Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Expensive Gas? Compared to what?

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\ From The Wall Street Journal comes this note about gas prices , buried in an article about the world's longest cab ride: So far, ...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Rise of the Machines

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On the Inevitable Thoughts blog , Colin Vanderbilt argues that the rise of the machines is already here, and maybe we need to take a step ...
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Are the Cat Birds Getting Eaten by the Dog Sharks?

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Are the Cat Birds getting eaten by the Dog Sharks?  Of course they are .  As the American Bird Conservancy notes : Researchers at Daup...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Fracking Explained

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. "I just want clean water, damn it." .
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Energy Salvation? Moore's Law Meets Solar Cells

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Sunflowers and solar power. Last week a regular reader of this blog watched the video I put up about Jack Nicholson's solar-separat...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Jack Nicholson Had a Hydrogen Car 33 Years Ago

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Jack Nicholson was pushing a solar-separated, hydrogen-fueled car 33 years ago. Yeah, he really was that far ahead (or we really are t...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Less Food and Less Energy for a Better America

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Over at Foreign Policy, Vaclav Smil has penned a piece entitled A Hummer in Every Driveway in which he notes : The problems that ail t...
Sunday, October 02, 2011

Dog Poop Power?

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In March of 1922 Modern Mechanix magazine wrote : SEWAGE that costs large cities tremendous sums each year can be turned into a source of...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Robots That are Powered by Consuming Flesh

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This is how it starts. Now the question is does it end with Soylent Green Energy or Skynet sending Terminator-like robots after us? ...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

The Cynosphere

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A Dog Powered Victorian Vehicle The "Cynosphere" was built in France in 1875, and was underpowered by two dogs. .
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Oil is Good for Oysters Says Petroleum Industry

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This is from 1960 and is a "public service announcement" produced by the American Petroleum Institute. API apparently, believe...
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Monday, June 07, 2010

Big Mike Breaks Down the BP Mess

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Sylvia Baca runs the Minerals Management Service . You could not make this up . .
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Live from the Ocean Floor - "Drill Baby Drill"

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Click here for link to add this widget . Here's what you need to know: This catastrophe is due to just ONE blow out on one rig in the ...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

If It Was "Iranian Petroleum," We Would Nuke 'Em

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If it Was "Iranian Petroleum," we would Nuke 'Em, but it's British Petroleum so we merely talk firmly, as seen below. J...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Playing to Lose

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Obama is going to get his ass kicked on this one . Which is exactly the idea. Sometimes you play to win, and sometimes you play to lose. By ...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

Bill Gates on Energy for Everyone ... Forever

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Bill Gates talks about the need to transition to the Next Energy Economy, and he explains why we need it to lower Co2 to prevent global wa...
Friday, December 18, 2009

The Copenhagen Wheel Is What's Next

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The genius here is that you do not have to buy a new bike -- just one wheel. Inside the bike's back wheel hub is a motor , a 3-speed in...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

My Car Runs on Starbucks

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Over at Treehugger , they dare look into the future. And what do they see? Why free power for all our vehicles! Eh? How does that work? Sim...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Exclude Corrupt Companies from Federal Money

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The black-helicopter crowd is banging the gong to make sure ACORN, a community organizing group for the poor, never gets any Federal money...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Stimulus Package

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My new boiler was installed yesterday. Total cost $6,680 including old unit out, new unit in, and same-as-cash 12-month financing. This unit...
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