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Beyond Solar: Do It Yourself Home Energy

Audio Report on Aug 01, 2008 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Engineering, Environment, Radio
Science Education Collections: Energy, Green Industry

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Forget solar panels – how about having your own wind turbine? Your own solar thermal power generator? Your own geothermal well? San Francisco homeowners are some of the first to experiment with these DIY home-energy technologies, and they are getting some help from the city to do it.

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