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Green-News: Wednesday 10.22.08
- Swedish architects have a unique idea for keeping your house warm. Stick it INSIDE a greenhouse! Builders claim the structure lowers heating bills and helps gardens grow longer; via TreeHugger.
- Saving the planet is a great idea. But DON’T let it become an obsession! “Energy anorexics,” is the term experts are using to describe green-obsessed people; from The New York Times.
- Recent U.S. tax-breaks may soon help solar-power to cost LESS than energy generated from conventional power plants; Reuters reports.
- Turbines for New Jersey’s 3,000 MEGAWATT wind farm will be installed 16 to 20 miles offshore. They’ll look like tiny specks on the horizon; via Forecast Earth.
- By 2030 Hawaii wants 70% of its energy to come from CLEAN sources. The plan includes converting fossil fuel plants into biodisiel facilities that use locally grown crops; the Associated Press reports.
- The merits of genetically modified (GM) crops are WIDELY disputed. Many worry about their environmental impact, while others insist GM’s could ease poverty and improve agricultural; more from ENN.
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Re house in greenhouse- What about in the summer? HOT What about air, a breeze? Talk about indoor pollution.
Even the most basic greenhouse has a venting system. The placement of windows and even a couple fans would keep air flowing through. I imagine that areas in which this would seem like a good idea would be areas that don't get terribly hot in the summer anyways. I think it's worth considering, especially for the extra foods that could be grown "indoors". We're about to have a guest cottage built with a greenhouse along the south side--not quite the same extent, but will certainly add a certain amount of passive solar heating.