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The Democratic Party controlled Congress is attacked for inaction. Inaction in the face of Republicans who are not interested in seeing movement forward. Inaction in the face of a President who seems intent on his belief that “negotiation” is a four-letter word.  As Nancy Pelosi put it,
Democrats want to work with the President, yet he [...]

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Words leaking from behind closed doors about the Energy Bill are, well, to anyone who cares about an Energy Smart future simply foul language. According to the New York Times,
Reaching agreement on that timetable is likely to require Congressional leaders to drop provisions like a mandate that electric
utilities nationwide generate 15 percent of their power [...]

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The Center for American Progress just released its 10-step plan to a Low-Carbon Economy.  Based on an early look at the summary pages, great stuff and, well, ho-hum, and well, missing elements.  But, looking forward to seeing the full report.

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Freedom from Oil …
This is an agenda, an objective that all Americans should support. (Okay, maybe not some oil company CEOs …) 
And, this is a good key agenda item for next President, to move past the current occupant of the Oval Office’s identification of our “oil addiction” to actual action to fight the addition.
And, this [...]

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According to the Governmenta Accountability Office,
comparing federal electricity subsidies by fuel type shows that renewables such as wind still get only a small share of the overall subsidies awarded to the energy sector.
Again, no surprise here.

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Well, just by the picture, I thought it was a stylish way to cool myself at the old ball game. Instead, Hymini is a way to power up my Blackberry when riding my bike or otherwise off-grid.
The Hymini is micro-wind universal charger/adapter for recharging ‘digital gadgets’.   The Hymini stores the power collected, which can also be from [...]

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Thanksgiving is almost here.  Mukasey is now Attorney General.  Forces are still in Iraq.  And … the Democratic Party base looks to the Hill and wonders: what is going on?  The leadership, it seems, wants to ensure that there is movement, somewhere, prior to the holidays. With $100 oil staring us in the face, a [...]

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The Solar Sailor is a ferry in Sydney harbor that cuts fossil fuel use by about 50% due to its solar paneled wings.  The wings track the sun, to produce power, and, if there is enough wind, act like sails.  If the weather is bad for their use (storms, nighttime), the winds flatten against the ferry [...]

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Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies.  Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times.  And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL.  
A critical challenge for some renewable power systems is [...]

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Power storage is a critical challenge for adoption of intermittent renewable power sources and, well, for being able to help shift base load to peak load requirements.  There are many approaches being pursued for this.  The Energy Island, conceived for off the coast of the Netherlands, is an extremely innovative concept.

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