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Small Wind vs Small Solar

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

A friend recently put me in touch with a Queen’s student who is doing a project on renewable energy. He was wondering about the feasibility of putting a small turbine on a roof in downtown Kingston.
Here was my response to him:
Succinctly, I would really strongly recommend installing solar instead of wind, at least in this […]

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Harper Axes Successful EnerGuide Programs

Friday, May 5th, 2006

After the election I let myself be convinced that the world wasn’t about to end. The Reform Conservatives can’t do that much, I thought, they’re a minority. The Liberals, Bloc, and NDP will keep them from doing anything that bad. I had no idea how much damage they could do without even bringing it to […]

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Useful information - a bibliography of sorts

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

Links and stuff.

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More Brainstorming - What materials do we need?

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

What do we need to buy/find in Trevyn’s basement/beg
from people?

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The crazy plot and its beginnings…

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

We attended a meeting at Chernoff Auditorium about renewable energy, at which much fun was had by all whilst learning about renewable energy folks in the Kingston area. After the main presentation was over, we spoke to some people on the panel about some of the things they discussed. One gentleman, Steve Lapp, suggested that to get more knowledge and hands on experience with renewable energy, it might be a good idea to get some solar panels ourselves and play with them.

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