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Finding fault in Japan

The July 16th earthquake that hit Japan's Niigata prefecture has left the country shaken: sesimically, politically, economically. There are elections for the nation's upper house on July 29.The elections could be affected by public anger and fear after the quake badly damaged the world's largest nuclear power plant, measured...

Tags: nuclear power, green tech, global warming, fossil fuel, energy, climate change, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-25

In L.A., the hybrid is, like, so last year

In L.A., the hybrid is, like, so last yearNot reallyThe powers that be understand chemistry and physics, which greens and their dupes don't.Biodiesel takes more energy to manufacture than you get by burning it. It's cute now because only a few are using it. Start producing it on a mass...

Tags: Food & Beverage, biodiesel, oxide, greenhouse gase, Diesel

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

To curb greenhouse gases, put them underground

To curb greenhouse gases, put them undergroundNit pickingNatural reserves of petroleum and gas are held in the pore spaces of sedimentary rock. Not caves. Yeesh.Of the 25 GT released, 7 GT remain in the atmosphere, per year, and the total will continue to increase steadily.The method has also been tested...

Tags: greenhouse gase

Discussion threads 2005-11-21

Additional Resources

A solar cooled air-conditioning system

Spanish scientists have developed a new eco-friendly air-conditioning system. The researchers are relying on solar energy for cooling their devices. They claim that their technology does not harm the ozone layer and reduces the use of greenhouse gases. The research team has 'designed and built an absorption chiller capable of...

Tags: C, Temperature, Absorption Chiller, Marcelo Izquierdo, AlphaGalileo, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-17

At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming

It is going to be announced today (Friday, when the news cycle goes into snooze control) that the Environmental Procrastination Agency will take no further action on auto emissions or greenhouse gases during the George W. reign. In fact, they will seek much more comment and public input in...

Tags: President, Government, Greenhouse, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-10

G8 takes near-action on global warming--are you surprised?

A minimal sort of statement of intentions from the G8 Summit in Japan happened. Too many conflicting interests. Too much money and power at stake. Perhaps not enough serious consequences yet. [poll=17] Apparently the leaders of the eight biggest...

Tags: China, Global Warming, G8, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Your flat screen TV could be killing the planet, read all about it

There's a research paper being much-touted in the tech and green press: concludes that nitrogen trifluoride is many times worse for the earth's atmosphere than methane or CO2 or the more popular greenhouse gases. That nitrogen trifluoride, also known as NF3, its chemical formula, is used in making...you got...

Tags: Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide, TV, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-09

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

That's the bottom line out of the G8 Summit in Japan where the world's eight biggest economies are meeting. They have pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By then all the current leaders and this humble scrivener will be long gone. Our children will probably...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

G8 and climate change

Is much expected from the G8 summit in Japan? Not according to the Aussies. The Canadian government doesn't foresee anhy progress on an agreement either. India's not a member of the G8 but as a major developing nation with a huge population it is at least politely allowed...

Tags: Japan, Nation, Agreement, Indian Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Swiss solar firm has come ashore in the New World

The high tech gear needed to turn out precision solar panels. Courtesy Oerlikon. Oerliklon is a venerable corporation among the Alps, publicly-traded on the Zurich stock exchange for a long time. They manufacture precision machine tools, textile equipment, other traditional industrial products. But they're...

Tags: Photovoltaics, Oerliklon, Chris O'Brien, Oerlikon, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30

What do the British really believe about global warming?

What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...

Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

What do the British really believe about global warming?

There is much doubt, confusion and belief among the British who cling to arguments not supported by science. Sound familiar? Here's the result: most Brits do NOT think human acitivity is causing global warming. And that coincides with the very informal results of our own poll among readers...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Save the environment: stop eating

Save the environment: stop eatingWe need to extinct to save the worldOnly human extinction can save the world.RE: Save the environment: stop eatingGo veg - save the planet!wow"Save the environment: stop eating"Wow. I really hope that's a joke. That's pretty extremist.I'm fine with saving the planet and all that, but...

Tags: environment

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Save the environment: stop eating

So we know many fish species are in trouble due to over-fishing. Heavy production of corn in the American Midwest is killing off life at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Poor farming methods lead to desication and soil erosion. Some areas of tropical rainforest are being...

Tags: Planet, Environment, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-26

New reports try to demystify the "low carbon IT" equation

As we all know, information technology is both a culprit and a hero when it comes to carbon emissions. Various research companies estimate that information and communications technologies contribute about 2 percent of the global carbon footprint, and the larger IT companies have been falling all over each other to...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Footprint, Carbon, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Why Cisco's new low-carbon diet isn't just a fad (updated)

(Updated to include video blog link.) Is Cisco CEO John Chambers' aggressive commitment this morning to a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 just a ploy/play for green headlines? Actually, I think this very public very high-level move represents just the first part of...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Cisco Systems Inc., Aldrich, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Sun's fuzzy carbon math...

Dave Douglas is Chief Sustainability Officer at Sun Microsystems and he writes a monthly column in "Environmental Leader." This month he writes about a concept he calls "Peak Carbon." This is his definition: Peak Carbon is the point in time after...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Math, Dave Douglas, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-23

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?

Today's a crucial anniversary. Twenty years ago today one of the federal government's leading scientists first told a U.S. Congressional hearing that global warming was a certainty, and it was already underway. June 23, 1988. A generation has been born and grown into teenagehood since then. An...

Tags: Scientist, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-23