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I Converted a Home Fully to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

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In all likelihood it will get worse as we experience more extreme weather events and sea levels rise from melting ice sheets. Fortunately, with current solar, battery and heat pump technology every building with a sunny roof under two stories can be a net generator of energy — essentially carbon negative.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Even if Earth does not have had Arctic sea ice in most of its history, it plays a crucial role in regulating our current climate. Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. Sea Ice extent is going down.