Archive for February, 2009
Solutions & sustainability - Feb 28
Posted on February 28, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
How to build resilient communities in a chaotic world
Philadelphia’s new green future
For survivalists, the end is always nigh
City of Portland joins a bright neighborhood
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Oil & industry - Feb 28
Posted on February 28, 2009, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
Jeff Rubin on oil prices: another spike on the horizon
World Bank specialist: The 2008 oil price spike and the airline industry
New taxes for oil and gas companies: where does this lead us?
The final shape of the European energy market is emerging: an oligopoly
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
A Global Green Deal
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Sekalaista.
If human civilization is to have a realistic chance of surviving global climate change, President Barack Obama and mobilized citizens will have to lead a virtual revolution in America’s approach to the issue.
Lähde: Topix
Obama budget envisions shift from reliance on foreign oil to green energy sources
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Sekalaista.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s first budget plan moves aggressively on several fronts to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on …
Lähde: EIN News
Sacred Demise: By Carolyn Baker: Book Foreword By Sarah Anne Edwards, Ph.D.
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
[Within the next three weeks, my forthcoming book, Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse will be released and will be available for purchase at this website and at the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites. Below is the book’s foreword written by Sarah Anne Edwards, Ph.D. and co-author of Middle Class Lifeboat.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Regaining perspective on things that matter
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
What matters now more than ever, and what is getting lost in all the immediate economic turmoil, is the unprecedented scope of the problems we face in the 21st century. Great change is inevitable. Trying to hang on to the way things have been—seemingly endless exponential GDP growth— is a mistake. Focusing exclusively on fixing the economy to get back on the business-as-usual growth track obscures much bigger problems coming down the road.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
German company to build $1B plant in Tenn.
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Sekalaista.
After almost three months of secrecy in Bradley County, a $1 billion industry that will bring at least 500 new jobs to a southeastern Tennessee community has a name.
Lähde: Topix
SMA AMERICA EMPLOYS THE SUN AT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Posted on February 26, 2009, under Sekalaista.
New Array Produces Energy, Provides Demonstration System for Solar Academy
Lähde: EarthToys
Carbon Monitoring Satellite crashes and burns
Posted on February 25, 2009, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
A dark day for scientists fighting global warming as the almost $300 M satellite that was supposed to have been used to map the amount of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere suffered a malfunction during lift off.
According to the press release by NASA:
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Tuesday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Preliminary indications are that the fairing on the Taurus XL launch vehicle failed to separate. The fairing is a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is the first satellite dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide. The satellite will map carbon dioxide’s sources in the earth’s atmosphere. It can determine places on the Earth where carbon dioxide is being added to the atmosphere and where it is being removed.
Tags: OCO, Carbon Emissions, Global Warming, Orbiting Carbon Observatory, satellite
Lähde: Alternat1ve.com - One Alternative Energy Blog
Food & agriculture - Feb 24
Posted on February 24, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner
Recession grows interest in seeds, vegetable gardening
Small-Scale Grain Raising
Feds: Less water for California agriculture this year
Fairtrade Week: smallholders farm a route out of poverty
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
