The cost of electricity from the grid has been steadily rising for years and every indication is that it is going to keep increasing. Summer electricity ...
Read More »US Vulnerable To Power Grid Cyber Attack, Says Former Senator
Utilities, large corporations and the federal government are so worried about the power grid going down for weeks or months that they are planning a massive drill to test the response to such a scenario – and former US Sen. ...
Read More »How To Build A Solar-Powered Still To Purify Drinking Water
Everyone agrees that water is needed for survival and articles abound for how to find water and purify it for drinking. But all those articles have one thing in common: They are talking about purifying water from biological hazards. Normally, ...
Read More »AccuWeather Warns Hurricane Season Threatens ‘Archaic’ US Power Grid
Humberto is the first Atlantic hurricane of 2013 and another reminder one of the greatest threats to the power grid – Mother Nature. Late Monday evening the US National Hurricane Center clocked Humberto’s winds at 60 mph, and they were ...
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