Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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MIT professor Vladimir Bulovic does a fantastic job explaining how OLEDs work by doing something that is sure to capture our attention - he makes a dill pickle glow. We posted a video back in January that explained the basics of OLED. This one goes into much more detail and shows us why OLED manufacturing will top LCD manufacturing ...
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Photo: Tesla Motors Tesla Plans to Recycle its Platform In a blog post where they try to explain how they will use the DOE loan (and make it clear that it's unrelated to the bailout money that went to Detroit automakers), Tesla revealed that the platform of its upcoming Model S electric sedan will be used to create other ...
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Ship leaving Bay Area. Image via: Derell_Licht on Flickr. com With more countries tightening down on their e-waste regulations and requirements, and with communities in the US requiring special disposal of ewaste, but no follow-through on where it should go, US officials are having to give trash another look, reports the New York Times . With more e-waste being ...
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Image via MargaritaVille Cargo. A friend of mine threw a tailgate party recently (check out her blog entry ) and did everything she could to make it a greener tailgate. She and her husband both are huge football fans and live for weekend home games. Naturally her idea for a greener tailgate was met with some opposition, such as ...
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photo: Geof Wilson via flickr. Yesterday it was Fred Pearce saying that overconsumption of natural resources was the bigger problem than overpopulation, and here's another voice backing that point: Times Online reports that the Read the original here: It's Not Them, It's Us: Developing World Population Growth Not Adding Much CO2
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Photo: HEB Low-Impact Micro-Hydro Power Mike Lowery, a retired entrepreneur and inventor, and Paul Price have created a clever little device called the Hydro-Electric-Barrel Generator (HEB) that could help many people harness the power of rivers and stream while keep the impact on nature at a minimum. The beauty is that the HEB works in pretty much any type ...
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1980 Era VW Rabbit (Golf). Image credit: VW Vortex American car makers would have us believe they have an intense struggle to develop new designs and to capitalize new operations in which to make more efficient cars, suitable for the Climate Age . What a line of propaganda that is. Back in 1980, amidst a serious oil shortage, I ...
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Image via Earthfirst Wind turbines are an essential to our prospects of building a clean energy economy. Unfortunately, there's a lot of evidence out there that the turbines kill bats in alarming numbers-- more than they do birds . And not in the gruesome manner you'd think--no high speed collisions with the blades--but in another gruesome ... Read the ...
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Photo: Whirlpool Smart Appliances are Coming: Whirlpool to Produce 1 Million Grid Connected "Smart" Clothes Dryer in 2011 Having a smart grid is great in good part because it allows you to more easily implement time-of-use electricity rates (power costs more at peak demand time, less at night and on weekends...). But to get the most out of it, ...
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Photo: Jason Taylor's sculptures , now in Mexico. Mexico has announced plans to build the largest underwater museum in the world, with around 400 figures made of concrete submerged in the Caribbean sea, near Cancun. The goal? Protecting the regions coral reefs.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more here: Underwater Museum to Protect Coral Reefs in Mexico
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Researchers have designed a microchip that is faster, smaller and far more energy efficient by allowing it to make occasional errors. View original post here: "Inexact" Computer Chip is 15X More Efficient By Making a Few Mistakes
For those who can't stop playing with their food, here's how to turn a banana into a green, fleeting work of art. Here is the original: How to Tattoo a Banana: A Non-Toxic, Waste-Free Art Project
