http://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/
September 30, 2009This is a floating waterwheel that can generate electricity when suspended over a river or other flowing water regardless of the depth and speed of flow. The inventors claim it to be both efficient and cost effective, as well as being less intrusive to the environment
The advantages of the HEB are many: compared to conventional waterwheels, it operates quietly, and is easy to transport and install. The machine is also environmentally friendly because of its shallow draft in the water, and has a low capital outlay per kilowatt. The HEB doesn’t interrupt the flow of the water and can adjust to changing water levels, while rolling over any debris in the flow.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/cat_lasers_and_ray_guns.html
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/tag/ships-and-subs/page/2/
Navy Wants Lots of Lasers
Point being, if the laser can melt a missile - it can transmit power to a satellite and do it whilst at sea; far away from prying eyes.....
Navy Takes Next Step Towards Laser ‘Holy Grail’
April 16, 2009
On Monday, the Office of Naval Research awarded contracts to both Raytheon and Boeing worth an initial $6.9 million each for preliminary design work on a new free electron laser, or FEL. This model would be about seven times strong than any similar laser — reaching up to 100 kilowatts, or weapons-grade. Eventually, that could pave
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/cat_lasers_and_ray_guns.html
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/tag/ships-and-subs/page/2/
Navy Wants Lots of LasersPoint being, if the laser can melt a missile - it can transmit power to a satellite and do it whilst at sea; far away from prying eyes.....
Navy Takes Next Step Towards Laser ‘Holy Grail’April 16, 2009
On Monday, the Office of Naval Research awarded contracts to both Raytheon and Boeing worth an initial $6.9 million each for preliminary design work on a new free electron laser, or FEL. This model would be about seven times strong than any similar laser — reaching up to 100 kilowatts, or weapons-grade. Eventually, that could pave
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Russian UFO landing sites identified and photographed from the ISS.
Exciting news for all of you SF/SETI/X-Files types out there!
Astronauts on the ISS and the NASA Earth Observatory have identified several mysterious circles forming under the ice of the deepest lake in the world.
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is “t is the largest (by volume) and deepest (1,637 meters at the deepest point) fresh water lake on Earth. It is also one of the world’s oldest lakes (25-30 million years old); sediment deposited on the b
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Russian UFO landing sites identified and photographed from the ISS.Exciting news for all of you SF/SETI/X-Files types out there!
Astronauts on the ISS and the NASA Earth Observatory have identified several mysterious circles forming under the ice of the deepest lake in the world.
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is “t is the largest (by volume) and deepest (1,637 meters at the deepest point) fresh water lake on Earth. It is also one of the world’s oldest lakes (25-30 million years old); sediment deposited on the b
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AMAZING TABLE SAW STOPS WHEN SENSING SKIN ?
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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/st_infoporn/
Can You Smell Me Now?
A Guide to the Human Body’s
Telltale Emissions.
October 19, 2009
Wired Nov 2009
You make an impression.
Not personally — who cares about that?
But your body emits a thermal signature.
Your breathing is loud. You smell (sorry). Your brain crackles with electricity. And it’s all detectable. That’s good news if you want to be rescued from a collapsed building and bad news if you’re planting an IED. At least you’re leaving a mark on the world.
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http://www.gizmag.com/taser-shockwave/12412/
The launch of the handheld TASER X3 has been grabbing headlines lately, but the company has also been developing large-scale versions of its stun-gun technology for 'area denial' (read 'riot control'). The TASER Shockwave is a fully modular system that effectively bunches six TASER X26 stun guns together to cover a 20-degree arc with 25-foot cartridges. Read More
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/st_infoporn/
Can You Smell Me Now?A Guide to the Human Body’s
Telltale Emissions.
October 19, 2009
Wired Nov 2009
You make an impression.
Not personally — who cares about that?
But your body emits a thermal signature.
Your breathing is loud. You smell (sorry). Your brain crackles with electricity. And it’s all detectable. That’s good news if you want to be rescued from a collapsed building and bad news if you’re planting an IED. At least you’re leaving a mark on the world.
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http://www.gizmag.com/taser-shockwave/12412/The launch of the handheld TASER X3 has been grabbing headlines lately, but the company has also been developing large-scale versions of its stun-gun technology for 'area denial' (read 'riot control'). The TASER Shockwave is a fully modular system that effectively bunches six TASER X26 stun guns together to cover a 20-degree arc with 25-foot cartridges. Read More
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Lab Rats: DOE Awards $150 Million to ‘Breakthrough’ Energy Projects
Oct 26, 2009
Remember the Department of Energy’s call for “transformational” technologies that would lead to a breakthrough in energy?
Today, the DOE announced the first group of 37 winners in the $400 million Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program; the first round of funding totals $151 million. The winning projects were winnowed down from the original 3,600 ideas submitted to the Energy Department.
The full list of winners can be found here.
To judge by the recipients, the Department of Energy’s main concern is on transportation…
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http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/
Annie, Get Your Gun: The Solar Industry’s Call to Arms
When it comes to shaping energy policy, everybody’s trying to get their game on. The coal industry’s been busy, if a bit counterproductive. The natural gas industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts in Washington. Big Oil has never let up. The wind industry relentlessly argues for more government support.
Now it’s time for solar power to step up, says Rhone Resche, the head of the solar-power industry lobby. Speaking in Anaheim today at the big solar-power conference, Mr. Resch called for a “solar Fourth of July” for the industry. In a muddled reprise of American revolutionary rhetoric, Mr. Resch declared independence from “tyrannical” energy policies and laid out a “bill of rights” to help the solar industry grow. Some highlights:
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/
Lab Rats: DOE Awards $150 Million to ‘Breakthrough’ Energy Projects
Oct 26, 2009
Remember the Department of Energy’s call for “transformational” technologies that would lead to a breakthrough in energy?
Today, the DOE announced the first group of 37 winners in the $400 million Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program; the first round of funding totals $151 million. The winning projects were winnowed down from the original 3,600 ideas submitted to the Energy Department.
The full list of winners can be found here.
To judge by the recipients, the Department of Energy’s main concern is on transportation…
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http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/
Annie, Get Your Gun: The Solar Industry’s Call to ArmsWhen it comes to shaping energy policy, everybody’s trying to get their game on. The coal industry’s been busy, if a bit counterproductive. The natural gas industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts in Washington. Big Oil has never let up. The wind industry relentlessly argues for more government support.
Now it’s time for solar power to step up, says Rhone Resche, the head of the solar-power industry lobby. Speaking in Anaheim today at the big solar-power conference, Mr. Resch called for a “solar Fourth of July” for the industry. In a muddled reprise of American revolutionary rhetoric, Mr. Resch declared independence from “tyrannical” energy policies and laid out a “bill of rights” to help the solar industry grow. Some highlights:
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Solar-powered ‘Microbots’ could give a new dimension to military surveillance -swarm technology?
chip design Germany Italy Spain
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‘Cross-Wind Bridge’ captures wind to illuminate by night
The cross-wind bridge is meant to promote the notion of a multipurpose envelope, engineered to capture the wind power from a network of 2,188 light-weight rotating panels.
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‘Cross-Wind Bridge’ captures wind to illuminate by nightThe cross-wind bridge is meant to promote the notion of a multipurpose envelope, engineered to capture the wind power from a network of 2,188 light-weight rotating panels.
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How Electricity Works
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New Body Paint Conducts Electricity, Powers LEDs
=May 6, 2009 Talk about the body electric!
Students at the Royal College of Art in England have created a new type of paint which can conduct electricity and be applied directly to the skin. The paint is carbon-based, water-soluble, and can create electronic circuits when activated. The ink itself is able to produce enough electricity to power small devices like LEDs, and it’s creators hope it will one day be used to help with the dance and music performances, computer interfaces, and medical devices.
The team says: “As our lives are increasingly regulated by electronics and there is a drive towards the miniaturisation and portability of electronics on and around the body it seems only logical to place electronic circuits on the surface of body.”
via WiredUK
New Body Paint Conducts Electricity, Powers LEDs
=May 6, 2009 Talk about the body electric!
Students at the Royal College of Art in England have created a new type of paint which can conduct electricity and be applied directly to the skin. The paint is carbon-based, water-soluble, and can create electronic circuits when activated. The ink itself is able to produce enough electricity to power small devices like LEDs, and it’s creators hope it will one day be used to help with the dance and music performances, computer interfaces, and medical devices.
The team says: “As our lives are increasingly regulated by electronics and there is a drive towards the miniaturisation and portability of electronics on and around the body it seems only logical to place electronic circuits on the surface of body.”
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http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/ambient-electricity-powers-fluorescent-installation.html#
Ambient Electricity Powers Fluorescent Installation
April 13, 2009
FIELD by Richard Box is a set of 1301 fluorescent lights installed in the ground and powered by the ambient electricity from nearby power-lines.
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http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body-make-electricity.htm
Electricity is a key to survival. ( see video)
How does the body make electricity -- and how does it use it?
Without electricity, you wouldn't be reading this article right now. And it's not because your computer wouldn't work. It's because your brain wouldn't work.
Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. As we learned in intro physics, everything is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out
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An Electric Unicycle that Recharges while Rolling Downhill
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October 19, 2009
In the hunt for alternatives to polluting and climate-warming fossil fuels, attention has turned to where rivers meet the sea. Here, freshwater and saltwater naturally settle their salinity difference, a phenomenon that two pioneering projects in Europe will try to harness to generate clean energy.This concept of "salt power"—also known as osmotic, or salinity-gradient, power—has been kicked around for decades, and now, proponents hope, technology has advanced enough to make it economically competitive.On November 24, the world's first large-scale prototype facility for developing a form of salt power
http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/ambient-electricity-powers-fluorescent-installation.html#
Ambient Electricity Powers Fluorescent InstallationApril 13, 2009
FIELD by Richard Box is a set of 1301 fluorescent lights installed in the ground and powered by the ambient electricity from nearby power-lines.
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http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body-make-electricity.htm
Electricity is a key to survival. ( see video)
How does the body make electricity -- and how does it use it?
Without electricity, you wouldn't be reading this article right now. And it's not because your computer wouldn't work. It's because your brain wouldn't work.
Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. As we learned in intro physics, everything is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out
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http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/21/a-unicycle-that-recharges-while-rolling-downhill/
An Electric Unicycle that Recharges while Rolling Downhill
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/us-hydropower-consumption-increases-5-1-percent#
October 23, 2009
US Hydropower
Consumption Increases
5.1 Percent
Alabama, after a long drought, records the biggest jump in hydro generation
WASHINGTON, D.C. [HydroWorld.com]
During the first seven months of 2009, hydropower consumption in the United States was up 5.1 percent compared with the same period in 2008, according to a report by the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Americans consumed more than 169 million MWh of hydropower through July, up from 161 million MWh last year, according to Electric Power Monthly.
In the largest hydropower-producing states – Washington and Oregon – consumption was down slightly. Washington consumed 49.5 million MWh of hydropower during the first seven months of 2009, down from 51.8 million MWh in 2008. Oregon consumed 22 million MWh, down from 22.2 million MWh last year.
In California, however, hydropower consumption jumped 42.1 percent compared with last year. Alabama recorded the biggest increase, 60.9 percent, after three years of below-average generation because of drought. (From HydroWorld.com)
Top 10 Hydropower-Producing States, January-July (Thousand MWh)
State 2009 2008 Percent Change
Washington 49,494 51,872 -4.6
Oregon 22,061 22,204 -0.6
California 17,826 12,545 42.1
New York 16,527 15,833 4.4
Idaho 6,560 6,269 4.6
Montana 5,832 6,193 -5.8
Alabama 5,783 3,593 60.9
Tennessee 4,914 3,415 43.9
Arizona 4,019 4,629 -13.2
N.C. 2,718 2,018 34.7
Source: Energy Information Administration
October 23, 2009
US Hydropower
Consumption Increases
5.1 Percent
Alabama, after a long drought, records the biggest jump in hydro generation
WASHINGTON, D.C. [HydroWorld.com]
During the first seven months of 2009, hydropower consumption in the United States was up 5.1 percent compared with the same period in 2008, according to a report by the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Americans consumed more than 169 million MWh of hydropower through July, up from 161 million MWh last year, according to Electric Power Monthly.
In the largest hydropower-producing states – Washington and Oregon – consumption was down slightly. Washington consumed 49.5 million MWh of hydropower during the first seven months of 2009, down from 51.8 million MWh in 2008. Oregon consumed 22 million MWh, down from 22.2 million MWh last year.
In California, however, hydropower consumption jumped 42.1 percent compared with last year. Alabama recorded the biggest increase, 60.9 percent, after three years of below-average generation because of drought. (From HydroWorld.com)
Top 10 Hydropower-Producing States, January-July (Thousand MWh)
State 2009 2008 Percent Change
Washington 49,494 51,872 -4.6
Oregon 22,061 22,204 -0.6
California 17,826 12,545 42.1
New York 16,527 15,833 4.4
Idaho 6,560 6,269 4.6
Montana 5,832 6,193 -5.8
Alabama 5,783 3,593 60.9
Tennessee 4,914 3,415 43.9
Arizona 4,019 4,629 -13.2
N.C. 2,718 2,018 34.7
Source: Energy Information Administration
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/change-brings-new-opportunities-for-hydro#
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/change-brings-new-opportunities-for-hydro#
October 23, 2009
Change Brings New Opportunities for Hydro
Leaders of industry associations in the U.S. and Canada offer their views about hydropower’s pivotal role in shaping new energy and environmental policies and in contributing to economic recovery.
by Linda Church Ciocci, NHA, and Pierre Fortin, CHA
In the past year, the United States and Canada experienced dramatic changes. From the election of a new U.S. president who rode a wave of "change" into office to the political instability of another Canadian minority government to the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, some of the most fundamental parts of the North American society look quite different than they did a year ago.
The energy sector also saw massive change. Oil and gas prices skyrocketed to unprecedented highs before falling to levels not seen for years. Some U.S. electric utilities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy as their share values plummeted
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=salt-power-energy
Change Brings New Opportunities for Hydro
Leaders of industry associations in the U.S. and Canada offer their views about hydropower’s pivotal role in shaping new energy and environmental policies and in contributing to economic recovery.
by Linda Church Ciocci, NHA, and Pierre Fortin, CHA
In the past year, the United States and Canada experienced dramatic changes. From the election of a new U.S. president who rode a wave of "change" into office to the political instability of another Canadian minority government to the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, some of the most fundamental parts of the North American society look quite different than they did a year ago.
The energy sector also saw massive change. Oil and gas prices skyrocketed to unprecedented highs before falling to levels not seen for years. Some U.S. electric utilities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy as their share values plummeted
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=salt-power-energy
October 19, 2009Energy Out of the Blue:
Generating Electric Power from the Clash of River and Sea Water
Two pilot projects are testing the potential of "salt power," a renewable energy that relies on the differing salinities at river mouths to make watts--
ELECTRIC BLUE: New projects aim to generate energy by harnessing the salinity-balancing effects where freshwater rivers flow into salty seas.
H2O ENERGIZER: A desktop setup of the "blue energy" concept, which essentially is a saltwater and freshwater battery, being developed in the Netherlands.Generating Electric Power from the Clash of River and Sea Water
Two pilot projects are testing the potential of "salt power," a renewable energy that relies on the differing salinities at river mouths to make watts--
ELECTRIC BLUE: New projects aim to generate energy by harnessing the salinity-balancing effects where freshwater rivers flow into salty seas.
In the hunt for alternatives to polluting and climate-warming fossil fuels, attention has turned to where rivers meet the sea. Here, freshwater and saltwater naturally settle their salinity difference, a phenomenon that two pioneering projects in Europe will try to harness to generate clean energy.This concept of "salt power"—also known as osmotic, or salinity-gradient, power—has been kicked around for decades, and now, proponents hope, technology has advanced enough to make it economically competitive.On November 24, the world's first large-scale prototype facility for developing a form of salt power
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http://www.gizmag.com/vw-enters-the-home-power-market/12842/picture/96153/
VW enters the home power market
VW's ambitious project could vastly reduce the carbon footprint in Germany
Volkswagen has recently announced a rather ambitious project that, for a change, has nothing to do with cars. Teaming up with regenerative-power company Lichtblick, it aims to install 100,000 co-generation power units in Germany as part of a concept called ‘SchwarmStrom’ which, literally translated, means ‘swarm power’. Successful application would allow Germany to abandon the use of nuclear and coal power stations and provide adequate backup to renewable energy sources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 60%.
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VW enters the home power marketVW's ambitious project could vastly reduce the carbon footprint in Germany
Volkswagen has recently announced a rather ambitious project that, for a change, has nothing to do with cars. Teaming up with regenerative-power company Lichtblick, it aims to install 100,000 co-generation power units in Germany as part of a concept called ‘SchwarmStrom’ which, literally translated, means ‘swarm power’. Successful application would allow Germany to abandon the use of nuclear and coal power stations and provide adequate backup to renewable energy sources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 60%.
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First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland
Sat Nov 14, 2009
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AP – Marijuana plants are shown Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in Seattle. The marijuana is distributed to members …
By the government's count, 14 states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
VIDEO below
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California stands out among those for the widespread presence of dispensaries — businesses that sell marijuana and even advertise their services. Colorado also has several dispensaries, and Rhode Island and New Mexico are in the process of licensing providers, according to the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that promotes the decriminalization of marijuana use.
Advocates say marijuana is effective in treating chronic pain and nausea, among other ailments.
Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy
AP – Marijuana plants are shown Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in Seattle. The marijuana is distributed to members …By the government's count, 14 states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
VIDEO below
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=16163728&ch=4226713&src=news
California stands out among those for the widespread presence of dispensaries — businesses that sell marijuana and even advertise their services. Colorado also has several dispensaries, and Rhode Island and New Mexico are in the process of licensing providers, according to the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that promotes the decriminalization of marijuana use.
Advocates say marijuana is effective in treating chronic pain and nausea, among other ailments.
Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy
WASHINGTON – Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.
Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.
The guidelines issued by the department do, however, make it clear that federal agents will go after people whose marijuana
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The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® is a publicly supported
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http://todayontheinterwebs.blogspot.com/2009/02/smart-grid.html
Smart grid is GE sub-website about the Smart Grid, or an updated power grid they launched. Basically, alternative energy can travel well beyond its previous 100 mile radius, and
Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.
The guidelines issued by the department do, however, make it clear that federal agents will go after people whose marijuana
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ramusa.org------MissionThe Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® is a publicly supported
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http://todayontheinterwebs.blogspot.com/2009/02/smart-grid.html
Smart grid is GE sub-website about the Smart Grid, or an updated power grid they launched. Basically, alternative energy can travel well beyond its previous 100 mile radius, and
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And I'll deliver even more as “the biggest investment of the first half of this century” plays out...
Dear Reader,
Let's skip the fluff and get right to the facts...
Over the past 10 months, GE, Google, IBM, and Cisco have quietly invested $3 billion in a new technology that Energy Secretary Steven Chu has called an "urgent national priority."
What is it?
Well, according to General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt, it will be "the biggest investment of the first half of the century."
Cisco has boldly claimed that it will be "100 to 1,000 times bigger than the internet."
And Obama wasted no time in ponying up $11 billion just to get this technology deployed.
So what's so urgent and necessary that we need to spend billions during one of the worst economic crises in recorded history?
It's called the Smart Grid - and it's going to single-handedly transform the entire global energy economy, while generating...
More Than $2 Trillion By 2030
And that's figuring conservatively!
According to a 2009 report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (which was issued to the U.S. electric utility industry), $2 trillion will need to be invested in our electric infrastructure by 2030 - just to maintain current levels of energy service for consumers.
We're not talking about exceeding goals or expectations here, folks.
We're simply talking about making sure we can still turn on the lights and heat our homes.
And while we're constantly hearing about new power plants being built to meet our rising energy needs - if you can't move that electricity - it's completely worthless!
And that's why energy utilities, global governments and some of the largest corporations in the world are tripping over themselves to develop a new Smart Grid that'll keep the power flowing - and generate billions in revenue.
Now I'll get to the particulars of the Smart Grid in just a moment. Because you're going to need these particulars to get a piece of this action. But first, you have to understand why the development of the Smart Grid is so pressing...
Today's Electric Infrastructure is on theVerge of Collapse
When most folks flip a light switch or turn on their computers, they don't give a second thought about where the power comes from. And really, who does?
It's not something we really have to think about because our modern
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http://www.cavitationtechnologies.com/de/
Cavitation Technologies
Files International Patents:
Company Seeks Worldwide Protection for Its
Innovative Nano Cavitation Technology
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) has announced that it has filed PCT patent applications for new International Patent protections for its Nano Cavitation Technologies.
