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Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!

Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!I can't waitHe says it is so easy, I want the do it yourself starter kit!RE: Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!From the press release: "The new catalyst consists of cobalt metal,...

Tags: true green revolution, green revolution

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

Sure, energy tech is sexy and could be profitable. But think real green, as in chlorophyll and growing plants. That's the most crucial green tech now.

There's a lot of interest in alternative energy tech and ways to utilize fossil fuels more efficiently. There's considerable push now for more nuclear power. And all that makes economic and ecological sense: energy is at the base of the economic pyramid, less energy means less of everything for...

Tags: Agriculture, Green Technology, Africa, Tech, Green Revolution, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-22

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Science of better fuel cells

Get realSo we are going to have 1-ton work trucks with a battery.PleaseYou are an idiot, please shut up.Misleading. Not produce, STOREThis article is misleading.If you can produce excess solar energy during the day, you can use some for electrolysis to create hydrogen, which may be easier to store, and...

Tags: Fuel cells, fuel cell

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-12

(NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon)

Total Waste of MaterialLets see, we explode a bomb and crash a satellite into the moon to try and confirm whether or not water is on it. And for what purpose? To make another return trip to the moon? To build space colonies? We don't have...

Tags: spacecraft, NASA, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban

California has long been at the leading edge of energy conservation, for better and, sometimes, for worse. Case in point: The California Energy Commission has proposed set power-usage limits on television sets that manufacturers would have to meet in order to sell those TVs in the state. If adopted, the...

Tags: California, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Norman Borlaug will NOT rest in peace

His memory and legacy will be used as more fodder in the political wrangling over global warming. The late, great Dr. Borlaug certainly helped stave off worse human starvation. To the global warming deniers he put the lie to worries about population growth. This planet can hold...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...

Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

It's about the timing

In real estate it's location, etc. In global warming it may well be about the timing, the speed of change reflected in this interview. Sure, the earth's always going through heating and cooling cycles, but as this diver and conservationist argues, has the planet ever warmed this rapidly?...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Colbert heats up global warming

Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...

Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

News to know: Leaked Blackberry OS; 4G networks; Clunkers updated; National Broadband; Psystar

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Leaked upcoming BlackBerry OS screenshots reveal new features Christopher Dawson: Will 4G make our networks irrelevant? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Network, Operating System, Dana Blankenhorn, Broadband, Apple Inc., SOA, RIM BlackBerry, 4G Network, Matthew Miller, Psystar, Doubts, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Linux, Web Services, Broadband Internet, Middleware, Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul

Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...

Tags: smart grid, energy usage, grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-16

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...

Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

"Cooling trend" gets hot reactions

I blog about global warming and the reactions are hot. One commenter thinks I want everybody to believe in global warming so green tech will get more investment. My selfish reason for liking green tech: it is more likely more birds and trees will survive and I find...

Tags: Green Technology, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-16

"Cooling trend" and global warming

"Cooling trend" and global warming"It?s because of money."That's the only true part of this blog.Yes, money explains why this blog is in ZDNet in the first place. Tech geeks need to be indoctrinated with tree hugging stuff as well.I'm not so worried about Global Warming...... than I'm concerned with the...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attackGreen dam removal.It seems that if Green Dam is a stolen program then the programs owner should be able to disable it. Why not Bomb all of the Chinese Green dam programs and solve the problem once and for...

Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Communist, NOW IT, Green Dam, attack, USSR, software

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

What do Green IT, the economic crisis, and best selling author, Thomas Friedman, have in common? Poor accounting

Consider the following questions posed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, and more recently, Hot, Flat And Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America: “Was it an...

Tags: Accounting, Friedman's Inc., Financial, PC, Information Technology, Environment, Green IT, Economic Crisis, Printing, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Anonymous netizens offer a July 1 manifesto, posters

An anonymous manifesto making the rounds of the Internet promises a "worldwide" attack on China's censorship system, via Oiwan Lam. The document, issued in Chinese, and translated via Google Docs here, informs the Chinese government that the power they seek to consolidate is irrelevant to netizens:...

Tags: Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-24

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth EscortCoding...Maybe if they didn't develop/code the software horribly then it "may" have passed. But I'm quite happy operation Green Dam was stopped. RE: PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort saying its ?not compulsory?The implication in common...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Youth Escort, China-for, PC company, software

Discussion threads 2009-06-17