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Earth Policy Institute: Investment in fuel ethanol distilleries has soared since the late-2005 oil price hikes, but data collection in this fast-changing sector has fallen behind. Because of inadequate data collection on the number of new plants under construction, the quantity of grain that will be needed for fuel ethanol distilleries has been vastly understated. Farmers, feeders, food processors, ethanol investors, and grain-importing countries are basing decisions on incomplete data. The U.S. Department ... Link By EcologicalInternet.org (Dr. Glen Barry)
"People Who Protect" will always be remembered in the lives of the people and lives he protected...
 In an amazing twist of fate, 10 clean green nuke stories hit the front page in 16 hours , and all hugged by newbie huggers. These new huggers seem to hugg the exact same articles, and only the exact same ones... wow. makes the front page look great. thanks for ruining hugg-- » original newsComments by Haase: Like the digg, and others "started with good intentions" websites the hugg has been overtaken by "green washers". As all good things must end, so will quality posting on hugg... unless they get "qualified" moderators to confirm "legit" content. |
"I'm not just doing this for myself," Wayne said "I'm doing this for my country and the world."
Results reveal federal politicians are contaminated with pollutants found in the environment and everyday products
From WDNR - The holiday season, with all of its associated buying, wrapping and celebrating, substantially increases the amount of waste that we generate. The big question after the holidays are over is what to do with all of the waste. Here are some tips to help people save some time, effort and even money, while diverting waste from landfills.
The president has tripled direct humanitarian and development aid to the world's most impoverished continent since taking office and recently vowed to double that increased amount by 2010 -- to nearly $9 billion.
"He should be known for increasing -- doubling development assistance and tripling it to Africa after a period in which U.S. development assistance was essentially flat for decades," "He should be known for the largest single investment in AIDS and malaria, the biggest health investment of any government program ever."
After Jan 1st the new Congress members plan to establish a dedicated fund to promote renewable energy and conservation, using money from oil companies. "At least some of the money - revenue gained by rolling back some tax breaks - will go to a program to support research into making ethanol from sources other than corn."
No K-Fed or Corn-Fed ;-)
Total to reduce gas flaring by 50% by 2012 - Gas flaring comprised 23 percent of Total's green house gas emissions in 2005. Between 1998 and 2005, Total claims to have reduced gas flaring at their facilities by forty percent in spite of increased production. Total will now focus on using these gases for power generation locally, exporting it to consumer countries, or re-injecting it back into the oil fields when feasible. Finally if none of those options are workable they will flare it rather than release the gas into the atmosphere.
President Bush is about to sign a bill into law to promote the use of energy efficient servers in the United States. The bill also provides for the EPA to have a good hard look at data centers and what can be done to cut their energy consumption. The bill passed the house 417 to 4; the Senate voted unanimously.
My son's reply - "Nope, science"
I sat down with my son to take in a little "myth busters" last night...
Episode 69: - They did a bench test of running & startup efficiencies of general household lights using nearly the same bench equipment I have.
Their results, same as mine, the LED used 1/10th the power of the compact fluorescent consumer bulbs.
I usually shy away from the 1 to 10 ratio as it is bias with each manufacturer. (as DOE concluded) However, stating they are "10-100%" more efficient appears to be a well documented number anyone could quote.
On a lighter note... my son and I completed the thermoelectric Peltier install this weekend I am testing for Steve Spence over at green-trust.org. It runs a array of "LED" and a TV powered for "free" off the heat from the vent in his room via the thermoelectric Peltier effect.
Is there hope for energy in our future? it is as bright as the light in my son's eyes when he saw "free" energy light up his room...
Hard to even read..... The ethanol industry anticipates another HUGE year in 2007, despite Wall Street concerns about potential oversupply and Environmental advocates denouncing ethanol as a sustainable fuel.... , note Congress has ensured a strong market for ethanol. The News Journal (Del.)/Associated Press
 "In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), package the light gas by compression or liquefaction, transfer the energy carrier to the user, plus the energy lost when it is converted to useful electricity with fuel cells, leaves around 25% for practical use an unacceptable value to run an economy in a sustainable future. Only niche applications like submarines and spacecraft might use hydrogen." » original newsHaase comments... I assume they had read a science journal published within the last 40 years to come up with this "ground breaking" conclusion... seriously. P.S. Someone should have told CA before they spent 40 Million on the New Buses & Hydrogen Highway ;-) |
No wonder Wal*Mart is seeking a EHS proffesional .... hmmm haven't called me yet ;-).
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