According to Igor Gorodnitsky, CTI's President and Director of Research and Development, "CTI continues to identify new applications for our technology. All of the applications are in industries where there is a need to solve environmental problems, reduce operating costs and improve profitability. We have hundreds of international inquiries from companies that want our technology and as a result we needed to file International Patents to protect our Intellectual Property worldwide. These technologies have significant benefit and value for the vegetable oil refining, renewable fuels, petroleum, water desalination, wastewater treatment, food and beverage, chemical industries."
About Cavitation Technologies
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI); (OTCBB: CVAT); is a "Green-Tech" company, established in 2006 to become a world leader in the development of new cutting edge technologies for the vegetable oil refining, renewable fuel, petroleum, water treatment, wastewater sanitation, food and beverage, and chemical industries. For additional information please visit: www.cavitationtechnologies.com
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??? New Suspect $$$ sites ??
And I'll deliver even more as “the biggest investment of the first half of this century” plays out...
Dear Reader,
Let's skip the fluff and get right to the facts...
Over the past 10 months, GE, Google, IBM, and Cisco have quietly invested $3 billion in a new technology that Energy Secretary Steven Chu has called an "urgent national priority."
What is it?
Well, according to General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt, it will be "the biggest investment of the first half of the century."
Cisco has boldly claimed that it will be "100 to 1,000 times bigger than the internet."
And Obama wasted no time in ponying up $11 billion just to get this technology deployed.
So what's so urgent and necessary that we need to spend billions during one of the worst economic crises in recorded history?
It's called the Smart Grid - and it's going to single-handedly transform the entire global energy economy, while generating...
More Than $2 Trillion By 2030
And that's figuring conservatively!
According to a 2009 report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (which was issued to the U.S. electric utility industry), $2 trillion will need to be invested in our electric infrastructure by 2030 - just to maintain current levels of energy service for consumers.
We're not talking about exceeding goals or expectations here, folks.
We're simply talking about making sure we can still turn on the lights and heat our homes.
And while we're constantly hearing about new power plants being built to meet our rising energy needs - if you can't move that electricity - it's completely worthless!
And that's why energy utilities, global governments and some of the largest corporations in the world are tripping over themselves to develop a new Smart Grid that'll keep the power flowing - and generate billions in revenue.
Now I'll get to the particulars of the Smart Grid in just a moment. Because you're going to need these particulars to get a piece of this action. But first, you have to understand why the development of the Smart Grid is so pressing...
Today's Electric Infrastructure is on theVerge of Collapse
When most folks flip a light switch or turn on their computers, they don't give a second thought about where the power comes from. And really, who does?
It's not something we really have to think about because our modern
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cavitation-technologies-files-international-patents-company-seeks-worldwide-protection-for-its-innovative-nano-cavitation-technology-63658317.html
http://www.cavitationtechnologies.com/de/
Cavitation Technologies
Files International Patents:
Company Seeks Worldwide Protection for Its
Innovative Nano Cavitation Technology
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) has announced that it has filed PCT patent applications for new International Patent protections for its Nano Cavitation Technologies.
According to Igor Gorodnitsky, CTI's President and Director of Research and Development, "CTI continues to identify new applications for our technology. All of the applications are in industries where there is a need to solve environmental problems, reduce operating costs and improve profitability. We have hundreds of international inquiries from companies that want our technology and as a result we needed to file International Patents to protect our Intellectual Property worldwide. These technologies have significant benefit and value for the vegetable oil refining, renewable fuels, petroleum, water desalination, wastewater treatment, food and beverage, chemical industries."
About Cavitation Technologies
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI); (OTCBB: CVAT); is a "Green-Tech" company, established in 2006 to become a world leader in the development of new cutting edge technologies for the vegetable oil refining, renewable fuel, petroleum, water treatment, wastewater sanitation, food and beverage, and chemical industries. For additional information please visit: www.cavitationtechnologies.com
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Gibbs Asked About UFOs On C-SPAN: "I Take Your Question Seriously" A VIDEO OF GIBBS.
07-24-09 10:12 AM Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/gibbs-asked-about-ufos-on_n_244271.html
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I LOVE UVEs ( Unusual Visual Events) !
I LOVE UVEs ( Unusual Visual Events) !
Tether Luna Cognita short 4:25 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Xx66ba36o&feature=related
Tether Luna Cognita - Long version 9:59 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2DVeil21gc&annotation_id=annotation_537620&feature=iv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Xx66ba36o&feature=related
Tether Luna Cognita - Long version 9:59 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2DVeil21gc&annotation_id=annotation_537620&feature=iv
Google Image is multiple references
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=sts+75+ufo+craft+pictures&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=sts+75+ufo+craft+pictures&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
Mar 5, 2008 - 01:34 Shows angles of movement paths that have to be craft
This video is part of a series highlighting ONE object in the whole STS-48 footage which PROVES that the scene depicts intelligently controlled craft, and not simply ice particles. # The ho...
NASA tether incident Another proof that ufo's are up there
NASA STS-75 Appearing Objects
NASA STS-75 (Narration by David Sereda) Pt 1
NASA STS-75 Appearing Objects
NASA STS-75 (Narration by David Sereda) Pt 1 The Secret NASA Evidence on UFO Technology #2 (Part 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0yhUP1mySE&feature=related
http://gazbom.blogspot.com/2009/08/ufo-nasa-sts-75-shuttle-tether-incident.html# (1 min & 30 seconds in)
Nasa Tether STS -75 mission
I really like the site below!
http://vodpod.com/watch/1941627-tss-1r-tether-incident-analysis-wufo-flightpath-tracking
TSS-1R "Tether Incident" Analysis w/UFO Flightpath Tracking
Check out Velocity tails 6:54 seconds into video
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UFO: filmed during NASA Space Shuttle STS-80 Mission
http://vodpod.com/watch/1011316-ufo-filmed-during-nasa-space-shuttle-sts-80-mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyuQVIFdKo&feature=related
http://gazbom.blogspot.com/2009/08/ufo-nasa-sts-75-shuttle-tether-incident.html# (1 min & 30 seconds in)Nasa Tether STS -75 mission
I really like the site below!
http://vodpod.com/watch/1941627-tss-1r-tether-incident-analysis-wufo-flightpath-tracking
TSS-1R "Tether Incident" Analysis w/UFO Flightpath Tracking
Check out Velocity tails 6:54 seconds into video
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UFO: filmed during NASA Space Shuttle STS-80 Mission
http://vodpod.com/watch/1011316-ufo-filmed-during-nasa-space-shuttle-sts-80-mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyuQVIFdKo&feature=related
Secret NASA; UFO Pt 2
http://quebec-ufo-research.com/ufo-videos/
Nasa banned video
Nasa banned video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zMaSPPdpQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp
NASA UFO Footage from Above Earth UNSEEN
NASA UFO Footage from Above Earth UNSEEN
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UFO in Australia
UFO in Australia
UFO in Hati
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#1 UFO in Mexico (2007 Ovni en México (CG ufo)
#1 UFO in Mexico (2007 Ovni en México (CG ufo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMd0dv5p_o&feature=related
#2 UFO over a river in italy (looks like Mexico above)
#2 UFO over a river in italy (looks like Mexico above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdyQu5Zx8xw&feature=related
#3 UFO ?? italian airforce video of above ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOjUwGfCF0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
STILLS of the above
#3 UFO ?? italian airforce video of above ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOjUwGfCF0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
STILLS of the above
www.freewebs.com/fireworkman/ufosaretheyreal.htm (Finland 2004)
(1970 Washington)
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MASSIVE UFO FLEET
MASSIVE UFO FLEET
More ufo bunches ? H0w is this possible
UFO OVER TEXAS
COUPLE EATEN BY ALIEN
HAWAII AIRPLANE WINDOW VIDEO
UNDER OCEAN GOOGLE UFO
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SEREDA INTERVIEWS
Dan Aykroyd - Unplugged on Ufo's
GRAVITY-HUTCHINSON AFFECT-METAL BALL
GRAVITY-HUTCHINSON AFFECT-METAL BALL
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LEAVING HOME FOR SPACE VIDEO !
ANOTHER INTERESTING FILM - ALIEN AUTOPSY -hey, they are all suspect but fun to look
http://www.theblackvault.tv/view/148/alien-autopsy/
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Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird (Bird Watcher's Digest): "The other day while I was working in the yard my son urgently called to me. 'Dad, a praying mantis caught a hummingbird!'Not sure what to expect, but knowing my son is not one to make things up
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird
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http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/
HYDROGEN WORKING NOW
9-29-09
THINGS HERE NOW that show the future to come.
A MUST WATCH VIDEO - NEAT
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www.impactlab.com/?tag=earth
July 21st, 2009
Google Earth Launches 3D Google Moon
view of the moon in the new feature of Google Earth 5.0
Forty years ago Neil Armstrong took man’s first step on the Moon. And to mark the historic occasion Google Earth has taken the same leap in cyberspace. (Video)
Continue Reading » ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 6th, 2009
Reclaim – A Cellphone Made From Corn
in: Science & Technology News
Sprint and Samsung are ready to demonstrate their great love for the Earth. The two companies have just introduced the Reclaim, a super-eco cellphone made from 80 percent recycled materials. The device — a stout, sliding, QWERTY message-friendly model — is constructed from “bio-plastic” materials made from corn, is free of PVC, and mostly free of BFR (brominated flame retardants)… which are apparently pretty bad. The phone also has a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, can accept microSD cards (we assume) up to 32GB, and has Sprint Navigation onboard.
Continue Reading »
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www.impactlab.com/?tag=earth
September 19th, 2009
Earth’s Moon Is Coldest Place In The Universe
in: Analysis, Science & Technology News, Space
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort.
It’s on our moon, right nearby
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1826686220090918
Duke Energy develops
tech with Chinese co's
Fri Sep 18, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N), the third-largest U.S. electricity utility, has signed agreements with several Chinese companies to develop energy technology, including solar power, Chief Executive Jim Rogers said on Friday.
Details of at least one of the agreements will be announced next week at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, said Rogers, who declined to say which Chinese companies are involved.
Duke last month signed a memorandum of understanding with China's biggest utility, China Huaneng Group [HUANP.UL], to "explore a variety of renewable and other clean-energy technologies."
