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When it comes to the fundamentals of education, there are the “three Rs”:  Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic. Environmentalism’s Three Rs:  Reduce use; Reuse things; Recycle as much as possible. And, for energy, there are these Three Rs: Reduce use (via efficiency and conservation); Renewable power as much as possible; Remediate for any use of non-renewable power […]

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One of the challenges in pursuing a greener economy quicker is the risk, the serious risk, that quicker could mean dirtier.  The Washington Post carried an expose of one of those risks on its front page this Sunday:  Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China.    WashPost calls out Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co, a producer […]

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Dennis Hastert’s Congressional seat has been filled. Rather than a seemingly corrupt, extreme right-winger who (at times) makes other Republicans seem almost in the reality-based community, Illinois-14 will be sending someone of substance to the Congress, a man with serious scientific credentials and successful business experience.  Bill Foster is now Congressman Bill Foster. In short: YEAH!  […]

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Solar is a highly efficient for heating water. Combining it with underground storage, and a year-round system can be created where the system can cover heating requirements in the winter and cooling in the summer.  The Dutch company Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV has taken this concept and moved it a step forward with the Road Energy System® […]

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One of the greatest strengths of the blogosphere is at the same time one of the greatest challenge: there is so much tremendous stuff, so many tremendous minds out there.  It is hard to keep up with the strength of material and all the good sites.  The “must check out regularly” list keeps growing larger, thus […]

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So, at the end of the day, how effective was Heartland Institute’s Black Hole of Denial in New York City?  Well, one way to judge is via the media performance.  As DeSmogBlog notes: Mainstream media seem to have caught up with climate change denial (caught up with reality, really), just in time to humiliate the […]

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Yes, you too can have your two-year cuddling at home with colorful bean bag elephants. At just $35 each  or $90 for three, you can have your gray, green, and pink elephants. The send-up opportunities are just too enormouse hear. The Pink Elephant?  Is a sign that the Republican National Committee is embracing the Log […]

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What would you think if someone offered you, for $1000, to increase your fuel mileage by almost an order of magnitude?  How about a statement that every single vehicle in America can be pushed above 100 miles per gallons?  Well, one exhibitor at WIREC made this claim. Okay, perhaps you and I are fellow citizens […]

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In the United States, traditional hydropower (dams) provides roughly 10% of the electricity.   Traditional hydro plants, in many cases, are century+ old with embedded technology that is far from 21st century in terms of productivity for every gallon that passes by.  Thus, opportunities exist for taking existing hydropower facilities and making them more productive with […]

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NewEarth Renewable Energy is moving from development to true commercializatio of its ECO Clean Coal or E-Coal.  NewEarth is promoting E-Coal as a green coal supplement or, even, substitute.   E-Coal comes from processed biomass such as trees, seaweed, algae, bamboo, switchgrass or otherwise.  The process: “Eco Torrefactio” and “ECO-Densification” which process the biomass into a coal […]

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