When Obama was elected in the US a huge sigh of relief could be heard around the world. Now sanity could prevail. The dreaded Bush and Cheney cabal would no longer be in power. And so troops would come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and global warming would be combatted (and maybe even Santa Claus would really exist). Now several years later the reality of global politics and the Great Game seem to dictate that things continue just as they have done regardless of the political colour of the

It seems to me that the technology is here, or at least almost here, and all it would take is one company to put all the pieces together. I have idea of where to get many of these, but due to time and budget constraints, I haven’t been able to start on this. Miniature computer. Maybe gumstix Overo Fire based computer running Linux. Wifi and/or Cellular internet connectivity. (The Overo Fire supports WiFi and Bluetooth) Glove based input devices (virtual keyboard and pointer/mouse)

Though not much info is readly available about it on the web, [ Joe Carruth ] is trying to build publicity (and venture capital) for his home-built solar electric generator. At its essence, it is a Stirling dish system with an adjustable composite mirror surface. This means that instead of having to rotate the entire contraption in order to follow the Sun, [Joe] only has to make the mirror segments pivot. A Stirling steam engine at the tip converts the energy into the movement used to gener

Solar power . Just because you can’t export sunshine from Arizona, doesn’t mean you can’t export the ability to harness its energy. Random Posts… In Which I Take on a Nobel Laureate This is good… Good for Howard Stern (strong language warning)

My hump day just got ruined infidels. After I read this, I’m livid. First, the reason I post a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Fat F**k Liberal Icon Michael Moore is because of his recent quote that Capitalism (which is what has driven our country since it’s inception and made us the great nation that we are) is evil and that a new type of system is needed. He then responded with the term a democracy …. i.e., the people’s government. Well folks, what does this mean? Well what it really means is w

NEW YORK — First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar- power field in the world. First Solar, which makes more solar cells than any other company, said it …

NYT op-ed writer Tom Friedman bewails the state of modern American democracy, and compares it to disadvantage with the “ enlightened leadership ” of the Chinese Communist Party: One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages. That one party can just impose the politically difficult but critically important policies needed to move a society forward in the 21st century. It is

pimg alt=”algae-car” src=”http://ecogeek.org/images/stories/algae-car.jpg” height=”183″ width=”468″ /br /The first algae-fueled vehicle called the Algaeus has begun its drive across the country.  The car, a converted plug-in Prius outfitted with a nickel-metal hydride battery and filled with a blend of 5 percent algae and 95 percent gasoline from a href=”http://www.sapphireenergy.com/”Sapphire Energy/a, set out from San Francisco yesterday and will take 10 days to make it to Washington, DC./ppThe group responsible for the Algaeus, the a href=”http://www.veggievan.org/”Veggie Van Organization/a, expects the car will only require 25 gallons of fuel to make the entire trip./ppYes, a 5 percent blend of algae doesn’t exactly signal the start of an algae revolution, but it does mean that progress is being made on fuel with great potential and this road trip lets people see the progress in action.  The main point of the Algaeus is to show the ability of algae to be used in a standard engine./ppThe road trip isn’t being made just to show off the algae car, but to also promote the film FUEL that discusses solutions for our dependence on foreign oil and opens on September 18th, the day the algae car will reach its destination./ppSapphire Energy plans to produce two million gallons of algae fuel per year for the next two years with hopes of it becoming cost-competitive in the next few years at $60 to $80 a barrel. The company intends to create a 10 percent algae blend for its future commercial products.  Sapphire is also producing one million gallons of algae-based jet fuel this year./ppvia a href=”http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/09/first-algae-powered-car-attempts-to-cross-us-on-25-gallons/”Inhabitat/a/pimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EcoGeek/~4/gKnCLHujNyc” height=”1″ width=”1″/

First-of-its-kind Foundation Distributes Educational Tools and Develops Opportunities to Support Community-Based Solar Power Initiatives SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high …

NEW YORK - First Solar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film solar modules, said it will build a 2-gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. The project will be built in four phases, the first beginning by June …

Home bSolar Power/b in Peoria, Arizona – SunRun Solar Lease Home solar in Arizona It only takes one monthly electricity bill over $500 to make a person wonder.

NICOSIA- Solar power paneling will be installed at 52 elementary schools, nine government buildings and three army camps over the coming nine months, Commerce Minster Antonis Paschalides said on Wednesday. The project, which is partly funded by the …

City leaders will look at the feasibility of using Solar Panels to provide electricity for some city buildings. City Council’s safety/service/utilities committee heard a presentation about solar resources by Gary Easton of Appalachian Renewable Power …

This major commitment to bsolar power/b is a direct result of the progressive energy policies being adopted in China to create a sustainable, long-term market for solar and a low carbon future for China, First Solar CEO Mike Ahearn said …

NewNet News - Solarfun Power to develop 600MW of bsolar power/b projects in Hohhot City.

BBC Business US firm in China solar mega-deal US energy group First Solar has signed a preliminary deal to build.

Kolkata, Sep 9 : City-based Environ Energy Tech Services promoted Bhaskar Silicon Private Ltd will start operation of its polysilicon and wafer-processing facility in West Bengal’s industrial township Haldia in 2011, a company official said here …

After Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans exactly four years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, the city emerged as an inadvertent symbol of global warming, the first American victim of climate change. More than 200,000 homes were destroyed during the Category 5 hurricane. But in the years since, the Crescent City has quietly embraced a new and unexpected role as a laboratory for green building. Sustainable-development groups like the international nonprofit Global Green as well as earth-friendly celebr

One of the biggest problems associated with wind and solar power plants is their inability to efficiently store excess electricity created during times of surplus production and then use that electricity during times of low or no production i.e. night-time for solar or no wind for wind power. Though there are now more methods being employed to achieve this function, solar thermal power plants using molten salt is a good example, the majority of utility-grade renewable power plants do not have a

Study says global warming cant be undone for 1000 years Global warming ‘irreversible’ for next 1000 years. As reported by AFP, NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) scientists have released a study saying that current levels of global warming will cause irreversible damage, no matter what is done in the future to decrease CO2 and other related emissions. A Step Closer to Solar Power in Space Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and IHI Corporation are undertaking