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: Land Rover Our Planet / Creative Commons We've been long documenting China's rapid rise to the top tiers of wind power , both in manufacturing and installed capacity. Worldwatch's Revol... Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: One Quarter of China's Wind Power Still Not Connected to Electricity Grid
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Image credit: Patrick Finnegan , used under Creative Commons license Wind farms may often face opposition from NIMBY protesters , but it doesn't always have to be that way. Not long ago I reported on how residents near a proposed wind farm were greatly in favor of the project . And now we come across a story of a ...
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According to the Guardian , a public swimming pool will be heated by the neighboring crematorium . While called "strange and eerie," the plan could save the city $23,000 a year in energy costs by using waste heat. It's not the first time we've heard of crematorium waste heat being put to good use , though it might be ...
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Peter Kent Official Portrait Most environment ministers' job is to protect the environment; not in Canada. There, the environment minister is a shill for the tar stands industry. The new minister isn't camera shy, either; he is Peter Kent, former TV anchor for Canada's biggest news show. (He is the brother of Arthur Kent , the "Scud Stud" of ...
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Photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Urban Green Energy is showing off eddy, their urban wind turbine, at CES. The vertical wind turbine can be installed in under an hour, and has a 20-year life span. This is their 600 watt model, though they have higher capacity models available. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: CES 2011: ...
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photo: FranceHouseHunt.com / Creative Commons We've covered the issue (or non-issue, depending on which side you're on) of wind farms causing health problems in people living nearby for some time--the whooshing sound is reportedly disruptive of sleep if you're constantly and closely exposed to it. But if you need an overview of s... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Jeff Rubin quit his job as Chief Economist at a big bank to write Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller . Tyler Hamilton does a terrific interview of him in the Toronto Star, in which Rubin unleashes his usual memorable zingers. Hamilton asks him about where oil prices are going: ... Read the full ...
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Date: Kempener & al. BRIMCS = Brazil, Russia, Mexico, China, and South Africa A lot of very smart people have been saying for a very long time that rich countries (see the IEA members here ), and especially the U.S., aren't investing enough in energy R&D. That's sad, because energy is so central to almost everything in modern society, ...
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photo via boston herald Among the car sharing services I use Zip Car. It's cheap, it's convenient, and it saves me from the burden of owning my own vehicle. But a new service coming to my neck of the woods, RelayRides , has piqued my interest. The service hooks up car renters with car owners, and the hourly costs ...
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Photo: Ford All Coming from the Same Factory I guess now we know how former U.S. president George W. Bush spends his time: Driving cars for photoshoots! Kidding aside, this post is about the 2012 Focus. Ford has announced that thanks to a $550 million investment in their Michigan Assembly Plant (which used to make gas guzzling SUVs, and ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
