Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Italy Seizes Record Assets from Wind Farm Tycoon
April 3rd, 2013Via: BBC: The Italian authorities have seized assets worth 1.3bn euros ($1.7bn: £1.1bn) from a Sicilian businessman involved in renewable energy. Investigators allege that Vito Nicastri was a front man for the Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, investing illegal earnings in his business empire. The anti-mafia agency said in a statement it was the biggest ever […]
Gladio, NATO’s Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis by Richard Cottrell
April 1st, 2013Disclosure: The publisher sent me a copy of this book for review. This is a very richly detailed and terrifying account of Operation Gladio. There are many more tentacles than I had previously known about. While the imbroglios set in motion after World War II may seem like ancient history to the uninitiated, Gladio actually […]
Canadian Researchers Claim Fuel Cell Breakthrough
March 30th, 2013Via: Vancouver Sun: Researchers at the University of Calgary say they’ve made a breakthrough that could make renewable energy much more practical and affordable. Their paper published in the journal Science says they’ve found a much easier and cheaper way to build an electrolyzer, which uses electricity to break up water into hydrogen and oxygen, […]
CYPRUS: FOOD AND FUEL
March 23rd, 2013Via: New York Times: Cyprus’s parliament on Friday partly approved a revised formula for obtaining an international bailout to avert a default, amid strong signals that the plan would not pass muster with international lenders. But they put off voting on a crucial new proposal until later this weekend — one that would confiscate a […]
Dylan Ratigan Quits MSNBC, Help Vets Create Network of Organic Hydroponic Farms
March 22nd, 2013Via: Dylan Ratigan: If you are reading this, you likely know I left a highly-successful, self-titled show at MSNBC last June in search of meaning and purpose in my work and life. I had lost both after 18 years in Manhattan and the chaos surrounding the hollow political debates permeating America’s media and politics. After […]
Japan Extracts Gas from Methane Hydrate
March 12th, 2013Via: BBC: Japan says it has successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane hydrate off its central coast, in a world first. Methane hydrates, or clathrates, are a type of frozen “cage” of molecules of methane and water. The gas field is about 50km away from Japan’s main island, in the Nankai Trough. Researchers say […]
Efficient Solar ‘Antenna’ to Tune in to the Sun
March 8th, 2013Via: Solar Power Today: If it’s up to Brian Willis, we will soon quite literally be tuning in to the sun. The University of Connecticut professor has patented a technique to manufacture nanosized antenna arrays that have the capability to efficiently convert sunlight into usable electric power. In theory, these very small antenna arrays can […]
China: Concept for Cairn-Shaped Farmscrapers
March 6th, 2013While I definitely wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for any of these to be built, my guess is that you would be hard pressed to find a better gallery of sci-fi cityscapes to look at while you waste time at work. Via: Vincent Callebaut Architectures: Related: Secret Organic Gardens for China’s Elite China Acknowledges ‘Cancer […]
3-D Printed Car
February 27th, 2013Via: Wired: Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles. If Jim Kor’s dream is realized, that’s exactly how the next generation of urban runabouts will be produced. His creation is called […]
USC: New Lithium Ion Battery Design
February 14th, 2013Via: USC: Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance. The new batteries — which could be used in anything from cellphones to hybrid cars — hold three times as much energy as comparable graphite-based designs and […]
