Now why didn’t I think of that?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/green_conscious_ge_develops_hybrid

Green-Conscious GE Develops Hybrid Lightbulb

FAIRFIELD, CT—One year after pledging to develop more energy-efficient products, General Electric Co. unveiled a product it is calling its most eco-friendly lighting source to date: the first-ever gasoline-electric hybrid lightbulb.

“With the price of gas escalating as its supply dwindles, now is the perfect time to introduce innovative lighting technology that only relies on this fast-depleting, nonrenewable resource for a portion of its power,” GE chairman Jeff Immelt said in a statement released Monday.

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If the Wisebulb, which will be available in stores by November for the retail price of $89.99, is used only for recommended short-term, dim, and frequent on-and-off lighting, it could eliminate nearly 80 percent of global-warming pollution that would be caused by using solely gas-powered lightbulbs, GE spokesman Brian Tormey said.”A full tank of gas can illuminate a hybrid bulb for an average of two weeks,” Tormey said. “Once the 1.5-gallon tank is empty, all customers have to do is drive their lightbulb to the gas station and fill it up for only about $6.”

So many people have been asking about this class that I am writing this.

If you are interested in the Intermediate Solar Electric Design & Installation class in December you should actually sign up; the class will be full. It is already ¾ full. We have people as far away as North Carolina asking about the class. We have partnered up with John A Logan to again do this class. It is a solid two week course 8 hours a day with the NABCEP PV Entry Level certificate of Knowledge as the final. To register online go to www.jalc.edu/cont_ed or call 618 985 2828 ext 5 for ACE 400 Sec 7 Dec. 7 or ACE 401 Sec 2 Dec. 14. Flier can be viewed here

You may call 618 893 1717 for more information or if you want to order the textbook to get some studying done ahead of time.

News Update!

 Obama signs energy, water spending bill into law

Excerpt: (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a $33.5 billion spending bill to fund government energy and water programs for the 2010 budget year that began October 1.

Here are some interesting numbers that I thought you anti-coal activists might be interested in, while it is great that we are giving money to these items, check out the vast monetary difference between the following energy sources:

* Solar Energy: $225 million for research, development, and demonstration projects to make solar energy more affordable.

* Biofuels: $220 million for grants to improve production of alternative fuels such as cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel.

And then…

* Fossil Fuels: $672 million for research to reduce harmful emissions from fossil fuels, including $404 million for carbon capture and sequestration for coal-based activities.

* Nuclear: $787 million for research and development, including $169 million for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant.

Click the following link to read the entire article and see where the rest of the money went:

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE59R57620091028?virtualBrandChannel=11621