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      • Kaiser Permanente is Installing 15 MW of Solar
        03/31/10
        This is great! I have been working on solar for the school district since December 2008 and actively researching, working out details and holding meetings with the school board since early 2009. We are very close to installing solar for the benefit of the environment and our finances.

        W

      • Smart Meters Have Security Flaws
        03/28/10



        Many people I have spoken with since smart meters have been installed in our area ask me if I have noticed an increase in the cost of electricity. My answer from my own experience is yes, but not enough to really know if the meter is to blame or if my usage has actually increased.

      • Earth Hour is Tonight - Ideas for the Time
        03/27/10
        What can or should you do during earth hour? I don't know exactly either, but here are some suggestions:

        - Have a candle light dinner

        - Play games

        - Tell stories

        - Get some friends together for a game night

        - Look at photo albums (non-elec

      • Study Shows "Global Cooling" Is Political Spin Not Science
        03/23/10



        The following segment is cut from the attached PDF:

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        J. Hansen, R. Ruedy, M. Sato, and K. Lo
        NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York, USA

        Abstract. We update the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) analysis of global su

      • Hydraulic Cars May Be Comming Soon
        03/20/10



        This design sounds promising and seems to make sense. The following information is from the website regarding the hydraulic car design:

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        1. Fuel consumption & emissions
        -- 170 mpg - instead of 27 mpg - and more than a comparable reduction in emissi

      • The Paper - Less or Paperless Office
        03/18/10
        I have written before about our project here to reduce the amount of paper we use, store and distribute. That project I'm happy to say has had an impact on our paper use. However, I can not say whether or not the receiver of the data is printing at their end. I'm fairly certain in most

      • Clothes Washer That Uses 90 Percent Less Water May Be Available Soon
        03/15/10



        The machine by UK company Xeros Ltd uses 3mm-long nylon beads that can get into all crevices and folds of clothing and absorb stains and dirt. Stephen Burkinshaw, a polymer chemist at Leeds University, discovered that nylon beads at 100 percent humidity could attract stains away fr

      • A Solar Wall May Become An Architectural Feature On Modern Buildings
        03/12/10



        From the article:

        Just a few days ago, the $41 million Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental & Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE), a 55,000 square-foot building designed to LEED Platinum certification, was dedicated. The facility was built to be a living laborato

      • Transportation Is Still The Top Contributor To Climate Change
        03/09/10
        A new study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has identified on-road transportation as the most significant overall source contributing to global warming. Power generation, while having the greatest total impact, also includes a large number of compounds that increase cloud reflec

      • Artificial Photosynthesis or Solar Power to Collect Hydrogen
        03/08/10
        Sun Catalytix is out to show that plants are not the only means to efficiently split water into its separate elements -- artificial photosynthesis. In a presentation at the ARPA-E conference (the Advanced Research Projects Agency) Sun Catalytix founder Dan Nocera indicates that the process his comp

      • Solar Power Sensor and Battery Smaller Than a Penny
        03/04/10

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        Researchers at the University of Michigan have unveiled their latest breakthrough: A tiny solar power system that contains a processor, battery, and solar cells all in 9 cubic millimeters!


        The miniature system measures 2.5 by 3.5 by 1 millim

      • Toshiba Advanced Batteries - SCiB
        03/02/10



        SCiB batteries are useful for a wide range of functions, from electric bicycles and hybrid and electric vehicles, to industrial equipment and renewable energy storage. Toshiba has now opened a US-based technical support center to aid in developing the SCiB, particularly for vehicle

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