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Now: Green and Alternative Energy Funding Resources

May 18, 2009
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Alt-EnergyStocks.com is please to announce that we have affiliated ourselves with specialists in the field of funding green projects, including alternative energy products.   The newest member of the Alt-EnergyStocks.com team has extensive experience in arranging suitable funding packages for companies from start-ups and development stage companies seeking seed money to operational  companies generating and...

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WAR!!! OPEC Declares Economic War on America

October 21, 2008
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WAR!!! OPEC Declares Economic War on America

Since June 18th, we have been saying that the development of alternative energy sources and becoming not only energy independent but also becoming an oil exporting nation is a matter of national security.  On that day, we predicted that oil would be at $20 a barrel by 2020. If there was ever any doubt...

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The Case for Nuclear Power Made Stronger by Weakness Within the Power Grid

August 29, 2008
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The Case for Nuclear Power Made Stronger by Weakness Within the Power Grid

While Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to loudly beat the alternative energy drum, which we appreciate and acknowledge, by staunchly opposing nuclear energy and resisting discussions regarding expanded offshore drilling, his judgment is, once again, is proving to be as flawed as it is shallow.  Both nuclear and offshore drilling are essential components...

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America Embraces Oil Independence While Congress Plays Political Games

August 22, 2008
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America Embraces Oil Independence While Congress Plays Political Games

Recent reports that Saudi Arabia is actively considering ways to diversify their economy to be less dependent on oil for revenues suggests that the leader of the OPEC cartel have realized that the civilized world has tired of being dependent on these oppressive, uncaring tyrants and basically valueless residents of the planet and have...

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Lithium-ion Battery Breakthrough – Nissan Doubles Capacity While Reducing Size

August 12, 2008
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Lithium-ion Battery Breakthrough – Nissan Doubles Capacity While Reducing Size

Nissan Motor Company (Nasdaq: NSANY) recently previewed its latest all-electric plug-in car, an electrified version of the “Cube”, a popular model that Nissan sells in Japan, modified to carry three lithium ion batteries under the floor and an 80kW motor and inverter.  The news of this event was carried widely by many news sources...

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Congress is Playing a Deadly Game of “Chicken” With America’s Future

August 1, 2008
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Congress is Playing a Deadly Game of “Chicken” With America’s Future

While Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and with the tacit approval of Barack Obama, are blocking attempts to bring an energy bill to a vote that would allow US companies to drill on the outer continental shelf, where China and others are already beginning to tap the vast reserves available to...

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As Grid Parity Approaches, Solar Goes Mainstream

July 22, 2008
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As Grid Parity Approaches, Solar Goes Mainstream

There is a lot of conversation today about grid parity, that point at which the cost of a renewable energy source gains economic equality to the available non-renewable sources. Naturally, this has a lot to do with location as costs of both renewable and non-renewable and renewable energies vary wildly from place to place....

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Oil, is the Earth Running Out or Making More?

July 2, 2008
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While conventional science has believed since the mid 1700′s that oil is the byproduct of dead dinosaurs, ferns and trees being processed underground for millions of years and is therefore being depleted on a daily basis, a contradictory theory by Dr. Thomas Gold, the founder, and for over 20 years, the director of the...

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Alternative Energies Drive to Meet, Then Beat Coal

July 1, 2008
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Today, coal produces more than half the electricity consumed in America. Natural gas, nuclear and conventional hydroelectric make up another 45% meaning that combined, geothermal, wind and solar along with all the other alternative forms of power comprise a mere 5% of the total production into the US power grid. This statistic points out...

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