Last year (2008) was a tough year for South African households. As interest rates rose 7 times, mortgage bonds killed excess cash in household budgets. Adding to the problems, petrol prices sawed maki..

In light of the impending electricity tariff increase from 14% to 20% and more (depending on regions in South Africa), property owners are rapidly adopting privately owned, secondary, prepaid electric..

With the prices of gasoline on the rise, and the amount of fossil fuels consumed by the United States, coupled with the effect green house gases are having on our environment, it comes as no surprise ..

Global warming is an urgent, but solvable problem. That is why we have joined the We Campaign, a powerful nonpartisan movement of concerned citizens that was founded by Nobel Prize Laureate and former..

Mankind needs energy for heating, cooking, manufacturing and for transportation. Our lives and lifestyles depend on it. If you consider that the vast majority of that energy is drawn from what are irr..

With the world in such bad shape due to the energy crisis and the demand for power exceeding the limits of available supply. It is past the time that we should be conserving the use of power in our ho..

Electricity, defined by Merriam-Webster, is as follows: a fundamental form of energy observable in positive and negative forms that occurs naturally (as in lightning) or is produced (as in a generator..

No matter what you are planning on doing, there is probably a solar system available to help you generate power. On increasingly popular choice is RV solar panels, which can help you run these large ..

Environmental campaigners have been trying to change the way we think for a long time. As yet I do not think they have really succeeded. Now there is another appeal to saving the planet, it might be..

Those Britons who are paying for their energy through a prepayment scheme are losing out on millions of pounds, according to findings by a price comparison website.In a study carried out by moneysuper..

With the TV news constantly reporting about melting ice caps and rising sea levels in the Seychelles, it makes many of us wonder what we can do to do "our bit" for the environment. One way is to beco..

A price rise announcement earlier today by one energy supplier could spell increased financial pressure for many Britons, it has been suggested.According to price comparison website uSwitch, moves by ..

In 1980 about thirty- five percent of residential energy consumption which also included electric generated energy accounted for the total United States consumption of energy. Therefore, governmental ..

Imagine this, every home in the US with solar panels on the roof. Each one feeding power into the national power grid. Or, industrious individuals producing biodiesel out on their suburban or rural ho..

On March 31, 2007, people and businesses in Sydney, Australia turned off their lights for one hour. The city streetlights and traffic lights were left on for safety purposes. Can you imagine a city li..

Start this year safely. Make safety a priority. Many electrical accidents can be avoided with few simple precautions. Electrical accidents can occur in any household and at any time. Seriou..