Hybrid energy harvesting allows us to use free, ambient energy captured from multiple local sources. The system captures energy from this wide range of sources, so that the most economical, cleanest source of energy available can be used before resorting to expensive, polluting carbon fuels. Greensleeves patent pending technology facilitates easily connecting multiple sources of alternative energy.
Alternative energy sources will expand as new technologies become more cost effective. Sources include body heat, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, piezo electric, plug load heat, waste recycling fuel cells, thermocouples, geothermal, and others.
The use of energy per capita is going up in the industrialized world. In addition, the cost of energy and amount of carbon pollution blown off is rapidly increasing. Concentrations of people in high occupancy buildings that recirculate air to save energy increase the spread of communicable diseases (according to the Center for Disease Control). All of these are reasons that we must reduce the use of fossil fuels and convert to harvesting local energy.