Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – August 2012 by Mark Bortman   Sustainability, return on investment, energy independence and reduction of greenhouse gases are all great benefits of solar energy. Here, in Bucks County, we have the luxury of being able to think about such long-range issues.   Many people around the world […]

Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – July 2012 by Mark Bortman   The other day, I almost fell off my chair! I was leafing through the newspaper and noticed an ad for a big flat-screen TV.  I couldn’t believe how low the prices have become.   A few years ago, I really wanted […]

Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – June 2012 by Mark Bortman   I hate it when my printer runs out of ink. Why? Because those little ink cartridges are so expensive. This is a smart marketing plan by the manufacturers – sell the printers for cheap and make it up on the ink. […]

Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – May 2012 by Mark Bortman   I really like peanut butter. But even I know that if I use it faster than I replace it, one day I’m going to run out.   “Duh, dad!” as my daughter would say.   Well, what if it took a […]

Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – April 2012 by Mark Bortman I see the world as divided into two types of people – those who jump right into a swimming pool and those who gradually immerse themselves as they “get used to the water.” I am squarely in the second camp. I enter […]

Yardley Voice – Going Green Solar Column – March 2012 by Mark Bortman What goes up, down, up so fast that you need an ESPN play-by-play announcer to keep track? The solar energy industry! Many other developing technologies have seen rapid changes and solar energy is no exception. Fortunately for consumers, many of these changes […]