Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Oil Prices Jump to High for the Year
May 6th, 2009Related: Initial Oil Target Via: AP: Oil prices hit a new high for the year Wednesday after a government report showed that unused crude being placed in storage slowed a bit last week. Benchmark crude for June delivery rose $1.95 to $55.79 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, levels not seen since November. Demand for […]
Italian Government Paid Mob to Build Wind Turbines
May 6th, 2009Via: Financial Times: Like giant sentinels, dozens of wind turbines straddle the mountain ridges near Sicily’s infamous mafia stronghold of Corleone. But despite a strong breeze rippling the leaves in groves of olive and fig trees, the soaring blades of the turbines have stood motionless for over a year. Further west, near the port of […]
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability by Lierre Keith
May 5th, 2009I’ve listened to a few of Lierre Keith’s radio appearances and talks. This information will be nothing new to those of you who are involved with producing your own food in ways that build top soil. To the rest of you, this will be deep, chilling doom… for your belly. Lierre Keith is absolutely NOT […]
Russia to Build Floating Arctic Nuclear Stations
May 4th, 2009Ok, I’ll write it to save you from having to post it as a comment: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Via: Guardian: Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists. A prototype floating nuclear power station being constructed at […]
And the Black World Said: Let There Be Light and PG&E Agreed to Buy Orbit-Generated Electricity from Solaren in 2016
April 14th, 2009Ah yes, large satellites will beam vast amounts of clean energy from the sun to earth, 24/7, base load style. Let’s try to look past the headlines… First of all, this idea isn’t quite as old as the hills, but it’s at least several decades old, depending on what you consider to be the origin […]
Obama Looks at Climate Engineering
April 9th, 2009Related: Council on Foreign Relations on Planetary Geoengineering The best way to deal with the fascist fart taxers and Dr. Strangelove geoingineering maniacs is to simply let them talk about their alleged “solutions.” The masks that fake environmentalists are wearing come off at that point, revealing the diabolical element underneath. You don’t hear much about […]
Cyberspies Penetrate U.S. Electrical Grid, Leave Software That Could Disrupt System
April 8th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal: Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. […]
Japan: Part of Economic Stimulus Includes Promotion of Solar Power Generation
April 6th, 2009I was reading through this piece and it was blah, blah, blah and then promotion of solar power generation jumped out. I wasn’t expecting to see that. If anyone in knows what this means, with more precision that we see here, let us know. Via: Wall Street Journal: Japan will craft what would be its […]
More on What Kent Kresa Might Bring to GM
April 1st, 2009What technologies might someone like Kent Kresa be tasked with providing to GM? —Obama Fired GM’s CEO; What’s Stirring Behind the Black Curtain? Not only did the Obama administration fire GM’s CEO, the Los Angeles Times reports that they also installed Kresa as Chairman. Via: Bloomberg: Alternative Energy, Technology Kresa will probably help steer GM […]
Dutch Hybrid Bus Goes Twice As Far as Conventional Bus on a Liter of Diesel
March 31st, 2009Via: Technology Review: A company based in the Netherlands called e-Traction has developed a new kind of hybrid bus that uses in-wheel electric motors to improve efficiency and a GPS system to reduce pollution in congested areas of a city. The bus is a series hybrid: a diesel generator charges a battery, which in turn […]
