Tag: energy
group name: change-the-world
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July 22, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
Did you know that only 15% of America's oil come from the Middle East? Most of that comes from Saudi Arabia.
According to the US Deparment of Energy, this is the breakdown of imports as of 2002, . . . more
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October 10, 2007 09:21 PM EDT --
I read in a financial advice book one time that the investment that will pay off the biggest over time is the investment in energy efficiency. I have purchased Energy Star appliances when I have . . . more
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October 07, 2007 08:28 PM EDT --
Regardless of your feelings about Wal-Mart as a corporation, it is no small matter when the corporate giant begins installing energy saving solar systems on its supercenters. This past week, Wal-Mart and . . . more
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April 26, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
Twenty-two years ago, today, Ukraine and the world experienced the meltdown of one reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power facility. Radiation was carried by prevailing winds across Europe, though the . . . more
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November 08, 2007 09:57 PM EST --
Unless you are in favor of $50 billion to $100 billion in federal loan guarantees (that means your tax dollars) for a major expansion of nuclear energy in this country, you should seriously consider signing . . . more
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October 16, 2007 05:10 PM EDT --
Nuclear proponents often proclaim that nuclear energy is safe, and that worries about its safety are irrational and emotionally laden. When challenged, they will quickly assert that nuclear energy has . . . more
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September 26, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
I continue to be surprised by the solar energy activity in Canada. Listening to some skeptics, you would think that solar energy won't work outside southern or southwestern U.S. In a previous article, . . . more
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December 28, 2007 07:58 PM EST --
Yup, I am not making that up. This is from Scientific American , dated January 2008. There is an article by Ken Zweibel, James Mason, and Vasilis Fthenakis that proposes a largescale project to harness . . . more
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July 02, 2008 10:39 PM EDT --
Both these news have been disturbing me over the past day.
ITEM #1. General Motors continues to bleed red ink- dealer lots are crowded with undesired pickups and SUVs, . . . more
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October 31, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is nearing completion of a solar-hydrogen fueling station that will fuel 14 hydrogen, fuel-cell cars. The demonstration project will be completed at the end of . . . more
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November 11, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
The Rocky Mountain Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council have teamed up to produce a program (approx. 30 minutes), which features the economic sense of building green. In this program, several . . . more
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June 18, 2008 08:54 PM EDT --
All of a sudden, the gasoline worries have hit the fan here in the USA and the news is full of politicians ranting about this or that. Examples:
McCain proposes the construction of 45 new nuclear . . . more
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October 01, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
Critics of hydrogen will often write that hydrogen is not an energy source, but an energy carrier. This is true, but deceptive. The issue has to do with efficiency, which I addressed here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977120951 . . . more
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October 18, 2007 12:55 PM EDT --
JUST SAY NO - DETAILS BELOW
I have been writing a series of articles on "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming."
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . . more
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October 23, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
The Nanosolar Corporation, initiated in 2002 by Martin Roscheisen and Brian Sager, had the goal of mass manufacturing medium-efficient solar cells at one-tenth of the cost of traditional, silicon-wafer . . . more
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November 30, 2007 08:37 AM EST --
At last, the climate change debate has started to move beyond the question "does it exist". It is now possible to begin discussing the real question: "what are we going to do about it". . . . more
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October 04, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Nuclear energy is prohibitively expensive
In Part One, I gave ten reasons "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming".
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . . more
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November 15, 2007 04:26 PM EST --
In recent days, you may have read that the congressional democratic leadership has backed away from renewable energy by dropping from the current energy bill the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and . . . more
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December 04, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
Sierra Club is reporting that Pelosi will introduce the energy bill in the House this week, including CAFE standards of 35 mpg by 2020. In releasing her press statement, Pelosi said, "This comprehensive . . . more
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July 20, 2008 09:01 AM EDT --
It was a busy week for political news. It intrigued me that some of the news slid by at the margin of our radar screens, and I would like to apply a bit of spin to some of it.
Former Texas Senator . . . more
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