October 2017 Articles Online Green Energy Times Posted on October 21, 2017 by George HarveyMarch 26, 2023 Front Page 1 A New Metaphor 1 The Tesla Semi-Truck 1 Let the Market Decide 1 Happy Trash-Free Holidays Page 2 – Editor’s page 2 Recent Monthly Average Mauna Loa CO2 2 Late-Breaking News You May Have Missed News and Views – Carbon Campaign 3 New Regional Greenhouse-Gas Initiative Plan 3 The Carbon Taxes We Already Pay 3 US Renewable Energy Grows Another 10% in First Half of 2017 Transportation Solutions 4 Top EV Questions Answered 4 New VT EV Incentives 5 New Hampshire Starts Drive Electric Coalition 6 Burlington Awarded $480,000 for Electric Buses Energy News 7 Vermont Climate Action Commission Collects Ideas Solar Photovoltaics 8 Upper Valley Aquatic Center is Swimming in Solar 9 The Elizabeth Mine Cleaned Up for Solar 10 Standard Solar Shines in the Capital 11 Former Landfill Turns to Solar in Saratoga Springs, NY 12 Off-grid Training Center 13 Living in the Future with Renewable Energy Renewable Energy 14 New Hampshire Man Helps Local Camp REAP The Benefits Of Solar Energy 14 USDA and FAA Approve Two Solar Systems (65.6kW and 61.5kW) Near Dillant Hopkins Airport 15 First Solar-Powered Soup Kitchen 15 Renewable Energy For Rural New Hampshire Business and Financial 18 Times Have Changed for Clean Energy Investing 18 Regional Energy Organizations Lean into the Future with Long-term Goals 19 The World’s First LEED Platinum City Feature – Transportation Solutions 20 GM’s 100% Wind Powered Manufacturing Plants Building GM’s 100% Electric Cars 20 Tesla – in South Australia 21 Tesla Superchargers Available in New York’s Hudson Valley 21 Drive on Sunshine, Save Big Bucks Heating & Cooling 22 The Montshire Museum of Science’s Path to Minimize Its Carbon Footprint 23 Merrimack County Dept. of Corrections Heats Up Climate News 24 No Is Not Enough – Book Review 25 Warm Oceans Bring Massive Floods and Storms 25 VT Climate Action Commission: Transportation, Trout, and Regionalism in Sustainability Building & Energy Efficiency 26 Vermont Zero-Energy Office Building Combines New With the Old 27 Energy Efficiency is a Key Driver of Successful Business Outcomes 28 A Net-Zero Concrete Home 30 Natural Ventilation and Moisture Problems 31 Nanogrids: A Whole-Building Approach to Distributed Energy Resources Sustainable Education 32 Plainfield, NH School’s Solar System 32 Princeton University’s Microgrid is Still an Inspiration 33 Hollis, NH Public Schools Ingredient of the Month 35 When Natural Products are More Effective than Synthetic Ones 35 The Way Home to Love – Book Review Sustainable Agriculture 36 Planting, Gathering, and Storing Nuts Green Life – Permaculture 37 Killington Resort’s Exemplary Sustainable Practices