Sorry I haven’t updated my blog much, been working on the other ones and working too much. I had to post about this though. Have you heard of Bloom Energy? I believe it is going to be one of the biggest trends of our time.

What is being accomplished here are energy servers which contain solid oxide fuel cells. Inside these cells, a chemical reaction takes place which produces steam. With this steam along with natural gas as fuel, electricity can be produced with the only emissions being water and small amounts of carbon dioxide.

The water is recycled and converted back into steam, and the whole process repeats. One energy server is enough to power 100 houses or one small office building! Check out Bloom Energy and get the whole scoop. Completely awesome.

I am an electrical contractor, and in this day and age, I have to also be price conscience when wiring new homes and such because people just do not want to spend as much as before. And believe me, I know how they’re feeling. But even most of the material nowadays costs so much that it’s hard to have a decent profit margin and still be in an area where people are comfortable with the price.

However, I have found a simple way to save part of your monthly income, and have been trying to get word out about it. It involves saving money on your monthly energy bills without having to dish out too much upfront money.

By now pretty much everybody knows about the growing popularity of solar and wind power. Mostly because of the reasons I spoke about earlier, but also because of people’s concern about the environment. A big problem with solar panels and wind turbines is the cost. It can cost $1000′s of dollars to get either of these professionally installed on any house. Most people (myself included) are reluctant  to  spend that kind of money in these uncertain times.

Now for the good news. I have stumbled upon a site that teaches you how to build your own solar panels and also how to build your own wind turbine! For less than $200, you could be well on your way to be saving lots of money on your upcoming energy bills!

What would you do with the money you’ll be saving? Plan a longer vacation? Put a little more away? Just feel a little more breathing room each month because you’re not always stretched to the max?

Whatever the reason may be, I would venture to guess it would be worth a look. Get some more info here.