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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Photo: Makani Wing 6 Prototype Test-Flight: Demonstrating Transitions Makani Power, who we featured on TreeHugger Radio last, is working on a pretty innovative way to harness wind power. Their technology doesn't look anything like what you'd expect when you hear the words "wind turbine"; it's rather more like a cross between a kite and a model airplane (for now, ...
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Unhindered by Talent via Flickr. You've probably heard the spin on wind: It doesn't create greenhouse gases when creating electricity, won't spill into a waterway like the Gulf of Mexico or Kalamazoo River , and doesn't require wars in far-off lands to secure supplies. But wind can affect local climates, making it cooler in the day and warmer at ...
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Photo: Flickr , CC This Would Mean Doubling in Size Every 2 Years... The solar industry has grown quite fast in the past few years, and it looks like this will continue in 2011, at least according to a market research by iSuppli. "iSuppli forecasts that worldwide solar installations will reach 20.2 Gigawatts (GW) next year, up from 14.2GW ...
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photo: Grace Smith via flickr Some encouraging straight-talking ambition here: In a new policy document Northern Ireland has laid out a good renewable energy target of 40% by 2020. Which would be news enough, but in the text of Strategic Energy Framework for Northern Ireland there's some frank language worth paying attention to no matter where you live.... Read ...
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Image via bike arc The Car Arc seems to be a great solution for new EV owners looking for a carport that not only protects their vehicle, but charges it too. The curvaceous structure is covered in a thin solar skin that soaks up sunlight and converts it to energy for recharging low batteries. Plus, it's a smart way ...
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Image via GigaOM , courtesy of T-Mobile While Motorola and Sony Ericsson have been on the trail of solar and wind-powered cell phone towers for years primarily in developing areas like Africa and India, T-Mobile seems to just be bringing the idea to the states. T-Mobile USA launched their first tower powered (at least in part) by the sun's ...
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photo: Yodel Anecdotal/Yahoo! Blog via flickr Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to be outpacing the once world leader in innovation. Reuters reports that Ra... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more here: India, Malaysia, Philippines, South ...
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"Lord of the Wind" A week ago, I wrote about the Italian Mafia infiltrating the renewable energy industry and using it to do what it usually does (laundering money, fraud, controlling who gets construction contracts, etc). Well, it didn't take long for new developments to surface: Police officers have arrested a renewable energy exec and seized "1.5 billion euros ...
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Photo via likecool.com French researchers have created a fuel cell powered by rat blood that is more powerful and smaller than current pacemaker batteries. While this is not the first glucose-powered... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original source: Researchers Create Fuel Cell Powered by Rat's Blood
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Photo: Patrick Gillooly, MIT What Can't We Do With Carbon Nanotubes? MIT researchers have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to concentrate light by about 100x and funnel photons into smaller (thus less expensive) solar panels. "Instead of having your whole roof be a photovoltaic cell, you could have little spots that were tiny photovoltaic cells, with antennas ...
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The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Here is the original: Super Efficient Water Heater is First New Product to Roll Off GE ...
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Read more here: GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super Efficient—and Manufactured in America
