Michael Bergey: A Primer on Small Wind Turbines
Michael Bergey of Bergey Power Company, a manufacturer of wind-power hardware, is the author of the very helpful Primer on Small Wind Turbines.
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Electricity: 100% Clean and Green by 2018
The Gore Energy Challenge - 100% clean, renewable, sustainable electricity in 10 years, can be described in 3 words. Reasonable, Achievable, Visionary. Here’s how:
40% Land Based Wind = 100 GW: $200 Billion.
40% Offshore Wind = 100 GW: $400 Billion.
20% Solar = 50 GW: $325 Billion.
100% Clean Energy = 250 GW: $925 Billion.
Save the Earth, and the Economy - Priceless.
The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. And the age of fossil fuels is ending not because we have run out of fossil fuel, but because we have figured out how better technologies. Biofuels, Geothermal, Marine Kinetic, Solar, Wind, and of course, Conservation. (0)
Greenspan: "Iraq War About Oil"
Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil: “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.” (0)
President Bush on Health Care
“I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room.”
President George W. Bush, July 10, 2007.
What if you have diabetes, cancer, or high blood pressure? (0)
TreeHugger: fuel prices bankrupting Japanese Ferry Operators
Treehugger reports that Japan/Taiwan ferry services have ended, with fuel prices forcing the operator into bankruptcy. Read Peak Oil: The End Of Ferry Services Between Japan And Taiwan? See also our prior post on similar events in New York City.
(0)Sinkhole closes Pasadena Freeway
The L.A. Times has excellent coverage and a brilliant infographic by Lorraine Wang, explaining how aging drainage pipes caused the sinkhole. Article by Francisco Vara-Orta and Andrew Blankstein; Lorraine Wang’s infographic. (0)
CNN reports near-collision on JFK runway
This is the second such incident in a week.
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Power outage in Omaha; restoration expected to take a week
According to the Associated Press, electricity is out for thousands in Omaha, Nebraska, and restoration of power is expected to take at least a week. Link via nola.com (0)
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