Rogers said the unannounced agreements
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http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33354
The GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies
of 2009
GoingGreen 100 Overall Winner:
BrightSource Energy
The green revolution promises to deliver the next step in human evolution: a future of unprecedented prosperity and abundance that is also sustainable. The fastest way to this future is to look for companies—everywhere—that are using new technology to deliver resources better, faster, cheaper, and cleaner.With every industry and sector on earth in the midst of a green revolution, plenty of worthy candidates always present themselves for the GoingGreen 10
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/09/led-light-bulb
At last, an LED bulb worth talking about
Other LEDs disappoint, but
I've tried everything to resist but I'm afraid this post is going to start with a cliche: I've seen the light. The shadows have receded. You get my drift. Last week incandescent lightbulbs began their long-awaited march out of existence and, at the same time, the next generation of ultra-low-power lightbulb has come a step closer to practicality.
I'm not talking about the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) that everyone is busy replacing their energy-wasting incandescents with. Instead, I mean the bulb that is one technological step beyond CFL, the LED. Until now, LEDs have been a disappointment for everyday use but Philips has come up with a new bulb that will hopefully make the doubters shut up.
As part of my plans to green my house and, in preparation for the departure of the age of the incandescent bulb, I've been researching the best way to replace the lights in my home with low-energy alternatives. Some would say I've been quite boring and obsessive about this – ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iberdrola to Invest $8B in U.S. Clean Energy
May 19th, 2008
Iberdrola Renewables, one of the largest owners and operators of renewable energy facilities in the world, announced yesterday its plans to invest $8 billion in American renewable energy by 2010. A large part of the money will go to expanding Iberdrola’s wind energy capacity, but the company also said it intends to invest elsewhere in American clean energy
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http://www.inhabitat.com/energy/
The field of geo-engineering has launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from dumping iron into the world’s oceans to shooting mirrors into space. A report published last Thursday from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) suggested that a forest of 100,000 artificial “trees” could be “planted” near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. The carbon suckers look more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the “trees” could remove thousands of times more carbon than a real tree
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http://thegreatgreenrace.com/green-race.html
What is THE GREAT GREEN RACE?
New, Powerful, Transforming, Revolutionary, Exciting, Uniting, Freeing
What’s new?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is doing something new…accelerating adoption of green living practices. The world cannot wait for 2020 or 2050.
What’s powerful?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is a powerful platform integrating a variety of dynamic forces in the economy to work together toward restoring our natural resources including: business, finance, banking, credit and savings, green products promotion, incentives, rebates, grants, social networking, education and standards set by consumers.
What’s transforming?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is transforming through specialized software that helps to address education issues:• Increase understanding of costs, payback• Eliminate misperceptions • Provide simple and useful “how-to” information
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http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/
DIAGRAMS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING !
( for example --what our school dist $ look like)
Sankey Diagrams
A Sankey diagram says more than 1000 pie charts
Lying with Sankey diagrams (4)
Categories
Fakes (6) General (28) History (2)
Methodology (20) Publications (8)
Samples (94)
energy energy loss engine environment Estonia exergy finance flickr freshwater fun furnace GHG Grassmann greenhouse effect greenhouse gases heat heat loss house India Ireland Japan map metal MFA money movie natural gas New Zealand oil periodic table Poland politics radial Sankey school Scotland SFA ship software Sweden Switzerland U.S. UK Umberto Visio visualization wastewater water wood world
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=avVgoonlMIT8
Brazilian President Lula Calls on Brazilians to Help Win Approval of New Oil Rules
Sept. 6 - 09(Bloomberg)
In a nationwide radio and television broadcast, Lula said the government’s proposal for new oil rules will guarantee most of the income from the so-called pre-salt oil remains in the hands of Brazilians. The rules also mean oil revenue must be spent on education, science, technology, culture, the environment and anti-poverty programs, the president said.
“Write to your deputy, your senator, so they support what’s best for Brazil,” Lula said in a speech to celebrate Brazil’s independence tomorrow, according to a transcript distributed beforehand of his address. “Political passion is part of our democratic universe, but we can’t let minor concerns delay our march toward the future.”
Lula is trying to speed up passage of new laws to manage reserves in a region
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.foundbypat.com/2009/05/praying-mantis-eats-hummingbird.html#
Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird (Bird Watcher's Digest): "The other day while I was working in the yard my son urgently called to me. 'Dad, a praying mantis caught a hummingbird!'Not sure what to expect, but knowing my son is not one to make things up
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird
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http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/
HYDROGEN WORKING NOW
9-29-09
THINGS HERE NOW that show the future to come.
A MUST WATCH VIDEO - NEAT
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www.impactlab.com/?tag=earthJuly 21st, 2009
Google Earth Launches 3D Google Moon
view of the moon in the new feature of Google Earth 5.0
Forty years ago Neil Armstrong took man’s first step on the Moon. And to mark the historic occasion Google Earth has taken the same leap in cyberspace. (Video)
Continue Reading » ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 6th, 2009
Reclaim – A Cellphone Made From Corn
in: Science & Technology News
Sprint and Samsung are ready to demonstrate their great love for the Earth. The two companies have just introduced the Reclaim, a super-eco cellphone made from 80 percent recycled materials. The device — a stout, sliding, QWERTY message-friendly model — is constructed from “bio-plastic” materials made from corn, is free of PVC, and mostly free of BFR (brominated flame retardants)… which are apparently pretty bad. The phone also has a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, can accept microSD cards (we assume) up to 32GB, and has Sprint Navigation onboard.
Continue Reading »
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www.impactlab.com/?tag=earth
September 19th, 2009
Earth’s Moon Is Coldest Place In The Universe
in: Analysis, Science & Technology News, Space
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort.
It’s on our moon, right nearby
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1826686220090918
Duke Energy develops
tech with Chinese co's
Fri Sep 18, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N), the third-largest U.S. electricity utility, has signed agreements with several Chinese companies to develop energy technology, including solar power, Chief Executive Jim Rogers said on Friday.
Details of at least one of the agreements will be announced next week at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, said Rogers, who declined to say which Chinese companies are involved.
Duke last month signed a memorandum of understanding with China's biggest utility, China Huaneng Group [HUANP.UL], to "explore a variety of renewable and other clean-energy technologies."
Rogers said the unannounced agreements
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http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33354
The GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companiesof 2009
GoingGreen 100 Overall Winner:
BrightSource Energy
The green revolution promises to deliver the next step in human evolution: a future of unprecedented prosperity and abundance that is also sustainable. The fastest way to this future is to look for companies—everywhere—that are using new technology to deliver resources better, faster, cheaper, and cleaner.With every industry and sector on earth in the midst of a green revolution, plenty of worthy candidates always present themselves for the GoingGreen 10
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/09/led-light-bulb
At last, an LED bulb worth talking aboutOther LEDs disappoint, but
I've tried everything to resist but I'm afraid this post is going to start with a cliche: I've seen the light. The shadows have receded. You get my drift. Last week incandescent lightbulbs began their long-awaited march out of existence and, at the same time, the next generation of ultra-low-power lightbulb has come a step closer to practicality.
I'm not talking about the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) that everyone is busy replacing their energy-wasting incandescents with. Instead, I mean the bulb that is one technological step beyond CFL, the LED. Until now, LEDs have been a disappointment for everyday use but Philips has come up with a new bulb that will hopefully make the doubters shut up.
As part of my plans to green my house and, in preparation for the departure of the age of the incandescent bulb, I've been researching the best way to replace the lights in my home with low-energy alternatives. Some would say I've been quite boring and obsessive about this – ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iberdrola to Invest $8B in U.S. Clean EnergyMay 19th, 2008
Iberdrola Renewables, one of the largest owners and operators of renewable energy facilities in the world, announced yesterday its plans to invest $8 billion in American renewable energy by 2010. A large part of the money will go to expanding Iberdrola’s wind energy capacity, but the company also said it intends to invest elsewhere in American clean energy
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http://www.inhabitat.com/energy/The field of geo-engineering has launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from dumping iron into the world’s oceans to shooting mirrors into space. A report published last Thursday from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) suggested that a forest of 100,000 artificial “trees” could be “planted” near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. The carbon suckers look more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the “trees” could remove thousands of times more carbon than a real tree
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http://thegreatgreenrace.com/green-race.html
What is THE GREAT GREEN RACE?New, Powerful, Transforming, Revolutionary, Exciting, Uniting, Freeing
What’s new?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is doing something new…accelerating adoption of green living practices. The world cannot wait for 2020 or 2050.
What’s powerful?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is a powerful platform integrating a variety of dynamic forces in the economy to work together toward restoring our natural resources including: business, finance, banking, credit and savings, green products promotion, incentives, rebates, grants, social networking, education and standards set by consumers.
What’s transforming?
THE GREAT GREEN RACE is transforming through specialized software that helps to address education issues:• Increase understanding of costs, payback• Eliminate misperceptions • Provide simple and useful “how-to” information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/
DIAGRAMS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING !( for example --what our school dist $ look like)
Sankey Diagrams
A Sankey diagram says more than 1000 pie charts
Lying with Sankey diagrams (4)
Categories
Fakes (6) General (28) History (2)
Methodology (20) Publications (8)
Samples (94)
energy energy loss engine environment Estonia exergy finance flickr freshwater fun furnace GHG Grassmann greenhouse effect greenhouse gases heat heat loss house India Ireland Japan map metal MFA money movie natural gas New Zealand oil periodic table Poland politics radial Sankey school Scotland SFA ship software Sweden Switzerland U.S. UK Umberto Visio visualization wastewater water wood world
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=avVgoonlMIT8
Brazilian President Lula Calls on Brazilians to Help Win Approval of New Oil RulesSept. 6 - 09(Bloomberg)
In a nationwide radio and television broadcast, Lula said the government’s proposal for new oil rules will guarantee most of the income from the so-called pre-salt oil remains in the hands of Brazilians. The rules also mean oil revenue must be spent on education, science, technology, culture, the environment and anti-poverty programs, the president said.
“Write to your deputy, your senator, so they support what’s best for Brazil,” Lula said in a speech to celebrate Brazil’s independence tomorrow, according to a transcript distributed beforehand of his address. “Political passion is part of our democratic universe, but we can’t let minor concerns delay our march toward the future.”
Lula is trying to speed up passage of new laws to manage reserves in a region
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http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/56667702.html
02 Sep 2009
Electric Car Company Plans Kentucky Production Plant
Sep 1, 2009
----The president of Global Green Cars, Inc.----
Electric car/truck plant coming to southern Kentucky
A new auto manufacturing plant could mean hundreds of new jobs in southern Kentucky.
