Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Prototype Wind Turbine Condenses 1,000 Liters of Water a Day from Desert Air
April 19th, 2012Via: geek.com: Marc Parent, founder of Eole Water, realized that he could extract water from the air after noticing how much water an air conditioner unit collected. He decided to combine a green energy source with the necessary components for condensing water directly from the air. The end result after 10 years of R&D is […]
‘Factor in taxes, transportation costs, clothing and lunch — what is the true net that you bring home after salary?”
April 18th, 2012Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World by Kelly Coyne “What if the millions of so-called dropouts are onto something?” Via: CNN: After factoring in the rising cost of child care, the daily commute and other work-related expenses, a growing number of […]
Human-Made Earthquakes Reported in Central U.S.
April 18th, 2012Via: Reuters: The number of earthquakes in the central United States rose “spectacularly” near where oil and gas drillers disposed of wastewater underground, a process that may have caused geologic faults to slip, U.S. government geologists report. The average number of earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater in the U.S. midcontinent – an area that […]
Photos of Daily Life in the U.S. Government’s Secret Atomic City
April 17th, 2012What does this sign mean? Via: io9: In 1942, the US government acquired the town of Oak Ridge in eastern Tennessee. From then on, Oak Ridge was just like any other town — except for the fences, the guards, and the top-secret uranium separating facility. Related: DOE-Oakridge’s Photostream Flashback: The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study […]
Radioactive Particles from Fukushima Disaster Were Detected in Kelp Off Southern California
April 10th, 2012Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Kelp off California was contaminated with short-lived radioisotopes a month after Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant accident, a sign that the spilled radiation reached the state’s coastline, according to a new scientific study. Scientists from CSU Long Beach tested giant kelp collected off Orange County, Santa Cruz and other locations after […]
Situation at Fukushima Has Potential to, “Destroy the World Environment and Our Civilization”
April 8th, 2012Via: Akio Matsumura: Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador Murata strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4—with […]
Interesting Solar Hydrogen Reactor from University of Delaware
April 5th, 2012Via: University of Delaware: Producing hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources is a problem that continues to elude many scientists but University of Delaware’s Erik Koepf thinks he may have discovered a solution. Hydrogen is traditionally made from natural gas. Unfortunately, natural gas is a fossil fuel that releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, when converted […]
Russia Eyes Development of Futuristic Weaponry, Including Psychotronic Weapons
April 3rd, 2012Many sites are quoting the Daily Mail on this one, but I’m not able to verify statements supposedly made by Putin at this time. RIA Novosti is state owned, so at least we can assume that this is actually Russian propaganda and not some shit the Daily Mail made up. Now, for those who might […]
Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Radioactive Waste In U.S.
March 29th, 2012Via: Fairewinds Energy Education: Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo. While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. All the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the […]
Britain: Army on Standby for Fuel Truckers Strike
March 29th, 2012Via: Reuters: The British government laid plans on Tuesday to cope with possible fuel shortages if a strike by tanker drivers goes ahead, lining up the army to help and warning businesses and the public to make preparations. Truckers voted on Monday to take strike action that union officials said could deplete petrol stocks within […]
