Shocking inaction on electric vehicle; ZENN LSV built here, but not for sale here.(Autos - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
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Title: Shocking inaction on electric vehicle; ZENN LSV built here, but not for sale here.(Autos - Articles)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 18, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: e1
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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Wind Power Designs
It is really amazing how nature works wonders and how humans find ways to utilize nature’s gift for their own benefits. This is the concept behind various innovations including wind power designs. If you are interested about the matter, it is a good sign that you care about the environment. There are some people who disregard the things that surround them. They waste us commercial energy sources thinking like they can always buy some things to compensate for what has been lost. But in due time, you will see the effects of such attitude to the environment. It has actually become more pronounced in the past years.
Amazing Facts about Wind Power
What do you know about this topic? If you are intrigued by many claims that place high regard on this subject, you can also start your research to know more about it. You can look into various websites that discuss the topic.
It will be ideal to see pictures or illustrations of how everything works to give you better idea about the whole process. You can also read books that pertain to this subject. These contain deeper studies that have been conducted by professionals to give average people basic knowledge about the topic.
To help you with your learning venture, here are some quick facts about this energy source that is wind power.
1. Kinetic energy is formed when air moves that causes wind. This is the kind of energy that is created when mass is in motion. The kinetic energy coming from the wind can be captured using the right technology developed by humans. The captured energy can then be converted into various forms of energy, including mechanical power and electricity. During the early years of its development, people in Europe, Persia and China used windmills to capture the energy from the wind and convert it to power up grind grain and to be able to pump water.
As of today, the more advanced wind turbines can be used as a stand alone to power up utilities and machines or can be used to support other systems like the solar power to create more energy.
2. The source of wind power is natural, clean and inexhaustible. This can actually be used for a long term goal for these reasons. This is also safe for the environment because not only this is clean, it also doesn’t cause pollution to soil, air and water. It doesn’t create wastes that are hard to manage like the wastes being created by nuclear power.
3. The location is the main problem that is usually encountered by those who want to build huge project to set up machinery for wind power. This must be done on areas that have large tracts of land. This can also be created along coastlines or in places where the wind movement is at its full force. These areas are usually devoted to the development of agriculture and urban growth and development.
4. Through time, people will realize how cost-efficient this project can become. There are various wind power designs that are continuously being developed to make the project more feasible as years pass by.
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75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make A Difference
Take the Lead in the Green Revolution
With environmental concerns a top issue for consumers everywhere, the green market is the next big boom industry for entrepreneurs looking to make money-and make a difference.
"Kermit is wrong! It's easy being green...just read Croston's book. He provides a terrific guide to an amazing array of business eco-opportunities, and tells you how to take advantage of them!"
-Ray Smilor, Executive Director, Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, author of Daring Visionaries: How Entrepreneurs Build Companies, Inspire Allegiance, and Create Wealth
"75 Green Businesses gets you quickly up to speed on the fast-paced trends propelling the green economy and shows you where to find the opportunities. If you're considering starting your own green business, Croston's book has practically written about half your business plan for you. A terrific resource."
-Josh Dorfman, founder & CEO, Vivavi and author of The Lazy Environmentalist
"Browsing through these pages will inspire some directly toward a new career and prompt others to invent new business models. Expect to see a dog-eared copy sitting on every shelf of the next generation of entrepreneurs."
-Eric Corey Freed , Principal, organicARCHITECT and author ofGreen Building & Remodeling for Dummies
"The biggest opportunities of the 21st century are green businesses. This wonderful book offers people who want to get involved a very comprehensive listing of those many opportunities as well as numerous links to more information. Read it and get inspired."
-Greg Pahl, author of The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
Discover 75 green startup ideas in multiple industries, including eco-tourism, small wind power, green schools, water conservation landscaping, green investment consulting and more. For each business, Croston shows you the market, product to be delivered, resources needed, major hurdles ahead, competitors and strategies for success.
How to Start Investing
You know it’s time to start investing for your future, but you are also aware that you know little about how to invest. Here’s a short money guide to getting started with only a moderate level of risk … and with low costs.
Both stock investing and bond investing can be simple when you invest through mutual funds. We’ll use Matt as an example. He wants to invest 00 a year in a Roth IRA to avoid income taxes. Here’s his step-by-step simple money guide to how to invest.
First, Matt calls a major no-load mutual fund company for information on opening a mutual fund account. Vanguard, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price are leaders in the field, so he gives one of them a call.
Then, he studies the material to pick funds to invest in. This process is called asset allocation. We’ll make this simple for you.
Matt needs diversification, so he will do some stock investing, some bond investing and some safe investing.
His asset allocation will consist of three different mutual funds: a stock fund, a bond fund, and a money market fund for safety. He will start investing by putting 1/3 of his 00 into each of 3 different funds.
Matt picks his stock fund first. He goes with their largest equity-income fund that invests primarily in large-cap, blue-chip stocks. Looking at the literature provided he feels comfortable with his pick because he recognizes many of the companies the fund invests in: IBM, General Electric, Bank of America, Microsoft and so on. This fund is his growth engine, and his vehicle for stock investing.
Then Matt turns to bond investing and selects an intermediate-term, high quality bond fund. This fund has the objective of higher income with relative price stability.
He is now diversified, being invested in both stocks and bonds.
For the 1/3 of his money he wants safe, Matt selects the mutual fund company’s oldest and largest money market fund. The share price here does not fluctuate and Matt will earn competitive interest rates in the form of dividends.
Matt’s asset allocation is simple and he has diversification. Plus, his costs are low because he is investing in no-load funds. He pays zero in sales charges, and less than 1% a year for total expenses on his 00.
In the future he will add 00 each year, with 1/3 going into each of his three funds as before. Matt will also watch his quarterly statements. He wants to keep things in line so that each fund stays close to 33% of the total. He moves money from one fund to another whenever his asset allocation strays from 1/3 in each fund.
That’s the best way I know to start investing with relatively low risk and at low cost. Then it’s a matter of learning how to invest to increase your level of confidence and performance. I hope you find this simple money guide helpful.
A retired financial planner, James Leitz has an MBA (finance) and 35 years of investing experience. For 20 years he advised individual investors, working directly with them helping them to reach their financial goals.
