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- Wary of ethanol buzz
- Wary of ethanol buzzDirect solar.. US lower 48 average 4.6kWh/m^2/day..Is plenty enough to run an industrialized society. (If you don't waste it needlessly.) Note: You would quickly freeze solid if not for the SUN and it's solar radiation. Ethanol is very inefficient use of solar energy. Biomass is roughly...
- Tags: Government, Ethanol, Biomass
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
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- How we think, and perhaps lie, about the oil supply
- Oil is naturally occurring...Scientist do not understand why oil wells that we'pumped dry' are now full of oil.So in other words, it has been proven to manyscientist oil is naturally occurring substance.It is all about greed and money, if people had commonsense and used their brain instead oflistening to politicians...
- Tags: oil, Bakken
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Calling all global cooling, how about a little help here?
- Don't shoot the messenger, you might not like it that the earth is getting hotter and that we need to do something about it, but, don't get mad at those reporting it.You probably don't like all of the photos of open water over the arctic either. Nor would you want...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, climate change
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- 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
- 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
- Renewable energy: who's got it, who's getting it?
- The NRDC has just put online maps showing where the renewable enerrbgy rresources of the U.S. are. And each maps shows where there are facilities already useing those resources, or are in planning stage. Click here to check out wind, solar, and biomass resource maps for the U.S....
- Tags: U.S., Renewable Energy, NRDC, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Who has the most to lose from rising sea levels?
- Who has the most to lose from rising sea levels?Should the Feds stop selling flood insurance in these areas?One of the ripoffs to the American peopleis that the Federal Government sells floodinsurance to people who decide to live inareas overcome by periodic flooding once adecade or more often.I'll grant that...
- Tags: Financial Planning, sea level, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- Ethanol, our trash and our economy
- This story has everything: suspense, victory, tragedy and a cliff-hanger. We still can't be sure how it's going to turn out. It all turns on Blue Fire, a California company aiming to build commercial-scale ethanol production plants, turning trash into sugars which can be fermented thence into ethanol....
- Tags: Southern California, Biofuel, Trash, Landfill, Plant, Blue Fire, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- For your reading pleasure: One expert's view of how green power can affect the U.S. power infrastructure
- Confused about exactly what your company can or should do about its future electricity consumption? A new book, "The Green Guide to Power: Thinking Outside the Grid," endeavors to provide an overview of the environmental impact of the existing power grid and some ideas about what we can do at...
- Tags: Geothermal Energy, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- First volley in the new American civil war: over climate change
- A first draft of a climate change and energy efficiency bill has been introduced into Congress. The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released the first draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. emocratic leaders hope will it be voted...
- Tags: Civil War, Geothermal Energy, Energy Efficiency, Bill, Rep., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Algae to the rescue
- Algae to the rescueNot a bad planI think it has a fair shot of not only working, but turning a profit.RE: Algae to the rescue"The algae can be harvested from biodiesel or animal food."The other way around?ScaleIt will be interesting to see the scale needed to be effectiveWOWWhat an amazing...
- Tags: carbon dioxide, Algae, rescue, Water Vapor
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planet
- The Status Quo Crowd SQC are gonna write this off as left-wing, Euro-socialist propaganda. The SQC better hope the ideas in this report don't make their way into the halls of power because it proposes wholesale changes in the status quo and a peaceful revolution in how big business...
- Tags: U.S., Job, Greenpeace, Report, Status Quo Crowd, Transportation, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Burning issue leads to innovation
- Researchers in Japan have developed a better mouse trap. Actually it's a better, more efficient hibachi for home heating. This new stove is able to burn a variety of sustainable biomass, is more efficient in providing heat and reduces CO2 emissions. So it wamrs your heart as...
- Tags: Innovation, Home, Mice, Leadership, Strategy, Hardware, Peripherals, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Got waste? Feed it to the algae. Presto chango it's valuable.
- Helix bioreactor. Courtesy Origin Oil. For a healthier environment today, tomorrow and in the distant future: algae. That's the belief of Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, in Los Angeles. Sound like just another bodiesel start-up? No way, this is a company that...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Swedish greentech will miss the Bush Admin
- The U.S. Ambassador to Sweden appointed by Bush will likely be replaced. And Swedish greentech companies will likely miss him. He took his cross-cultural duties seriously and worked to promote the Swedish greentech companies in the American market. That matters hugely because the U.S. population is over...
- Tags: Sweden, Biofuel, Administrator, Chrysler LLC, Michigan, Ambassador, Swedish Biogas, Chemrec, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- New U.S. energy triumverate now in power
- New U.S. energy triumverate now in powerEnergy independence....will be achieved when the govt gets OUT of the energy industry. How can some lawyer/senator be the expert on energy production?These are the same people who, prior to the election, said they weren't banning clean coal, but that companies would go bankrupt...
- Tags: Personal finance, Clean Coal, New U.S. energy, New U.S., formulation
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- 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
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture???"At a ratio of about one support technician for every 20 NT servers, PC staffing exploded along with server populations."Could you give reliable source for that figure ?"these problems led to the evolution of a one application per box rule"in the late 90 this rule...
- Tags: Mainframes, Linux, Servers, Storage management, Storage area networks (SAN), Operating systems, mainframe, server, JBOD, windows server, Microsoft Windows, disk, virtualization, SAN, Unix
- Discussion threads 2008-12-05
- Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic
- That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...
- Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Lenovo greens its environmental credentials with e-coupon, recycling program
- Aside from taking steps to make its products more energy-efficient and environment-conscious, Lenovo is testing out several programs to help distinguish its green profile from those of its rivals. One example is its Together E-coupon, which you can use if you're buying a Lenovo notebook. Lenovo has...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
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