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- The geography of alternative energy in America
- The geography of alternative energy in AmericaRegimeWould you describe the current administration as the current regime?If not, why not?RE: The geography of alternative energy in AmericaEverything seems cool, but for this: If anyone believes he can develop a viable alternative power source and escape the Feds propensity to tax...
- Tags: alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- The geography of alternative energy in America
- There are areas where alternative energy is increasing in use, and there's the rest of the country. Now there's a map to help you see what's where. It's called Transatlas, using Google mapping tools,and it will show you where you can find alternative fuels for your...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- What climate negotiators can learn from open source
- Solutions to climate change will not all come from the top down. They won't all resort from mandates. They will come from the bottom-up, from entrepreneurs delivering alternative energy systems because they can make money at it. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Open Source, Climate, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-06-07
- Green boom busted?
- Green boom busted?Silly thing about investorsThey want a guarantee of a return. And unfortunately this alternative energy thing is a tough nut to crack. The only forms of energy that seem to work reliably and cheaply other than burning things are wind, which is still not so reliable because the...
- Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, Right Now IT, alternative energy, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Dell one-ups rivals with latest renewable energy claim
- First posted on Smartplanet's Business Brains blog. The equations that some companies use to calculate their exposure to alternative energy sources are admittedly somewhat misleading and completely self-serving. Keep in mind that often, when a company says that 50 percent or even 100 percent of its energy...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Dell Computer Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- List celebrates 12 of America's greenest cities
- Congratulations Californians. Your cities dominate a new list of the Top 12 greenest cities in the United States, published by Greentech Media. OK, I get that San Jose and its neighbors are doing a lot that warrant their green credentials, but, actually, I'm more interested in the...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, City, Free Trade, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energyBiofuel is not the answerThe more corn or sugar of whatever you use to make fuel the more it will dirve up food prices. After that you will have large areas of previously unsuitable land used for BF crops which will require huge irrigation...
- Tags: alternative energy, Oboma
- Discussion threads 2009-05-09
- Alternative energy and alternatives to alternative energy
- To change,or simnply more of the same without all that pesky government intervention. To have, or to have not. That seems to be the question. There's now a draft of new federal requirement for alternative energy. And there is a proposed push toward biofuels....
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Biofuel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville
- Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy. Also, they're looking for...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Car, California, Nanotechnology, DOE, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Intel still atop EPA green power list
- Noticed that Harry pointed to a new alternative energy list posted yesterday by the NRDC. Well, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just updated its quarterly reckoning of the top businesses, government agencies, universities, communities and so on that have made a substantial commitment to using alternative energy sources. ...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, KWh, Intel Corp., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- What is the smart grid?
- At the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco, Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy, breaks the smart grid down into three components: smart devices, two-way communication, and advanced control systems. He explains what each component adds but says it's not just about the components--it's also the value...
- Tags: Component, Grid, green, energy, smart grid, electricity, utility, alternative energy
- Videos 2009-03-25
- America's lag-time in alternative energy
- America's lag-time in alternative energyIt is silly to compare the US to Portugalwhy not compare an elephant to a microbePortugal's population 10 millionUS's 300 milliontry Sweden instead 9 millionEnvironmental whackos with LIESGlobal Warming in a lie and it is proven by the thousands of scientists who are silenced by the...
- Tags: alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2009-03-01
- America's lag-time in alternative energy
- I just blogged about San Francisco applying for a permit to build an offshore wave farm to generate electricity. That's but the second step after deciding to try this tech. It's many more steps before anything is actually placed in the Pacific. And this is San Francisco, positioned next...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Alternative energy technologies to grow at 40% a year
- Despite a sluggish forecast for the overall high-tech industry in the near term, alternative energies technologies are expected to grow at a 40% annual rate through 2012, and semiconductors used in these applications will see a comparable growth, according to The Information Network. The semiconductor market in 2008 was nearly...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Semiconductors, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2009-02-14
- The Engine vs. Electronics Debate ??? Has the core of SAP really changed with BS7?
- The Engine vs. Electronics Debate ??? Has the core of SAP really changed with BS7?Gasp...nice idea Brian but I hope you're not buying that. We're not seeing that 're-engineering' in ANY of the product detail.
- Tags: BS7, SAP AG, electronics
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
- Solar to feds: Let's be creative about incentives for alternative energy investment
- Remember how happy all the alternative energy tech companies were late last year when the government renewed the tax incentives possible for investing in their products? Well, now things are a little less euphoric, as the Obama administration grapples with how certain components of mammoth economic stimulus plan should REALLY...
- Tags: Incentive, Alternative Energy, Investment, Leasing, SunRun, Capital Structures, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- New U.S. energy triumverate now in power
- This afternoon, hours after President Obama took office, the U.S. Senate confirmed three powerful new players in the American energy scene. The new secretaries of Energy, Interior and Agriculture are now in power. Together they will have considerable range to shape the next four years for alternative energy...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, Coal, Secretary, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- What's red, white and blue, and green all over?
- What's red, white and blue, and green all over?I've said it before, and I'll say it again.Obama will spend billions on alternative energy and in four years we will be more dependent on foreign oil than we are today.Bookmark it.Better than spending a trillion dollars in Iraq for nothingAlternative energy...
- Tags: foreign oil, oil, nuclear energy, alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2009-01-20
- Economic problems forestalling alternative energy growth?
- Economic problems forestalling alternative energy growth?Global Warming 'hoax' let it go away...Well our new Climate savior will save us with high energy prices and tank the economy even further.The US has plenty of oil, it is about money and charging for 'carbon credits' and guess who is getting rich Al...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, alternative energy, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- Economic problems forestalling alternative energy growth?
- The folks at EER are tracking the effects of the economic dyspepsia on alternative energy projects around the globe. Their conclusion: some slowdown in 2009, but numerous projects are moving forward outside the U.S. Here the industry awaits details on a federal stimulus plan if it's enacted. ...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Geothermal Energy, EER, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
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