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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images: Bellona Undoubtedly you've heard all the talk about clean coal technologies. Leaving aside the absurdity of calling coal clean under any circumstance, the prime technology being referred to in that statement is capturing and storing the carbon emissions from that coal. But CCS could also be deployed at a natural gas or oil-fired power plant to capture emissions. ...
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11 Miles -- According to the 2001 Nationwide Household Travel Survey (NHTS), 58% of all vehicle trips to work are less than 11 miles (17.7 kilometers). 37% -- Vehicle trips to work that are 5 miles (8 kilometers) and less represent 37%, according to the same survey. 21% -- Trips between 6 and 10 miles (9.6 to 16 kilometers) ...
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An Electric Car With Lithium-Polymer Batteries and Supercapacitors The B0 (B Zero) electric car created by Italy's Pininfarina and France's Bolloré looks quite promising, in good part because it isn't just a concept car and the partners say that the first units will be delivered in about a year. Leases (€330/month) will be available in six European countries (see ...
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If you want to get really grossed out by traffic pollution, make emissions visible. That's what a new project is doing in the UK. Using cheap wireless sensors, air pollution levels can be monitored to assess traffic issues, and congestion on the roads and in your lungs cleared up. ... See original here: Mapping Traffic Pollution Sends MESSAGE Loud and ...
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High luminance and just 15 watts with these OLED prototype lights from RIOE. Photos via LEDinside Last week we talked with Barry Young of the OLED Association who let us know that OLED lighting is going to be really awesome in the near future. We're getting a taste of that coming through from the Lighting Fair 2009, running this ...
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An Increasing Number of Male Fish are Developing Female Traits Around the world, it is more and more common to find male fishes with female traits. Some even produce eggs! This has been blamed on chemicals that find their way into water and mimic the female hormone estrogen. But a new study puts some of the blame on an ...
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GM Defends the Volt's Design A recent Carnegie Mellon University study (pdf) challenged the real-world gasoline savings and cost effectiveness of plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt . GM's Vice President Global Program Management, Jon Lauckner, who has been involved in the Volt project responded on the company's blog. Find out what he had to say below.... Go here ...
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Photo via pimpexposure We've talked a bit on TreeHugger about the issue of standardization that stands in the way of smart grids being implemented nationwide. Well, there might be a road map by as soon as this summer. ... View original post here: Smart Grid May Gain Standards by Summer
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Photo via Mike Finklestein We talk a lot about businesses greening up their IT departments, but we are usually picturing big white-collar corporations - we don't often imagine Hollywood businesses as part of that. Yet, the entertainment industry has a huge carbon footprint, and that includes IT. A new report shows some startling statistics on just how badly Hollywood ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
