How Loud Is A Wind Turbine? Our friends at Treehugger re-published this graphic from GE, which builds wind turbines. If you’re standing next to a utility scale wind turbine, then you’ll hear it. At 300 meters, which is as close to residences as we can build them, they are about as loud as a refrigerator. [...]
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This curve, derived from the ISO New England electricity demand table, here, shows that electricity use has been rising steadily since January, 2000. Three observations: There are two (2) annual peaks, one in July-August, and an unexpected peak in December-January. The peaks are getting higher. Low demand is flat and High demand is rising. The [...]
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by L J Furman on November 18, 2010
in California, Connecting the Dots, Deep Economy, Economics, Energy, Environmental Issues, Geothermal, Outside the Box, photovoltaic, Solar, Systems Thinking, thermal, Wind Power
George Gilder, writing in the Wall Street Journal, 11/18/10, in California’s Destructive Green Jobs Lobby complained of the defeat of the repeal of the “Global Warming Solutions Act.” “Economic sanity lost out in what may have been the most important election on Nov. 2—and, no, I’m not talking about the gubernatorial or senate races. … [...]
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The term “VOIP”, or “Voice Over IP” doesn’t tell the story. What telecommunication people mean by the term is more than voice traffic – that is phone calls – riding on the Internet, along with data. What they are actually referring to is integrated or converged systems in which voice and data packets “ride” over [...]
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Here’s the summary of Scott Simon’s interview with Admiral and Mrs. Mike Mullen. Admiral Mullen is the serving Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I found their candor and compassion – no easy answers, no platitudes, no avoidance of responsibility – striking: In September, four soldiers at Ft. Hood, veterans of the wars in [...]
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President Kennedy once said “Politics is the only game that matters.” It’s winner take all, and the winner decides how your money is spent. President Clinton used to say “It’s the economy, stupid.” This still applies. Neither the President nor the Congress was focused on putting Americans back to work. They need to re-read Keynes, [...]
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by L J Furman on November 2, 2010
in Appropriate Technology, Climate Change, Connecting the Dots, Economics, Energy, Energy Economics, Getting It Done, Global Warming, Outside the Box, Wind Power
Google is putting its money where its mouth is. Back in early September, 2008, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said, “We have a total failure of political leadership, at least in the U. S., and perhaps the world.” He then called for 100% of U. S. power to come from green energy in 20 years – [...]
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Design a Zero Environmental Impact Building and win $10,000. Metropolis Magazine and the U. S. General Services Administration announce the Next Generation ® 2011 Design Ideas Competition: Help the GSA meet its goal of Zero Environmental Impact for its 9,600 properties. Winning Designer gets $10,000. Deadline is January 31, 2011. (From Douglas Seidler’s website.)
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