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      CommentAuthorSammyD
    • CommentTimeFeb 23rd 2010
     
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    New U.N. Climate Prediction

    Achim Steiner comes off as a bit delusional
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    If someone were to ask me to make a list of which Democratic senators suck, I would start here

    but that all may not be as bad as THE BLOOMBOX LIES!!!

    Why must you be so expensive juicebox? At least our wind power capability estimates were just improved dramatically...
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      CommentAuthordchamp
    • CommentTimeFeb 24th 2010
     
    The pricing needs to come down significantly in order to make it worthwhile - which is one of the main goals he stated in the 60 minutes story - so it would be affordable in India etc.

    The only way for it to be really "green" would be to run it off reclaimed methane, which is really only practical if you run it off reclaimed landfill methane, or animal waste / byproduct methane.

    One of the scifi books I read (I think it was "Difference Engine" by Sterling / Gibson) they had street lamps running off of methane from the sewers. I've heard other people theorize that this could be a great un-tapped energy source.
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    The Recent Climate Denials

    Sarah Palin wins the 'most disturbing' award.
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    this isn't even the most depressing PHDcomics comic:

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      CommentAuthorSillyYak
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2010
     
    TOO MANY WORDS

    :D i'm lazy
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    You need to teach me that trick sometime, I would get a lot more done!
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    SWEET JUMPING CRACKERFISH

    :angry: :angry: :angry:

    Here is an article worth reading in it's entirety, but first you should reexamine your feelings on the whole ignorance is bliss position...
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010 edited
     
    When batteries can't handle all of the surplus electricity, just store the wind
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2010 edited
     
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    http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/freightliner-taps-tesla-to-build-an-electric-truck/



    I agree with the discussion on why it makes sense that trucks switch to electric, if Tesla is put into position to begin supplying more batteries on a preferred basis then they are going to make a lot of money.
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeMar 23rd 2010 edited
     
    Meat not bad for the environment?

    Wha?! How would Americans eating less meat create more hunger in starving countries?

    The original report doesn't seem to be online, but here at the ACS website it says:

    Mitloehner says there is no doubt that livestock are major producers of methane, one of the greenhouse gases. But he faults the methodology of "Livestock's Long Shadow," contending that numbers for the livestock sector were calculated differently from transportation. In the report, the livestock emissions included gases produced by growing animal feed; animals' digestive emissions; and processing meat and milk into foods. But the transportation analysis factored in only emissions from fossil fuels burned while driving and not all other transport lifecycle related factors.

    so this is really a quibble about the percentage assigned, not disputing the tons of methane produced by animals using the traditional method of corn-feeding livestock to make them really swelled up and bulbous. Transitioning the developing world to a more meat-heavy diet will once again create the need for more livestock, and thus more methane will be produced! Also let's remember methane is eight times more efficient at trapping heat than c02 or carbon monoxide...
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010 edited
     
    Geoengineering group to meet

    An interview on all of this

    Well it's really stupid and will likely do more harm than good, but at least someone is thinking about fixes...

    Unless this is what kills all of the aliens!!!!
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      CommentAuthorHollisb
    • CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
     
    That is pretty cool, he should sell his floor plans to builders in NYC and other giant cities. Only thing is that system would be perfect for one person only. For two people or more they'd always have to agree when to use what (you can't take a bath, I'm sleeping over it! etc.)
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    I would also worry about breaking a roller or having my entire kitchen going off-track and falling over after a few years of hard use, but the concept still warrants further consideration IMO.


    Also this:

    Wind Turbine Advance: Vindicator Lasers
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      CommentAuthorSammyD
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2010
     
    He certainly has a vested interest in creating confusion...

    For those of you who believe that self-interest should be a strong motivating factor, here is an instance where his self interest will eventually be harmful to himself and his progeny.
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2010 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorSillyYak
    • CommentTimeApr 25th 2010 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorSammyD
    • CommentTimeApr 25th 2010
     
    does that mean I have to put empty bottles in my mouth?...cause...ewww...
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    Bill Gates Launches American Energy Innovation Council

    He noticed that the oil companies aren't doing much! I was speaking with a young post-refinement Shell officiate the other day who specializes in oil byproduct manufacture and sales (lubricants) and she had very little to say on any alternatives being developed for Brazil- which has more wind and solar than any of the European countries that have made heavy investments so far. I decided not to tell her about BAM still being developed in Ames, because the London office might not be aware yet and it would be a shame to ruin the surprise. :devil:
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      CommentAuthorTheSasquatch
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2010 edited
     


    Efforts to make the southern U.S. more energy efficient by 2020 could help create 380,000 new jobs, save 8.6 billion gallons of water, and help consumers reduce their energy bills by $41 billion.

    Futurity articles for everyone! I fear to check if the original study was proposing clean coal overhauls. Also notice Ike Turner paid in part for this research
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