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- Green boom busted?
- The global outlook for clean tech energy investment is gloomy. A report by the International Energy Agency IEA finds that investing in alternative energy is slumping. The IEA expects green energy investment to fall below the 2007 level, far off of last year's record topping $80-billion US. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Yeee-ouch: Another black eye for the ethanol guys
- Harry has done a great job of keeping on top of the debate about ethanol that has been bubbling up through the green ranks. Here's the overriding question: Is this cure worse than the original affliction? The latest piece of research to cast doubt on ethanol's potential...
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
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- NOAA sounding like Noah: head for the hills
- Here are some findings on global warming released just now by NOAA. Heat waves will become more frequent and intense, increasing threats to human health and quality of life. Extreme heat will also affect transportation and energy systems, and crop and livestock production. ·...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- The Energy Scene Right Now
- We're using less petroleum than a year ago, but it does not seem to be deliberate conservation. The International Energy agency says we're down about 3% from our 2008 consumption rate, but are slowly creeping upward. Meanwhile, in Washington there's a party divide over oil and nuclear energy....
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?
- Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?Re: But does GP miss the point?I for one believe we have a responsibility to be 'good stewards' of the planet, but the amount of suspect science and unbridled emotionalism that has surfaced regarding the supposed 'green house' effect tells me that...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computing
- Iceland is in a bit of trouble these days, its economy collapsed last year when its three largest banks failed. And so now it is being bailed out by the International Monetary Fund and trying to get its economy on an even keel. One of Iceland's most...
- Blog posts 2009-03-29
- Calling all carbon capture and recycling companies
- A whole spate of greentech companies just got the happiest news of their brief existence. Any company that recycles CO2, like Serious Materials. Any firm working various ways of feeding CO2 to algae, like Origin Oil. Anybody part of the various schemes for reducing or sequestering CO2...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- New microchip uses 30 times less power
- Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the technology, named PCMOS, revealed results at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference ISSCC, the world's premier forum for engineers working...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Nuclear technology to beat world hunger?
- The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA is known for its inspections of nuclear facilities around the world. But it's quite surprising to learn that the IAEA is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO to apply nuclear science to food security. 'IAEA scientists use radiation...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- Â Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started" The events of the last several weeks surrounding Russia's invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the rogue provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have threatened to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaks
- Oops. France is the globe's leading nation for the use of peacetime nuclear power. Much of its electricity is generated by nuclear plants. So far France has carried a reputation of having well-run, fairly safe nuc plants. And they are often cited by supporters of nuclear...
- Blog posts 2008-08-10
- Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past
- To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- More oil refineries coming right up. Will this stunt cleantech growth?
- Saudi Arabia is preparing to add more refineries in the next few years. And they plan to begin refining more of their less desirable, more sulphurous, crude oil. Saudi is aiming for an 80% increase in refining capacity. Most refineries in the world can now only handle...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Black oil, white bears and the color of money
- Map of polar bear populations, courtesy USGS and IFAW. [Click image to enlarge.] The auction's over and the feds may rake in nearly three billion dollars for leases on land nobody will ever see. Land in the new oil and gas leases is far...
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Eco-friendly next-generation mobile homes
- Usually, mobile homes are not associated with terms such as long-term quality or environmental friendliness. Now, a professor of architecture at Mississippi State University MSU wants to change this. He has developed the concept of the GreenMobile home, an ultra-affordable and ecological-minded, factory-built housing unit. The first prototypes of these...
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- EPA to drivers: Don't be idle
- It is finally getting colder here in Jersey-land, which means that the folks down the street who own a diesel truck will be letting it idle more in the mornings before they buzz off to work. Aside from being terribly annoying, especially in the predawn...
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- San Francisco International Airport CIO - Transcript
- Dan Farber: John, Thanks for joining me. John Payne: Thank you very much for having me. Dan Farber: Now we’re at the San Francisco International Airport and you’ve been the CIO here since 2001. What’s the scope of your responsibilities at the airport?...
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Biofuel or bunk?
- Biofuel or bunk?Biofuels. Bunk?Hard to say whether they are bunk or not. There are at least as many energy/cost models of biofuel production/distribution as there are consultancies/universities with departments to study them. What is clear though is that there needs to be a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency in the...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Images: New radiation warning--run for your life
- The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to make it clear that it's time to panic by adding a person running and a skull and crossbones to its radiation warning symbol.
- Image galleries 2007-02-23
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