Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Ireland: ESB Announces Strategic Clean Energy Effort
March 28th, 2008Mmm hmm. Via: Electricity Supply Board: ESB has today announced that the company is to embark on an unprecedented capital investment programme of €22 billion. The Board of ESB has approved a Strategic Framework to 2020 that will see major company investment in renewable energy, the halving of its carbon emissions within 12 years, and […]
Turning Big Box Stores into Solar Power Plants in California
March 28th, 2008Imagine my shock. Via: Treehugger: It was only last Autumn that we reported that the biggest solar farm in the US would be a 80-megawatt installation by Cleantech America. Now, Southern California Edison (SCE) wants to build something quite a bit larger, a 250-megawatt farm with a twist: It will be distributed among many commercial […]
MIT Developed Microchip 10X More Energy-Efficient than Present Technology
March 23rd, 2008Sure! Clouds of NSA dust and Homeland Security e-mites. The air will be so thick with the stuff that “the terrorists” won’t be able to find their targets. Via: MIT Energy Initiative: Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have designed a new chip for portable electronics that could be up to 10 times more energy-efficient […]
Clean, Green U.S. Prison Camp: The Guantanamo Naval Base Wind Farm
March 23rd, 2008For years, I wanted to believe that Peak Oil could bring this horror show down. My problem, of course, was that I couldn’t ignore simple, observable realities and the fact that evil people have many plans up their sleeves. Some of you view collapse due to Peak Oil as a given. I understand that desire. […]
Northern Ireland: 1.2 Megawatt Tidal Turbine
March 18th, 2008Via: Sky News: Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland is to get the world’s first turbine capable of generating commercial amounts of electricity from tidal energy. Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines (MCT) said that the installation will go ahead on Easter Monday, subject to favourable weather and further engineering work. SeaGen is the biggest turbine of its […]
Tactical Biorefineries: Army to Turn Trash Into Power in Iraq
March 18th, 2008Imagine my shock. I wonder if this machine has a setting that will allow the U.S. Army to use corpses as a feedstock? Hmm. And how double plus good is the name Defense Life Sciences!? HAHA Via: AP: The water bottles, plastic foam plates and other trash discarded by American troops in Iraq’s mess halls […]
Rangiora Eco Village
March 13th, 2008I read about the new Rangiora Eco Village development in a local newspaper yesterday. I wanted to mention it because I know that some of you are in New Zealand, or are planning to be here soon. This isn’t too far from where I’m sitting at the moment, and I’d like to see more Cryptogonners […]
U.S. Corn Biofuels Will Expand Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’
March 12th, 2008I’m finished with posting Corn-Ethanol-Is-Stupid stories. The only people who think it’s a good idea are the corn industrial complex interests and the corrupt politicians who accept the payola. Enough already. Via: AFP: A planned increase in US ethanol production from corn would spell environmental “disaster” for marine species in the Gulf of Mexico, said […]
Canadian Law May Prohibit Fuel from Oil Sands from Being Sold to U.S.
March 10th, 2008Woh. Keep an eye on this one. Via: Financial Times: Canada has warned the US government that a narrow interpretation of new energy legislation would prohibit its neighbour buying fuel from Alberta’s vast oil sands, with “unintended consequences for both countries”. In a letter to Robert Gates, US defence secretary, Canada said that it “would […]
Steam Powered Battery Charger
March 9th, 2008These guys repurposed an old steam engine to serve as a backup generator. This is the most incredible application of crust that I have ever seen. Via: Other Power: This page is a diary about our effort to build a steam powered ‘backup generator’ to charge our batteries. For the most part we have all […]