"I think it will be great, help the economy, and give a lot of people with no jobs work," says Arlie Lovins, who says he was just laid off from his construction job and now looking for work.
Global Green Cars makes cars that run completely off electric power, through batteries. After considering sites in four different states, the manufacturer's president says he chose Whitley County as the place to start a new plant, where it will make an electric car, SUV, and a one of a kind electric pick-up truck, the only one on the market.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125193614108781629.html
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/56667702.html
02 Sep 2009Electric Car Company Plans Kentucky Production Plant
Sep 1, 2009
----The president of Global Green Cars, Inc.----
Electric car/truck plant coming to southern Kentucky
A new auto manufacturing plant could mean hundreds of new jobs in southern Kentucky.
"I think it will be great, help the economy, and give a lot of people with no jobs work," says Arlie Lovins, who says he was just laid off from his construction job and now looking for work.
Global Green Cars makes cars that run completely off electric power, through batteries. After considering sites in four different states, the manufacturer's president says he chose Whitley County as the place to start a new plant, where it will make an electric car, SUV, and a one of a kind electric pick-up truck, the only one on the market.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125193614108781629.html
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009Pot 'Plantations' on the Rise
Border Crackdown Makes Farming in
Border Crackdown Makes Farming in
U.S. Forests Attractive;
Cartel Links Suspected
Marijuana growers, many believed to be affiliated with Mexican drug cartels, are aggressively expanding their illegal farming operations in the U.S., clearing land to plant pot in dozens of national forests from coast to coast
Authorities have discovered pot farms in 61 national forests across 16 states this year, up from 49 forests in 10 states last year. New territories include public land in Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, Alabama and Virginia.
The propane tanks, stoves and trash left behind by pot farmers pose fire risks; suchbelieved to have sparked a fire last month that burned 88,000 acres in California's Los Padres National Forest. And many pot patches are watched over by armed guards or booby-trapped. Some are remote--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS211693+03-Sep-2009+BW20090903
Power Management/
Anti-Idling Technology Provides Law Enforcement Agencies with Efficient, Cost-Effective Way to Operate Vehicle Electrical Systems During Stops Without Engine Engaged
Thu Sep 3, 2009
The DPD used the Independence Package for an average of 4.85 hours per day overa 30-day period.Assuming 300 work days per year, a gas price of $3.26 per gallonand 0.75 gallons of gas burned per hour while the vehicle idles, the departmentis saving $11.86 per day in fuel costs and an astounding $3,131 per year pervehicle.Overall emissions are also greatly reduced by using the Independence Packageinstead of the car`s regular gasoline-powered engine.The Dallas PoliceDepartment is eliminating an estimated 72.75 pounds of carbon dioxide emissionsper vehicle per day."In my 22 years in law enforcement, this is the first thing invented that letsus do something green without sacrifice," Barnard said."In fact, it actuallymakes the car better - more fuel efficient; longer battery life."
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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/09/geograpny_of_innovation.html
September 03, 2009
The Geography of Innovation
Download the full report here.
Innovation is the critical component
of long-term economic prosperity,
driving productivity growth and (if spread across key sectors of the economy) ensuring broad-based economic growth.
Sparking innovation, however, requires capital (which is threatened by the current economic downturn), skilled-labor, scientific and technological advances, and creative collaboration between government and the private sector. Innovation cannot be dictated, but it can be cultivated.
In this paper,
we focus on the importance of President Barack Obama’s call for a new federal effort to support regional innovation clusters. We know now—from a solid record of state and local achievements and academic research—that regional innovation clusters are a critical component of national competitiveness.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6082464/World-faces-hi-tech-crunch-as-China-eyes-ban-on-rare-metal-exports.htmlhttp://www.theoildrum.com/node/5710
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5160120/A-Copper-Standard-for-the-worlds-currency-system.html
15 Apr 2009
A 'Copper Standard' for the
world's currency system?
Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong metal.
ALASKA IS AMERICAS CHINA IN RARE EARTH MATERIALS ?
24 Aug 2009
World faces hi-tech crunch as China
eyes ban on rare metal exports
--Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons
-----A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.
-- China mines over 95pc of the world’s rare earth minerals, mostly in Inner Mongolia. The move to hoard reserves is the clearest sign to date that the global struggle for diminishing resources is shifting into a new phase. Countries may find it hard to obtain key materials at any price.
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http://www.physorg.com/news170326193.html
http://www.physorg.com/
A HIGH I Q SITE
Lots of scientific energy data stuff.. too smart for me
Pro and Con positions --
Hydrogen, Fission, Terrawatts, etc...
---- Today, the world's energy consumption is currently 15 TeraWatts (TW) (15 x 10^12 watts). The total solar energy that strikes the Earth is 166 Petawatts (PW) (166 x 10^15 watts). Even with 50% of this energy being reflected back into space or absorbed by clouds, the remaining 83 PW is more than 5,000 times our present global energy consumption. In contrast, the above sources of renewable energy (wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal) can supply less than 1% of solar power potential.
The challenge, of course, is how to harness this large source of renewable, sustainable solar energy.
"The fact that there simply is 5,000 times more sun power than our consumption needs makes me very optimistic," Abbott said. "It's a fantastic resource. We have the ingenuity to send man to the moon, so we definitively have the ingenuity to tap the sun's resources."
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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saudi-blasts-american-energy-policy/
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August 25, 2009
Saudi Blasts American Energy Policy
The question of American “energy independence” clearly rankles officials in Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, who seem increasingly puzzled by the energy policy of the United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer.
In a short and strongly-worded essay in Foreign Policy magazine, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to the United States and a nephew to King Abdullah, said that for American politicians, invoking energy independence “is now as essential as baby-kissing,” and accuses them of “demagoguery.”
All the talk about energy independence, Mr. al-Faisal said, is “political posturing at its worst — a concept that is unrealistic, misguided, and ultimately harmful to energy-producing and consuming countries alike.”
There is no technology on the horizon that can completely replace oil as the fuel for the United States’
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador to the United States, calls American energy policy “demagoguery.”
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http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090821-21407.html
Scientists discover why lost people walk in circles
21 Aug 09
A team of scientists in Germany have discovered why people tend to walk in circles when lost in locations as diverse as the Sahara Desert and German forests.
The results come from a study in which scientists left six participants to make their way through a German forest without directions, and a further three hardy test subjects to do the same in the Sahara Desert.
The experts tracked the course of these human guinea pigs using GPS navigations systems. Additionally, the scientists blind-folded a further 15 participants, letting them free in an empty field to find their way.
The study's findings, published in the latest issue of Current Biology, showed that the subjects left in the forest and the Sahara could only keep on course so long as they could see either the moon or the sun. As soon as the sun disappeared behind cloud, they lost their orientation and began to walk in circles, all the time unaware that they
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/us_navy_bottom_grooming_bot/
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/autonomous-robot-cleans-ocean-navy-ships
AutoUS 'grooming robot' to reduce navy bottom-fouling
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'Ensuring dominance and reducing dirty emissions'nomous Robot Cleans Up the Ocean for Navy Ships
Aug 25, 2009
Complaints abound about unnecessary military spending in the United States, but at least the Navy is doing its part to cut down on the really ridiculous things, like spending $500 million each year on maintenance to make sure that barnacles, oysters, and algae don't end up on ship hulls.
It's a serious problem--so-called "biofouling" reduces ship speed by up to 10% and adds up to 40% in fuel costs.
And now the Naval Materials Divison of ONR's Sea Warfare and Weapons Department hopes to tackle the issue with--wait for it--an autonomous hull-grooming robot.
The Bio-inspired Underwater Grooming Tool (BUG) putters around on the underwater portion of a ship's hull with an onboard biofilm detector that senses and removes marine biofilm and organisms before they are attached.
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http://climateofourfuture.org/colossal-magnetic-levitation-wind-turbines-proposed/
Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbines Proposed
---It's a vision of a magnetically levitated wind turbine that can generate one gigawatt of power (enough to power 750,000 homes). This is the device proposed by a new Arizona-based company, MagLev Wind Turbine Technologies. The company claims that it can deliver clean power for less than one cent per kilowatt hour using this wind turbine.
---Magnetic levitation is a very efficient method of capturing wind energy. The blades of the turbine are suspended on a cushion of air, and the energy is directed to linear generators with minimal fiction losses. But the big advantage with maglev is that it reduces maintenance costs, and increases the lifespan of the generator
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http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9024973&contentId=7055381
05 August 2009
BP Ramps Up to Full Construction of First Phase of Wind Farm in South Dakota
Second project in construction announced in past month
----BP Wind Energy announced today that it has moved into full construction of phase one of the Titan Wind Farm in Hand County, South Dakota. The first phase of the project will have a capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and when complete will generate enough carbon-free electricity to power 7500 average American homes.
----Located on a 7500-acre site south of the town of Ree Heights, the Titan I Wind Farm is 100% owned by BP Wind Energy.
---Phase I will utilize 10 Clipper C89 wind turbines each with a rated capacity of 2.5 MW. The project will employ up to 175 workers during peak construction and is expected to be in commercial operation in the first quarter of 2010.
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http://green.autoblog.com/2009/08/21/auto-x-prize-throws-water-on-gms-230-mpg-claim-offers-mpge-cal/
Auto X Prize throws water on GM's 230 mpg claim, offers mpge calculator
by Sebastian Blanco (RSS feed) on Aug 21st 2009
---With all of the attention being paid to the 230 mpg number that the Chevy Volt will apparently be granted by the EPA, the Automotive X Prize thought it was time to weigh in on the subject of calculating fuel efficiency for vehicles that use energy sources other than gasoline. They don't like it. Instead, the AXP prefers MPGe, a "rigorous and more neutral measure" of fuel efficiency. The AXP's John Shore walked us through how the long-running competition thinks about MPGe. They've been at it for a while---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.entechsolar.com/
The propane tanks, stoves and trash left behind by pot farmers pose fire risks; suchbelieved to have sparked a fire last month that burned 88,000 acres in California's Los Padres National Forest. And many pot patches are watched over by armed guards or booby-trapped. Some are remote--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS211693+03-Sep-2009+BW20090903
Power Management/Anti-Idling Technology Provides Law Enforcement Agencies with Efficient, Cost-Effective Way to Operate Vehicle Electrical Systems During Stops Without Engine Engaged
Thu Sep 3, 2009
The DPD used the Independence Package for an average of 4.85 hours per day overa 30-day period.Assuming 300 work days per year, a gas price of $3.26 per gallonand 0.75 gallons of gas burned per hour while the vehicle idles, the departmentis saving $11.86 per day in fuel costs and an astounding $3,131 per year pervehicle.Overall emissions are also greatly reduced by using the Independence Packageinstead of the car`s regular gasoline-powered engine.The Dallas PoliceDepartment is eliminating an estimated 72.75 pounds of carbon dioxide emissionsper vehicle per day."In my 22 years in law enforcement, this is the first thing invented that letsus do something green without sacrifice," Barnard said."In fact, it actuallymakes the car better - more fuel efficient; longer battery life."
