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	<title>ESTRUP ARTS BLOG &#187; Energy ideas and observations</title>
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	<description>This is the blog of Jansen &#38; Carole Estrup - art, books, insightful living</description>
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		<title>Housing the world&#8217;s poor</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/06/22/housing-the-worlds-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cheap homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor homelessness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contest &#8211; $25000 in prizes &#8211; design a $300 home for the world&#8217;s poor and homeless! See what they came up with. What can you contribute? You be the architect. You be the judge! Go to JOVOTO to see your &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/06/22/housing-the-worlds-poor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Underground living &#8211; Safe, luxurious and farsighted</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the lives and property damage we&#8217;d save if people lived  underground. Not only would we Troglodytes save on energy, upkeep and repair costs, but if a tornado did hit the area, we&#8217;d already be in our storm cellar and &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day &#8211; war on anything is a war on ourselves</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writers/poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Gabor Mate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Positive thinking&#8221; is destroying America, and the disease is spreading across the world. Most people believe that the war on poverty, cancer, drugs, hunger, etal, is a positive thing, as if &#8216;war&#8217; has any positive aspects. What results is  a &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solar power independence</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much is in the news these days about solar power. Aside from its national security advantages, there is a lot in it for business, for you, the individual and your family. And it isn&#8217;t as difficult as it seems. In fact, &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another great home idea!</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/28/another-great-home-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficient homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Wisconsin comes this trendy new living idea. Called the E.D.G.E (Experimental Dwelling for a Greener Environment) by its designer (Revelations Architects/Builders Corporation) it is a 2 bedroom, 320 square foot, passive solar home perfect for today&#8217;s much smaller, less &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/28/another-great-home-idea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Europe&#8217;s Solar Decathlon</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[visionary homes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ridden&#8217;s fine article about Spain&#8217;s Solar Decathlon covers an antaean line of entries, from the earthbound to what might be a wormhole, the FabLabHouse. All of the entries must be totally solar powered in order to qualify and most &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HUMAN NATURE MIMICS NATURAL ART &#8211; The Solar Forest</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sculpture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHEV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://caroleestrup.com/blog/?p=712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  THE SOLAR FOREST Neville Mars has shown us a wonderful concept which creates electric power, charges hybrid-electric cars and shades the hotest, some say ugliest parts of our cities. His Solar Forest, animated by Burb.tv makes it easier to cool buildings &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wingless bird flies over the ground</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/05/30/wingless-bird-flies-over-the-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/05/30/wingless-bird-flies-over-the-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 19:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  SCULPTURE OR DESIGN?   This beautifully strange object might be classified as both, for it is fully functional, and it does evoke a futuristic, otherworldly sense for the viewer.        As a hybrid-electric two-seater, three wheeled transport, &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/05/30/wingless-bird-flies-over-the-ground/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proud Sunshine Patriot</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/04/11/proud-sunshine-patriot/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/04/11/proud-sunshine-patriot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunshine City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunshine patriot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Paine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://caroleestrup.com/blog/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Worried about foreign attacks on our electric grid? It is happening all too often, according to our Homeland Security experts. Why not become a SUNSHINE PATRIOT and provide your own power? Go Solar and wind. It is a matter of &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/04/11/proud-sunshine-patriot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wind in the Corn</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2008/12/13/wind-in-the-corn-2/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2008/12/13/wind-in-the-corn-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electric vehicle-tractor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIND IN THE CORN Corn crops, thankfully, have proven to be flops as renewable energy sources. Now maybe we can get the cost of food under control again. However, according to Harper’s Index, a quarter acre of Iowa farmland can &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2008/12/13/wind-in-the-corn-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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