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Cautionary tale: carbon trading and carping loggers: In New Zealand an official carbon-trading scheme is not running smoothly. It's perhaps a cautonary tale for other countries or regions looking at carbon-trading as a way to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. New Zealand's a signator to the Kyoto Protocol which led that nationto try carbon-trading...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, New Zealand, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Earth Day – have a gas: Sample Vulcan map from Purdue & NASA. The folks at Purdue University have come up with a way for us to watch the CO2 emissions across the U.S. Just in time for Earth Day, 2008. It's called Vulcan, and it's going to...; Tags: Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Germany uses n-word to describe American policies: Wow, when you get blasted by a German government minister, they get...well, anthropomorphic in their insults. The German official in question called American policies on global warming "Neanderthal." And Germans know their Neanderthals, that country was host of the first-known Neanderthal bones ever found. I...; Tags: Germany, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-19
China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions: If you believe global warming's a crock, this blog's worth another good belly laugh. If you suspect that CO2 and other greenhouse gases could be altering the climate, then this there's more evidence that the U.S. and China are plunging us into a climatic sauna. A...; Tags: China, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-22
Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate Protocols: I read a blog, yesterday, by one Randall Hoven, titled "Kyoto Schmyoto" which started with this: One would think that countries that committed to the Kyoto treaty are doing a better job of curtailing carbon emissions. One would also think that...; Tags: Emission, Treaty, Climate, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-12-19

All things Kyoto, now they tell us: So President George W. Bush has been right all along. There, I said it. A commentary on the Nature website has sparked discussion because it basically says the Kyoto Protocol is not the way to handle greenhouse gas emissions. While applauding the goal of curbing the emissions,...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Fuming over fumes: Bush's E.P.A. versus California, New York and Co.: Of course, the current version of the "Environmental Protection Agency" has been loath to move toward tougher emission standards for car and trucks in the U.S. Two years California movced to put in place tougher standards for car in that state, but the E.P.A. has not granted a waiver....; Tags: Emission, California, Greenhouse Gas, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Exhausting question: my gas, or yours?: A U.N. official has set off a little political warming trend by by himself: think of it as climate change in the blogosphere. He suggested rich countries have done a lot to cut gree nhouse gas emissions at home, so they should go on a sort of economic missionary...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, Folk, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-08-23

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A new career: isotope designer: According to a Michigan State University MSU news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...; Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Discover this: "Discover" and its own carbon footprint: "Discover" Magazine profiled their own publication's carbon footprint. Here's the whole article, a brave move not likely to be popular among mag publishers. Here's some of what they found: "Two and one-tenth pounds of carbon dioxide. That is our best estimate of what is emitted...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ton, DISCOVER, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Leading with LED: Some random smatterings of information to report today, related to the adoption of LED technology. First off, the folks that gave away all those LED holiday lights at the end of last year are saying thanks with a $1,000 donation to a non-profit organization with a mission...; Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-26
Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost: Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost...One of many negative side effects of higher gas prices that many are overlooking is food prices will concurrently rise.Right now it's not looking good no matter your stance on the green energy debate. The bottom line is...; Tags: Right Now IT, Alternative energy folk, alternative energy; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
What do we Americans want? Individuals shopping for, longing for greener transport. Where the h--- is it?: Americans are saying they want more economical and environmentally friendly fuel, and they're backing that up with action. Two separate looks at American drivers found that many are saying and doing things that actually make sense, and that could be very good for green tech companies working on alternative energy...; Tags: Car, Alternative Fuel, Americans, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-05
Green tech cars will not get any federal help until November: All those companies working on fuel cell cars, electric cars, plug-in cars and the long-awaited, not expected solar-powered cars...well, they'll not get any federal encouragement until after the November election. The latest chapter in the bizarre, Kafkaesque battle over national auto emission standards in the U.S. has...; Tags: Car, Green Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-02
Forget gold prices, or $100 oil--it's a coal day in hell: Forget gold prices, or $100 oil--it's a coal day in hellWhat's all this..."We are used to heavy duty crude prices" crap?We are HARDLY used to it. The artificially inflated crude prices are driving this country into one hell of a recession, and worse yet, is driving up inflation as...; Tags: Nothing, coal, coal day, crude price, oil; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Hybrid cars and the power grid: Hybrid cars and the power gridHybrids AREN'T "plugable" carsThere aren't any "plugable" hybrids in the market. A few people may add some extra batteries that may require a plug, but that is not a standard vehicle. The only "plugable" cars in the market are 100% electric (with only a max...; Tags: kW, Hybrid-car, power grid, plug-in, grid, battery; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
Hybrid cars and the power grid: Today, people who care about the environment are attracted by hybrid electric cars. But in 2020, hybrid cars and trucks might represent 25% of all the vehicles in the U.S. Of course, these vehicles will need to be plugged to the power grid to recharge their batteries. A recent Oak...; Tags: Consumer, Car, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Grid, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-13
Using arsenic to detect cancers?: An international team led by Texan researchers is using arsenic as a powerful tumor imaging agent. In fact, they are using a drug called bavituximab, 'an antibody that homes in on a specific molecular target on the blood vessels that feed tumors.' By linking this drug to very small doses...; Tags: Rat, Combination, Technique, Imaging, Blood Vessel, Document Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-03
News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3F: Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3Fanother load of balloneyCapturung CO2 and storing it is a myth.It would take more energy to convert the CO2 into some form of carbon liquid or solid than you would spend burning that fuel in the first place.If you are concern about CO2 the only solution lies with atomic energy...; Tags: carbon dioxide, hydrogen; Discussion threads 2008-02-14