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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/09/geograpny_of_innovation.html
September 03, 2009The Geography of Innovation
Download the full report here.
Innovation is the critical component
of long-term economic prosperity,
driving productivity growth and (if spread across key sectors of the economy) ensuring broad-based economic growth.
Sparking innovation, however, requires capital (which is threatened by the current economic downturn), skilled-labor, scientific and technological advances, and creative collaboration between government and the private sector. Innovation cannot be dictated, but it can be cultivated.
In this paper,
we focus on the importance of President Barack Obama’s call for a new federal effort to support regional innovation clusters. We know now—from a solid record of state and local achievements and academic research—that regional innovation clusters are a critical component of national competitiveness.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6082464/World-faces-hi-tech-crunch-as-China-eyes-ban-on-rare-metal-exports.htmlhttp://www.theoildrum.com/node/5710
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5160120/A-Copper-Standard-for-the-worlds-currency-system.html
15 Apr 2009
A 'Copper Standard' for the
world's currency system?
Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong metal.
ALASKA IS AMERICAS CHINA IN RARE EARTH MATERIALS ?24 Aug 2009
World faces hi-tech crunch as China
eyes ban on rare metal exports
--Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons
-----A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.
-- China mines over 95pc of the world’s rare earth minerals, mostly in Inner Mongolia. The move to hoard reserves is the clearest sign to date that the global struggle for diminishing resources is shifting into a new phase. Countries may find it hard to obtain key materials at any price.
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http://www.physorg.com/news170326193.html
http://www.physorg.com/A HIGH I Q SITE
Lots of scientific energy data stuff.. too smart for me
Pro and Con positions --
Hydrogen, Fission, Terrawatts, etc...
---- Today, the world's energy consumption is currently 15 TeraWatts (TW) (15 x 10^12 watts). The total solar energy that strikes the Earth is 166 Petawatts (PW) (166 x 10^15 watts). Even with 50% of this energy being reflected back into space or absorbed by clouds, the remaining 83 PW is more than 5,000 times our present global energy consumption. In contrast, the above sources of renewable energy (wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal) can supply less than 1% of solar power potential.
The challenge, of course, is how to harness this large source of renewable, sustainable solar energy.
"The fact that there simply is 5,000 times more sun power than our consumption needs makes me very optimistic," Abbott said. "It's a fantastic resource. We have the ingenuity to send man to the moon, so we definitively have the ingenuity to tap the sun's resources."
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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saudi-blasts-american-energy-policy/
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/
5710
August 25, 2009
Saudi Blasts American Energy Policy
The question of American “energy independence” clearly rankles officials in Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, who seem increasingly puzzled by the energy policy of the United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer.
In a short and strongly-worded essay in Foreign Policy magazine, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to the United States and a nephew to King Abdullah, said that for American politicians, invoking energy independence “is now as essential as baby-kissing,” and accuses them of “demagoguery.”
All the talk about energy independence, Mr. al-Faisal said, is “political posturing at its worst — a concept that is unrealistic, misguided, and ultimately harmful to energy-producing and consuming countries alike.”
There is no technology on the horizon that can completely replace oil as the fuel for the United States’
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador to the United States, calls American energy policy “demagoguery.”
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http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090821-21407.html
Scientists discover why lost people walk in circles21 Aug 09
A team of scientists in Germany have discovered why people tend to walk in circles when lost in locations as diverse as the Sahara Desert and German forests.
The results come from a study in which scientists left six participants to make their way through a German forest without directions, and a further three hardy test subjects to do the same in the Sahara Desert.
The experts tracked the course of these human guinea pigs using GPS navigations systems. Additionally, the scientists blind-folded a further 15 participants, letting them free in an empty field to find their way.
The study's findings, published in the latest issue of Current Biology, showed that the subjects left in the forest and the Sahara could only keep on course so long as they could see either the moon or the sun. As soon as the sun disappeared behind cloud, they lost their orientation and began to walk in circles, all the time unaware that they
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/us_navy_bottom_grooming_bot/
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/autonomous-robot-cleans-ocean-navy-ships
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'Ensuring dominance and reducing dirty emissions'nomous Robot Cleans Up the Ocean for Navy Ships
Aug 25, 2009
Complaints abound about unnecessary military spending in the United States, but at least the Navy is doing its part to cut down on the really ridiculous things, like spending $500 million each year on maintenance to make sure that barnacles, oysters, and algae don't end up on ship hulls.
It's a serious problem--so-called "biofouling" reduces ship speed by up to 10% and adds up to 40% in fuel costs.
And now the Naval Materials Divison of ONR's Sea Warfare and Weapons Department hopes to tackle the issue with--wait for it--an autonomous hull-grooming robot.
The Bio-inspired Underwater Grooming Tool (BUG) putters around on the underwater portion of a ship's hull with an onboard biofilm detector that senses and removes marine biofilm and organisms before they are attached.
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http://climateofourfuture.org/colossal-magnetic-levitation-wind-turbines-proposed/
Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbines Proposed---It's a vision of a magnetically levitated wind turbine that can generate one gigawatt of power (enough to power 750,000 homes). This is the device proposed by a new Arizona-based company, MagLev Wind Turbine Technologies. The company claims that it can deliver clean power for less than one cent per kilowatt hour using this wind turbine.
---Magnetic levitation is a very efficient method of capturing wind energy. The blades of the turbine are suspended on a cushion of air, and the energy is directed to linear generators with minimal fiction losses. But the big advantage with maglev is that it reduces maintenance costs, and increases the lifespan of the generator
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http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9024973&contentId=7055381
05 August 2009BP Ramps Up to Full Construction of First Phase of Wind Farm in South Dakota
Second project in construction announced in past month
----BP Wind Energy announced today that it has moved into full construction of phase one of the Titan Wind Farm in Hand County, South Dakota. The first phase of the project will have a capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and when complete will generate enough carbon-free electricity to power 7500 average American homes.
----Located on a 7500-acre site south of the town of Ree Heights, the Titan I Wind Farm is 100% owned by BP Wind Energy.
---Phase I will utilize 10 Clipper C89 wind turbines each with a rated capacity of 2.5 MW. The project will employ up to 175 workers during peak construction and is expected to be in commercial operation in the first quarter of 2010.
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http://green.autoblog.com/2009/08/21/auto-x-prize-throws-water-on-gms-230-mpg-claim-offers-mpge-cal/
Auto X Prize throws water on GM's 230 mpg claim, offers mpge calculatorby Sebastian Blanco (RSS feed) on Aug 21st 2009
---With all of the attention being paid to the 230 mpg number that the Chevy Volt will apparently be granted by the EPA, the Automotive X Prize thought it was time to weigh in on the subject of calculating fuel efficiency for vehicles that use energy sources other than gasoline. They don't like it. Instead, the AXP prefers MPGe, a "rigorous and more neutral measure" of fuel efficiency. The AXP's John Shore walked us through how the long-running competition thinks about MPGe. They've been at it for a while---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.entechsolar.com/Entech Solar energy hybrid has hopes for bright future
By Jeff Salton
August 14, 2009
Entech Solar, has completed a preliminary design review and prototype of its next-generation concentrating solar product, ThermaVolt II, combining concentrating photovoltaic and thermal (CPVT) technology. The company says its product delivers four to five times the amount of energy compared to traditional photovoltaic systems and costs less to produce.
ThermaVolt II exploits Entech Solar’s optical technology by using its proprietary arched Fresnel lens to provide about 20 times the concentration of sunlight
By Jeff Salton
August 14, 2009
Entech Solar, has completed a preliminary design review and prototype of its next-generation concentrating solar product, ThermaVolt II, combining concentrating photovoltaic and thermal (CPVT) technology. The company says its product delivers four to five times the amount of energy compared to traditional photovoltaic systems and costs less to produce.
ThermaVolt II exploits Entech Solar’s optical technology by using its proprietary arched Fresnel lens to provide about 20 times the concentration of sunlight
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http://www.gizmag.com/electric-garden-solar-sunflowers/12599/picture/90757/
Arty sunflowers look good and provide power, too
By day the sunflowers collect the sun's energy to provide power for the LEDs after dark
Swarm Intelligence journal ^
Swarm intelligence research deals with the study of self-organizing processes in natural and artificial swarm sy
http://www.simongarnier.com/
http://www.gizmag.com/electric-garden-solar-sunflowers/12599/picture/90757/
Arty sunflowers look good and provide power, too
By day the sunflowers collect the sun's energy to provide power for the LEDs after dark
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html
China Racing Ahead of U.S. in Drive to Go Solar
WUXI, China — President Obama wants to make the United States “the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy,” but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar power, and even in the United States.
Chinese companies have already played a leading role in pushing down the price of solar panels by almost half over the last year. Shi Zhengrong, the chief executive and founder of China’s biggest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech Power Holdings, said in an interview here that Suntech, to build market share, is selling solar panels on the American market for less than the cost of the materials, assembly and shipping.
Backed by lavish government support, the Chinese are preparing to build plants to assemble
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10301726-54.html?tag=mncol;mlt_related
August 3, 2009
Is the U.S. missing the boat on green tech?
The United States risks missing the business opportunity posed by moving to low-carbon energy, two prominent business leaders argued in an editorial aimed at policy makers.
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, published an editorial in The Washington Post Monday to warn that the U.S. is lagging China is developing clean-energy technologies.
