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Is Geothermal the Way to Go?

One day, my wife and I walked through a model home that was heated and cooled by geothermal energy. This wasn't in Iceland, where close-to-the-surface geothermal energy rules, nor was it anywhere on the Pacific Ring of Fire. It was in New Jersey, and it utilized the simple temperature differences that exist ...

Looking for the "Eureka Moment"

There once was a time when the U.S. was the manufacturing giant of the world, with such a muscular factory base that it was able to supply and arm most of the Western World. While no longer the world's giant — we certainly have to take a back seat to China and other Pacific Rim nations for sheer volume ...