Renewables – May 6
Power station harnesses Sun’s rays
Wind farms may not lower air pollution
Libertarian Stossel:
Sacrificing our children to the ‘Corn God’
The book that oil companies don’t want you to know about: Alcohol Can Be A Gas
Electricity
Addicted to Oil: U.S. Oil Policy Simulation
Fascinating account of a simulation game that allows the user to try out various policy options to see the effect on oil consumption and oil imports.
Technology – Apr 25
Electricity from merry-go-rounds
Follow up to: Nuclear reactions may produce phones’ power (LENR)
Sun VP on IT’s push for eco-responsibility
Power by the people – Apr 23
Cities to generate local renewable energy
Fossil free by ’33
Embrace efficiency, one watt at a time
Construction starts on world’s largest solar array
A groundbreaking will take place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. The project highlights both the promise and the pitfalls of PV.
United States – Apr 20
Byron King: The California oil industry
Trans-American sources of electricity
Green utilities are growing, but they need to grow faster
Growing number of Americans see warming as leading threat
Housing & urban – Apr 19
Model of urban future: Jersey City?
Top 10 US cities in use of renewable energy
Renewables – Apr 16
Earth, Wind & Fire
Solar energy conversion
Renewables branded a ‘crime’
Renewables – Apr 12
Thermal depolymerization: the next big thing
US releases National Renewable Fuel Standard
Sustainable energy has powerful future
Tom Whipple: Decentralized Power
Geodynamics says it has ‘hottest rocks on earth’
U.S. energy policy – Apr 12
Rep. Jay Inslee, clean-energy champion
Gingrich goes green in Kerry climate debate
EPA: full speed ahead with ethanol
Calif governor likes LNG despite panel vote
Schwarzenegger exports his brand of ‘green’
Wearing my hair shirt
With all the attention on the great challenges and sacrifices ahead, I feel it incumbent to serve as an ambassador for the American low-energy lifestyle. It’s really not so bad, folks.
What are our alternatives, if fossil fuels are a problem?
Answers questions like “I love my SUV. Why can’t we continue to use oil and gas as in the past?” and “Won’t ethanol cover our fossil fuel shortfall?”. Good educational material.
