As we consider our energy future, figuring out a path through the stormy seas of Peak Oil, Peak Natural Gas, and, not least, Global Warming, there are ways to capture our challenges, to think about the problems ahead that are (at least to me) compelling. Richard E. Smalley’s The Terrawatt Challenge (pdf) is one of […]
Our Energy Future: “The Terrawatt Challenge”
September 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on Our Energy Future: “The Terrawatt Challenge”
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The News is In … It isn’t good … and it isn’t getting reported … and WH talking points
September 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on The News is In … It isn’t good … and it isn’t getting reported … and WH talking points
Well, it is getting reported, but seemingly not in the United States … According to The Independent, the International Panel on Climate Change‘s latest study lets us know, it is now too late. A rise of two degrees centigrade [3.6 degrees fahrenheit] in global temperatures – the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic […]
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The Vertical Farm Project …
September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
EcoGeek’s recent coverage of An Off-Grid Vertical Farm for Downtown Seattle garnered some attention and generated discussion. But we should recognize that it is far from the first or only really interesting concept for going vertical in growing food in urban areas. A Columbia University microbiologist, Dickson Despommier, advocates 30-story skyscrapers that would, each, be […]
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