----"We are clearly not in the lead today. That position is held by China, which understands the importance of controlling its energy future. China's commitment to developing clean energy technologies and markets is breathtaking," they wrote. -------
A giant conglomerate, GE is deeply involved in the energy industry and is one of the top global suppliers of wind turbines. One of Silicon Valley's top venture capital companies, Kleiner Perkins has been aggressively pursuing green technology, having invested $680 million in 48 upstarts
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July 17, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html
China Racing Ahead of U.S. in Drive to Go Solar WUXI, China — President Obama wants to make the United States “the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy,” but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar power, and even in the United States.
Chinese companies have already played a leading role in pushing down the price of solar panels by almost half over the last year. Shi Zhengrong, the chief executive and founder of China’s biggest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech Power Holdings, said in an interview here that Suntech, to build market share, is selling solar panels on the American market for less than the cost of the materials, assembly and shipping.
Backed by lavish government support, the Chinese are preparing to build plants to assemble
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www.csrchina.net/page-966.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10301726-54.html?tag=mncol;mlt_related
August 3, 2009
Is the U.S. missing the boat on green tech?
The United States risks missing the business opportunity posed by moving to low-carbon energy, two prominent business leaders argued in an editorial aimed at policy makers.
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, published an editorial in The Washington Post Monday to warn that the U.S. is lagging China is developing clean-energy technologies.
----"We are clearly not in the lead today. That position is held by China, which understands the importance of controlling its energy future. China's commitment to developing clean energy technologies and markets is breathtaking," they wrote. -------
A giant conglomerate, GE is deeply involved in the energy industry and is one of the top global suppliers of wind turbines. One of Silicon Valley's top venture capital companies, Kleiner Perkins has been aggressively pursuing green technology, having invested $680 million in 48 upstarts
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July 17, 2009Mulling Over Why Oil Prices Have More Than Doubled
We return to the matter of oil prices, the questions being:
---Why have they more than doubled over the last four months; and are they headed still higher in the short term?Oil today closed above $70 a barrel for the first time in seven months. As a memory-jogger, they were at $33 just in February.
--But unlike the last explosion in prices -- to $147 a barrel 11 months ago -- no one seems to be ruling out a role on the part of speculation.
Indeed, as the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Casselman has noted, there appears to be a broad consensus that billions of dollars in speculative money has settled in oil, thus driving up the price.
-----The reason is that traders and investors are buying crude, among other commodities like copper, as protection because they don’t want to hold dollars whose value has been weak and volatile.
There is much said about “fundamentals.” That is, more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil is in storage around the world – including some 130 million barrels just on ships that are trolling global waters until prices go up -- and demand shows no sign of recovering. This thinking goes that the speculators have canceled out these fundamental truths.
But, isn’t it possible that the collapse in oil prices to $32 was in itself an overshoot, and that oil is at a truer balance in the $60- to $70-a-barrel range?
That seems as rational a view as any I have heard. Yet, at Alaron Energy, Phil Flynn attributes much of the price runup to Ben Bernanke over at the Federal Reserve.
----Flynn, normally among the clearest communicators among observers of the market, has been resorting to economic gobbledy gook for weeks about an obscure economic practice called quantitative easing.
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http://www.pluginamerica.org/
Facts About Plug-in Vehicles
Read more FAQ
Today's batteries can take EVs 300 miles on a single charge.
Battery Electric Vehicles (EVs) are by far the most efficient motorized vehicles in the world and use 3-4 times LESS energy than hydrogen fuel cell cars.
Enough excess generating capacity exists at night in the U.S. to charge 180 million EVs without adding any new capacity (no new coal or nuclear power plants). Source US. Department of Energy.
We will never fight a war over electricity.
EVs powered by the US electrical grid are cleaner than gas, E85, biodiesel & fuel cells.
Half of EV owners surveyed use solar energy to power their houses and cars.
EVs by the millions could be built today.
Plug-in cars capable of 50 miles per day would meet the needs of 80% of the American driving public. Source: U.S. Department of Transportation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21mexico.html
Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 21, 2009
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may be a turning point in the drug culture of North America. President Felipe Calderon has signed a bill that effectively legalizes drugs in Mexico.
The law affects users of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, and other drugs by legalizing personal possession of the substances. The law makes Mexico, not British Columbia or California, the most drug-tolerant location in North America.
A person may possess: -
Five grams of marijuana (about four joints) -
One half-gram of cocaine (about four lines) -
50 milligrams of heroin (one strong dose) -
40 milligrams of meth (one normal dose) -
0.015 milligrams of LSD (one low dose) [Dosage estimates from Erowid.com]
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http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/doc4a576ac4d9772518726695.txt
Promoting power to the people
Canadian firm shares plans
for underground electricity generation
By Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff
Published:
July 10, 2009
WISCASSET —
On Thursday night, the public got a good look at the team of scientists who plan to put a Wiscasset site through a battery of tests, all to determine whether the location is a good fit for a $2 billion underground power plant.Experts with specialties in geology, wildlife, plankton, fisheries and hydraulics each outlined studies planned to determine the proposed plant’s impact on everything from local deer populations to microscopic organisms drifting in the Back River.Townspeople and other interested people who attended, in turn, called the team of scientists “thorough” and “informative,” while dubbing the overall project “interesting” and “exciting.”
Toronto-based Riverbank Power Corp. hopes to place a 100-acre facility 2,000 feet underground near the Back River. The project would use gravity to drop river water through four 250-megawatt turbines during the daytime hours — when energy values are peaking — to gene----
“This won’t be like a vacuum sucking in water and fish,” added Douglas. “It’s a very gentle intake.”---
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http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7803.htm Senator Begich hosted several Washington officials to various villages-- in and out...
August 13, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces Funding for Clean Energy Projects on Tribal Lands and Alaska Villages
Anchorage, Alaska –
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $13.6 million in multi-year funding for new clean energy projects on tribal lands.
Thirty-six Native American tribes and Alaska villages have been selected to receive awards that will advance renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency and conservation projects on tribal lands and rural Alaska villages. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/
DOE selected the projects through a competitive process and will provide financial assistance to the tribes for weatherization training, feasibility studies, and development and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. The DOE funding is expected to be matched by up to $27 million in public and private investment, for a total value of up to $41 million.
Of the 36 Native American tribes and villages whose projects have been selected for negotiation, 8 projects will provide weatherization training and resources to tribal members, 17 projects will focus on assessing the feasibility of renewable energy development and energy efficiency deployment on tribal lands; and 11 projects will fund the development of renewable energy resources and the deployment of energy efficiency measures on tribal lands and villages.
SEE LIST OFS PROJECTS AND AMOUNTS CHART and more article content below.
http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7803.htm
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http://www.good.is/post/b-cycle-bike-share/
http://www.bcycle.com/ NEAT VIDEO with data
B-Cycle Bike Share ( NOTE - EV BIKE? see china bikes go electric)
Video by:
Posted: August 12, 2009 at 11:09 am
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we must figure out how to improve our urban transportation. B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado offers a unique and sustainable solution for how we can move through our cities. This European-style bike sharing system enables residents of Denver to access bicycles conveniently at various stations throughout the city. By replacing short car rides with environment-friendly biking, B-Cycle helps to keep our air clean, our bodies healthy, and our spirits high. See the full Road Map to Harmony here.
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http://asmarterplanet.com/
http://www-05.ibm.com/uk/green/cdp2009/?cm_sp=CTA08-_-IN.U-_-8255
IBM and the Carbon Disclosure Project
IBM is pleased to be sponsoring the creation of 4 reports written by Acclimatise, that reveal how well companies around the world are adapting to climate change, based on----
This century will require an energy revolution as urbanisation and intense competition for scarce resources increases. A changing climate will exacerbate the demand for electricity against a backdrop of supply challenges, ageing assets, new technology, prescriptive regulation and impacts on asset performance and efficiency ----Technorati Tags: acclimatise, climate change, electric utilities, global warming, Smart Grids, Smarter Energy, utilities, water scarcity
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Fluid intelligence, an aspect of a person's IQ, allows people to solve unfamiliar problems by understanding relationships between various concepts independent of previous knowledge or skills. Research shows that training short-term, or working memory, can improve fluid intelligence http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605163804.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We return to the matter of oil prices, the questions being:
---Why have they more than doubled over the last four months; and are they headed still higher in the short term?Oil today closed above $70 a barrel for the first time in seven months. As a memory-jogger, they were at $33 just in February.
--But unlike the last explosion in prices -- to $147 a barrel 11 months ago -- no one seems to be ruling out a role on the part of speculation.
Indeed, as the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Casselman has noted, there appears to be a broad consensus that billions of dollars in speculative money has settled in oil, thus driving up the price.
-----The reason is that traders and investors are buying crude, among other commodities like copper, as protection because they don’t want to hold dollars whose value has been weak and volatile.
There is much said about “fundamentals.” That is, more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil is in storage around the world – including some 130 million barrels just on ships that are trolling global waters until prices go up -- and demand shows no sign of recovering. This thinking goes that the speculators have canceled out these fundamental truths.
But, isn’t it possible that the collapse in oil prices to $32 was in itself an overshoot, and that oil is at a truer balance in the $60- to $70-a-barrel range?
That seems as rational a view as any I have heard. Yet, at Alaron Energy, Phil Flynn attributes much of the price runup to Ben Bernanke over at the Federal Reserve.
----Flynn, normally among the clearest communicators among observers of the market, has been resorting to economic gobbledy gook for weeks about an obscure economic practice called quantitative easing.
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http://www.pluginamerica.org/Facts About Plug-in Vehicles
Read more FAQ
Today's batteries can take EVs 300 miles on a single charge.
Battery Electric Vehicles (EVs) are by far the most efficient motorized vehicles in the world and use 3-4 times LESS energy than hydrogen fuel cell cars.
Enough excess generating capacity exists at night in the U.S. to charge 180 million EVs without adding any new capacity (no new coal or nuclear power plants). Source US. Department of Energy.
We will never fight a war over electricity.
EVs powered by the US electrical grid are cleaner than gas, E85, biodiesel & fuel cells.
Half of EV owners surveyed use solar energy to power their houses and cars.
EVs by the millions could be built today.
Plug-in cars capable of 50 miles per day would meet the needs of 80% of the American driving public. Source: U.S. Department of Transportation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21mexico.html
Mexico Legalizes Drug PossessionBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 21, 2009
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may be a turning point in the drug culture of North America. President Felipe Calderon has signed a bill that effectively legalizes drugs in Mexico.
The law affects users of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, and other drugs by legalizing personal possession of the substances. The law makes Mexico, not British Columbia or California, the most drug-tolerant location in North America.
