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Have you ever been steaming hot at the beach or at that kid’s soft ball game and wanted to buy a soda (and, well, of course, recycle the soda can) … but there wasn’t one around? Or, there were semi-lukewarm ones available at exorbitant rates? Well, Solar Vending seems to have come up with a […]

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Actually, many things are going right with Kansas … many.   And, if you haven’t heard, something very right happened this week.  Kansas has rejected a proposed coal-fired electrical plant due to carbon dioxide pollution. For any who’ve missed, at Daily Kos, Devilstower has dedicated a 30 day period of diaries to call attention to the […]

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Shawn Frayne’s Windbelt is generating real excitement and resonance with its award Popular Mechanics’ yearly Breakthrough Conference.   Humdinger Wind, motto “wind energy reinvented” with CEO Shawn Frayne, offers up some interesting ‘coming soon’ developments.  In a very (VERY) brief page, humdinger developer kits, the company (Frayne?) promises: “your very own Windbelt in a box, for schools, […]

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Well, this is an invention that I’ve been waiting to have happen … and, sadly, it comes just too late for my recent window replacement.  The KSD Window from Eco-Logical Innovations (the US sister company of ÖKO-LOGIC GmbH in Germany) is “the every season window with the right spin”.  The KSD window  has three panes with […]

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For any who’ve missed, Devilstower has dedicated a 30 day period of diaries to call attention to the Clean Water Protection Act. This is Day 4 in Daily Kos’ 30 Days to Save the Mountains. Devilstower’s third day diary yesterday noted that the cosponsorship moved from 103 to 105 … Did our calls have an […]

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Green Roofs are becoming blase, perhaps, as design moves into living walls.  A number of the Solar Decathlon teams have incorporated some form of living wall, think garden on the walls of the house.  These walls help cool the house in the summer (reducing solar gain), water management (reduced storm water runoff as they take water […]

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As we watch (with dismay, amusement, confusion, disgust) the Republicans striving to be their party’s nominee in 2008, the striving for ever extreme right astounds, seeking to gain the “base” Republican support necessary to emerge victorious through the primaries. Well, one arena seems to show a reverse trend, an increasing split between the candidates and […]

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One team will be named the “winner” at the Solar Decathlon.  The first two times, the University of Colorado team has claimed the honors.  At the moment, this favorite is far behind and the odds aren’t looking so hot that they will get a hat trip.  Yet … yet … this helps highlight how every […]

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Over at EuroTribune, Starvid has a discussion of Jim Buckbee, the retired CEO’s recent OPED re energy issues.  Some key points: Oil Sands:  The oil sands are flavour of the month and their story is certainly beguiling. But I think the reality is that developing the oil sands is going to be difficult. For example, […]

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Well, the Decathlon is underway, with 20 innovative teams fighting for victory as the best solar home to grace the Mall in Washington, DC.  Today, the first event was judged.  The Germans (Darmstadt) are leading the pack, with 209.206 points.  Far, far behind them, in second place, the University of Maryland with 208.872 points.  (e.g., […]

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