Energy concepts – Jan 23
Why Moore’s Law doesn’t hold for energy
Godesky:
Power & energy
Ten fundamental principles of net energy
Consumption & Demand
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 23
Astyk: Living off the waste of industrial society
Hopkins: Honour the elders
Orlov: The despotism of the image
The straight line is the road to hell
Programs let homes produce green power
Cheated by the Heat
“Hot gas” is costing consumers like you and I billions of dollars every year. Is this just an oversight, or a scheme devised by gas stations to milk consumers of more money?
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 22
Where to go if you want to live to be 100
Newsweek: 7 ways to save the world
Could smart urban design keep people fit and trim?
My Compact Year
About 5 months into the Compact, I dreamt that I was at Crate & Barrel buying lamps and furnishings I didn’t need. At which point I thought to myself, “Oh no, I’m going to have to confess my purchases to the Compact Group.”
Dysfunction – Jan 17
Spin the (water) bottle
UAE beats Americans’ environmental harm
Clean air or TV: Where will Asia find more energy?
‘Spaceship Earth’ sculpture collapses
Overwork costly to environment
Wealth angst – Jan 16
China: New wealth and its discontents
Advertisers: Your life is totally vile
Affluenza: Earn more, spend more, want more
My cure for affluenza (ecovillage)
The price of bling
Dysfunction – Jan 15
Anywhere the eye can see, it’s likely to see an ad
Americans have personal bonds with cars
Is good weather bad for sustainable energy?
Energy international – Jan 9
Belarus cuts off Russian oil to Europe
Intl oil groups face new terms in Venezuela
Energy independence – S. America’s dream
Resource wars (leftist analysis)
France consumes less electricity in 2006
Cars – Jan 9
SUV growth grinds to a halt
Detroit auto show: where’s the green?
GM’s Volt recharges interest in electric cars
This guy gets 59mpg in a plain old Accord-beat that, punk.
Energy consumption – Jan 8
Clean air vs. TV in poor India villages
Japan:
the land of rising conservation
Taking control of electric bill, hour by hour
E. Europe: Open windows in winter
Colorado’s electricity infrastructure needs jump-start
Transport – Dec 31
Woolsey: Gentlemen, start your plug-ins
NYT: travel habits must change to make a big difference in energy consumption
Forbes: Energy will color auto world in 2007
Train travel takes off in Ann Arbor
