Perpetual Innovation

Category: EE

  • Solar-Fit Radio Show: Gallagher and Hall Talk Home is Castle and Solar Fitness

    Elmer Hall on Solar-Fit Radio

    Solar-Fit Renewable Energy Radio Show. June 20, 2020, Live at 10am ET.
    Bill Gallagher, President/CEO of Solar-Fit (and world renown talk-show host) is interviewing Dr Elmer Hall (Strategic Business Planning Company). We’re talking about Perpetual Innovation(tm), Hall and Hinkelman’s book series on intellectual property (Patents) Commercialization. Then talking about about the COVID abnormal (and new-abnormal). And lastly move on to talk about renewable energy as people spend more time in their Castle (living, working, safe-distancing). What does this movement to update and improve the castle mean for Solar???…


    Listen to the archive of this show on Flagler Broadcasting: Dr Elmer Hall on Solar-Fit Rewanable Energy Show June 20 2020.



    Note that SustainZine has pages devoted to the Financial Analysis of Solar System Purchases (both Residential and Commercial). Residential is a good investment; Commercial can be crazy profitable!


    Here is a long SustainZine article from a May 2018 radio show related to Energy Efficiency and Telework.
    (Remember that the Renewable Investment Tax Credit was 30%, then dropped down to 26% in 2020 and will continue with a very rapid phase out over the next couple years.)


    #Solar-Fit #SustainZine #Solar #RenewableEnergy #EnergyEfficiency
    Here is the Solar-Fit radio show station:Solar-Fit Renewable Energy Radio Show
    (We’ll let you know as soon as this show is archived for your redo, review, renew!)

  • Great answers on climate and solutions.

    http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/opinions/cop21-facebook-chat/index.html
    This has been some of the clearest points about renewable energy, and why it is so important.

  • A frosty G20 puts global warming on ice – Comment – Voices – The Independent

    A frosty G20 puts global warming on ice – Comment – Voices – The Independent:

    Great article. Like many such meetings, the major part of the the G20 meeting gets diverted to North Korea or Egypt or Syria. Too bad, there’s a lot the the G20 can do, besides putter with the politics that’s taken over the news today.

    Surprisingly, there was movement on making progress on the very best places to push hard related to our impact on the environment, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming.

    Most people who don’t focus on sustainability don’t realize what a wicked impact hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) have on the (atmosphere) environment. Most HFCs are released into the atmosphere from Freon, the gas that has an ugly impact on the Ozone layer in the atmosphere. But the other problem with florine-based gasses is that they last in the atmosphere for centuries, not decades. Look at the global warming potential of various gases here: GWP at INTCCC and wikipedia GHGs.

    So continuing to use Freon is a gift for the future that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.

    The approach to CFCs is one of the great success stories of our time. Starting with the Montreal Protocol in 1987 the international community has banded together to address and reduce CFCs. Most countries, that is. Progress has been especially strong because of the progress in alternative refrigerants that are still cheap and efficient. Not so much so, the progress in other greenhouse gases.

    As you can see, the GHGs of carbon dioxide and the noxious oxides are increasing in the atmosphere unabated. Methane seems to be slowing down a little. Remember that these increased levels are above and beyond the levels that the atmosphere has become accustom to. Longer duration graphs are equally as telling.

    But as you can see, CFC emissions have plateaued, but not necessarily reduced. The problem is that several countries, apparently, have not bothered to make the leap to replacement FREON  refrigerants, namely India and Brazil. One of the best, easiest, cheapest and greatest-impact methods to address GHG issues is to pressure those rogue countries to join the rest of the world on HFC reduction.

    Turns out the G20 meeting, lead by China and USA, are looking to “encourage” these rogue countries to pick up the pace on HFCs.

    Making progress on the most important things first, is a great approach to sustainability. HFCs is a great place to push. Even the G20, and the UN that don’t agree on much, have taking this approach.

    EE is probably the greatest place to focus, however. Energy efficiency (EE) and similar types of inefficiencies are the great untapped places to save money, energy and the environment. Everybody wins, except, maybe the power companies. But that’s the focus of other books and blog posts.

    ‘via Blog this’

  • Pres Obama steps out to wave down the run-a-way climate train!

    It was a little bit of a surprise that Obama stepped up as forcefully about taking on climate change as he did.

    Check out this post by Peterman at Huffington:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-peterman/state-of-the-union_b_2674448.html

    Many environmentalists are going to complain that this is not enough, but it really is better to start late than even much much later.

    As Peterman shows, it looks like we are aiming for 6+ degrees C, not the 2+C that many people were hoping to achieve. At that rate, sea-level rise would be measured in yards, not feet.

    Not much on details. Federal government can take some action for government buildings and transportation,

    Reduce energy consumption by 50% in 20 years should be, surprisingly, far easier than most people think. 25-30% could be achieved in buildings within a couple years, with a payback of months… And a gigantic Return on investment.

    Easier said then done, though.

    But to continue doing “business as usual” would be, well, irresponsible.

  • Earth Day Number 4 (of 4). Transportation & Telecommuting

    Number 4. Transportation
    & Telecommuting    . Consider alternatives before you drive some place.
    Smart phone “apps” let you do all kinds of comparison shopping without driving
    an inch. Consider carpooling. Most jobs can be done via telecommuting, at least
    occasionally. The savings are 5 to 10 times the price of the gas involved when
    consider the costs to the employer, employee and the environment.
    ToDo: Telecommute occasionally if
    your job allows it… Work to get your employer to allow it (only about half have such an option). There are about $20,000 to $30,000
    in telecommuting savings for a Full-time equivalent (FTE) employee.)
    A quick summary of statistics related to telecommuting
    research can be found at Commute
    Zero    .
     “If all those who
    drove or carpooled who had the ability to telecommute actually did so, the time
    savings would be equal to 470,000 new jobs in the economy.” Stated differently,
    might be that if they all worked (another job) to replace the lost time in
    commute they would represent about a half million FTE workers. 
    Wow!.
    About half of the workers in the US could telecommute at
    least occasionally. About 25% could telecommute full time, but only about 11%
    do.