The economy may be on the upswing, but it was clear at Saturday’s North Central Florida Home Show in Gainesville that whatever additional cash people may have in their pockets, they don’t want to spend it on heating and cooling their homes. Vendors selling energy-saving materials from reflective insulation to solar panels were popular stops… ( read more )
April 30, 2012 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Articles, Education, General, Green News, Metal Roofing
The problem in evaluating various forms of power is that two critical elements of the debate — and the efficiency of the energy source — are often ignored, or wind up buried beneath “statistics” designed to sway the heart instead of the brain. In many cases, an ignorant public and a highly divided political system… ( read more )
April 30, 2012 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Articles, Education, Green News, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Sometime between 2008 and 2009, or perhaps before then, I got it in my head that the best poetry was political in nature, the best fiction was psychological or sociological in nature, and the best non-fiction, well, was non-fiction! It was also sometime around then that I got on board the alternative energy train, or… ( read more )
April 30, 2012 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Articles, Education, Green News, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Sometimes, I must admit, it is difficult to convince myself of the scientific basis for global warming and alternative energy. The data seems too easy to manipulate. Can scientists really predict temperatures 100 years into the future when it is so difficult to predict this year’s hurricane season? Perhaps with some probability of error. What… ( read more )
April 30, 2012 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Articles, Education, Green News, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Decode the Tax Credit for Metal Roofs at Classic Metal Roofs At Classic Metal Roofs in New England, we’ve noticed homeowners have increasingly turned to metal roofing not only for its durability and aesthetic appeal but also for the potential financial benefits it can bring with the introduction of metal roof tax credits. This often-overlooked… ( read more )
September 29, 2011 | By Mike Gonet | Filed under: Education, Metal Roofing