Phoenix mayor to band: “Who’s the idiot now?!”

“Green Day?” mocks Mayor Phil Gordon. “We’ve got Green Week!”
Well, it could a’ happened.

Fire it Up got the ball rolling on Sunday, March 8, with the first post to our irreverent blog, which is devoted to going solar in the Valley of the Sun.
On Wednesday, the mayor took advantage of the momentum we generated to… »

Plan A., The Photo

Here’s our house from Google Earth’s Eye-in-the-Sky, with our “battle plan” marked on it.
We’re fortunate to have a couple of good-sized surfaces facing due south, with no shade at any time of day. Up ’til now that’s been more of a curse than a blessing, especially in the summer when the temperature reaches 120° F… »