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What is Green Energy?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

During the course of the last elections both in Canada and the USA, there was a substantial amount of talk surrounding energy: renewable energy, green energy, and fossil fuel emissions. Today, I will look define green energy and outline the importance of it to our future. Why renewable energy?

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Five Types of Alternative Energy

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Natural gas is not the cleanest form of energy in the world but it’s a whole lot cleaner than the petroleum based products that we currently use. The advantage of natural gas is that it’s incredibly light and a lot easier to clean up in the event of an accident. Biomass energy. Related posts: 5 Ways to NOT Save Energy.