A person may possess: -
Five grams of marijuana (about four joints) -
One half-gram of cocaine (about four lines) -
50 milligrams of heroin (one strong dose) -
40 milligrams of meth (one normal dose) -
0.015 milligrams of LSD (one low dose) [Dosage estimates from Erowid.com]
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http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/doc4a576ac4d9772518726695.txt
Promoting power to the people
Canadian firm shares plans
for underground electricity generation
By Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff
Published:
July 10, 2009
WISCASSET —
On Thursday night, the public got a good look at the team of scientists who plan to put a Wiscasset site through a battery of tests, all to determine whether the location is a good fit for a $2 billion underground power plant.Experts with specialties in geology, wildlife, plankton, fisheries and hydraulics each outlined studies planned to determine the proposed plant’s impact on everything from local deer populations to microscopic organisms drifting in the Back River.Townspeople and other interested people who attended, in turn, called the team of scientists “thorough” and “informative,” while dubbing the overall project “interesting” and “exciting.”
Toronto-based Riverbank Power Corp. hopes to place a 100-acre facility 2,000 feet underground near the Back River. The project would use gravity to drop river water through four 250-megawatt turbines during the daytime hours — when energy values are peaking — to gene----
“This won’t be like a vacuum sucking in water and fish,” added Douglas. “It’s a very gentle intake.”---
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http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7803.htm Senator Begich hosted several Washington officials to various villages-- in and out...
August 13, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces Funding for Clean Energy Projects on Tribal Lands and Alaska Villages
Anchorage, Alaska –
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $13.6 million in multi-year funding for new clean energy projects on tribal lands.
Thirty-six Native American tribes and Alaska villages have been selected to receive awards that will advance renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency and conservation projects on tribal lands and rural Alaska villages. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/
DOE selected the projects through a competitive process and will provide financial assistance to the tribes for weatherization training, feasibility studies, and development and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. The DOE funding is expected to be matched by up to $27 million in public and private investment, for a total value of up to $41 million.
Of the 36 Native American tribes and villages whose projects have been selected for negotiation, 8 projects will provide weatherization training and resources to tribal members, 17 projects will focus on assessing the feasibility of renewable energy development and energy efficiency deployment on tribal lands; and 11 projects will fund the development of renewable energy resources and the deployment of energy efficiency measures on tribal lands and villages.
SEE LIST OFS PROJECTS AND AMOUNTS CHART and more article content below.
http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7803.htm
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Posted: August 12, 2009 at 11:09 am
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we must figure out how to improve our urban transportation. B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado offers a unique and sustainable solution for how we can move through our cities. This European-style bike sharing system enables residents of Denver to access bicycles conveniently at various stations throughout the city. By replacing short car rides with environment-friendly biking, B-Cycle helps to keep our air clean, our bodies healthy, and our spirits high. See the full Road Map to Harmony here.
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IBM and the Carbon Disclosure Project
IBM is pleased to be sponsoring the creation of 4 reports written by Acclimatise, that reveal how well companies around the world are adapting to climate change, based on----
This century will require an energy revolution as urbanisation and intense competition for scarce resources increases. A changing climate will exacerbate the demand for electricity against a backdrop of supply challenges, ageing assets, new technology, prescriptive regulation and impacts on asset performance and efficiency ----Technorati Tags: acclimatise, climate change, electric utilities, global warming, Smart Grids, Smarter Energy, utilities, water scarcity
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Fluid intelligence, an aspect of a person's IQ, allows people to solve unfamiliar problems by understanding relationships between various concepts independent of previous knowledge or skills. Research shows that training short-term, or working memory, can improve fluid intelligence http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605163804.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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Integrated Thinking Processes
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----Adding 2 plus 2 to get 8,633,000,000 -Posted by cricketdiane under America - USA, Apples and Oranges, Civil Rights, Creating, Creating Solutions That Work, Creating Solutions for America, Creating Solutions for Real-life, Creativity, Cricket D, Cricket Diane C Phillips, Cricket Diane C Sparky Phillips, Cricket Diane Designs, Cricket House Studios, CricketHouseStudios, Democracy, Designs, Eye of Enlightenment, Freedom, Freedom of Thought, Genius At Work, How-to, Human Rights, Illuminati, Integrated Thinking Processes, Intelligence, Inventing Solutions For America, LITERACY, Leadership Skills, Liberty, Logic, Make It Work, Making It All Work Quickly, Memory and Recall, Money, New Boston Tea Party Actions, New Music, Original Dynamic Thinking Skills Sets, -------------ETC, ETC, ETC,,,
1. Read the papers before signing them.
2. Ask the dumb questions that make it obvious you don’t know.
3. Ask the same dumb questions of everybody, especially specialists and attorneys who would know what it actually means, until you understand it.
4. Look it up, but don’t expect that to make any sense of it until you can form the right questions to ask using the right words to convey what you are asking.
5. Expect to communicate poorly until the basic principles start to gel in your mind – but keep trying until you get the communication right.
6. Don’t expect anybody to believe you know anything about anything – it won’t be about that anyway. It will be about someone else proving they know more than you do – so let them.
7. Learning is the one thing that can’t be fudged, it can’t be cooked to appear to be what it isn’t. The skills of learning are yours simply by applying them.
8. If you know a lot about something – remember this: you can’t now, nor ever know everything about it. There will always be more to remember than you have ever thought to ask about it and there will always be more to learn about any one thing than what you’ve ever considered about it.
9. There will always, always, always be times that appear to be complicated which are indeed complicated. It is the magic of being alive as a human being that the capacity exists within each of us to challenge the reality before us and apply ourselves to it despite its complexity and difficulty.
10. Whatever can be learned, can be mastered and there will still be more to know and to learn about it. There will always be ways to apply new ideas and new information and new processes and new paradigms to that mastery.
11. If you ask, the only fool is the one who pretended to know and didn’t – not you or me for accepting the limitations of knowledge and sought to know more.
12. Living is not a game, not a premise easily dismissed and not a practice session for something else. It is lived in the now with all the fullness and depth of the entire universe available. It doesn’t matter what people think about that – living is intrinsically powerful by virtue of itself regardless of anything else. What you do with it is up to you.
- cricketdiane, 08-07-09
Adding 2 plus 2 to get 8,633,000,000 -
(A Cricket House Studios thought of the day thing.)
Archived Posts from this Category
August 7, 2009
----Adding 2 plus 2 to get 8,633,000,000 -Posted by cricketdiane under America - USA, Apples and Oranges, Civil Rights, Creating, Creating Solutions That Work, Creating Solutions for America, Creating Solutions for Real-life, Creativity, Cricket D, Cricket Diane C Phillips, Cricket Diane C Sparky Phillips, Cricket Diane Designs, Cricket House Studios, CricketHouseStudios, Democracy, Designs, Eye of Enlightenment, Freedom, Freedom of Thought, Genius At Work, How-to, Human Rights, Illuminati, Integrated Thinking Processes, Intelligence, Inventing Solutions For America, LITERACY, Leadership Skills, Liberty, Logic, Make It Work, Making It All Work Quickly, Memory and Recall, Money, New Boston Tea Party Actions, New Music, Original Dynamic Thinking Skills Sets, -------------ETC, ETC, ETC,,,
1. Read the papers before signing them.
2. Ask the dumb questions that make it obvious you don’t know.
3. Ask the same dumb questions of everybody, especially specialists and attorneys who would know what it actually means, until you understand it.
4. Look it up, but don’t expect that to make any sense of it until you can form the right questions to ask using the right words to convey what you are asking.
5. Expect to communicate poorly until the basic principles start to gel in your mind – but keep trying until you get the communication right.
6. Don’t expect anybody to believe you know anything about anything – it won’t be about that anyway. It will be about someone else proving they know more than you do – so let them.
7. Learning is the one thing that can’t be fudged, it can’t be cooked to appear to be what it isn’t. The skills of learning are yours simply by applying them.
8. If you know a lot about something – remember this: you can’t now, nor ever know everything about it. There will always be more to remember than you have ever thought to ask about it and there will always be more to learn about any one thing than what you’ve ever considered about it.
9. There will always, always, always be times that appear to be complicated which are indeed complicated. It is the magic of being alive as a human being that the capacity exists within each of us to challenge the reality before us and apply ourselves to it despite its complexity and difficulty.
10. Whatever can be learned, can be mastered and there will still be more to know and to learn about it. There will always be ways to apply new ideas and new information and new processes and new paradigms to that mastery.
11. If you ask, the only fool is the one who pretended to know and didn’t – not you or me for accepting the limitations of knowledge and sought to know more.
12. Living is not a game, not a premise easily dismissed and not a practice session for something else. It is lived in the now with all the fullness and depth of the entire universe available. It doesn’t matter what people think about that – living is intrinsically powerful by virtue of itself regardless of anything else. What you do with it is up to you.
- cricketdiane, 08-07-09
Adding 2 plus 2 to get 8,633,000,000 -
(A Cricket House Studios thought of the day thing.)
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http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/quantum-aggressor.html
1Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide2Tank-Automotive Research,
http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/quantum-aggressor.html
1Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide2Tank-Automotive Research,-----Development andEngineering Center's National Automotive CenterAccelerationPreliminary tests have shown the acceleration of the Quantum Aggressor to be far superiorto a corresponding ICE -powered all-terrain vehicle. With the Aggressor accelerating from 0-60 km/h (40 miles per hour) in approximately 4 seconds.Ungoverned, the Quantum Aggressor is capable of reaching speeds of nearly 130 km/h (~ 80 miles per hour). Quantum's electronic control system imposes torque and speed limits (120 km/h or 75 miles per hour) on the drive train to enhance traction and safety.StealthBut speed isn't really what the Aggressor is about - Stealth is the name of the game. The vehicle has a "virtually silent operating mode with reduced thermal signature," making it harder to spot the car.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135704857.htmlArticle: Hydrogen fuel cell power for the battlefield: Quantum's Aggressor Alternative Mobility Vehicle set to begin testing; high performance with no significant emissions.Diesel Progress North American EditionAugust 1, 2005 A bout the size of a WW II-era Jeep and three times the torque of a Dodge Viper, the Quantum Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) has the appearance of a large, futuristic all-terrain vehicle. Known also as the Aggressor, the Quantum AMV could portend the future for lightweight, battlefield-ready mobility vehicles for silent operation missions with the ability to export power to run electronics on the battlefield and only emit water from the tailpipe.
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