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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SWT-2.3-82 Wind turbine. Photo: Siemens The Oracle Seems to Like Wind Power MidAmerican , a holding company that is 80% owned by Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway , will expand its wind power capacity in Iowa by almost 600 megawatts (!). This isn't quite a direct endorsement of wind power by the greatest investor of all time (at ...
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A Wind of Change Blows Through Indiana A Reddit user going by the username of QueenBeeCassi has posted a... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: Driving Through a Huge Wind Farm in Indiana (Video)
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Image: Zunal It may only be a matter of time now before Oregon is home to the world's largest wind farm -- a massive, 845 MW project just received a partial guarantee for a billion-plus dollar loan from the US Dept. of Energy. Furthermore, the site for the project, in Eastern Oregon, has been finalized. And lets not forget ...
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A pistol at the shooting range. Paper targets, not turbines. Credit: Foxtongue via Flickr. So I heard a TV news report about gunfire that shut down a wind turbine park in Michigan's Thumb. And I went looking for more information on the Internet. It wasn't an easy find, though. Seems shooting bullets at wind farms is nothing new. The ...
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Photo: ? ?? / Chris Lim , Wikimedia, CC Energy hawks -- hell, all of us, really -- have no doubt gotten a little tired of hearing about how much investment China is dumping into clean energy compared to the United States. Yes, we are severely lagging in the renewable sector, and yes, China is poised to eat our ...
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Photo: Kim Hansen , Wikimedia, CC As it stands, it typically takes a staggering 7 years -- at the very least -- for an offshore wind project to receive federal approval to begin construction. And as we've seen with the infamous Cape Wind project , there's plenty of red tape on the local and state levels as well. So ...
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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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"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: The Godfather Cosa Nostra Goes Green It seems like the mob has discovered that there's money to be made with wind power in Italy. The mafia is up to its usual tricks: fraud, extortion, bribery, money laundering, etc. Police wiretaps even caught an alleged mafioso telling his wife: "Not one turbine blade will be built in Mazara unless ...
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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
