The Future Of Energy
From a previous post today about how we need to rethink the way we teach future generations about sustainability Boris Wiggers, a fellow friend sent me this video discussing how can we sustain the energy needs of our own country – as well as the rapidly multiplying markets of developing nations like China and India? In this video, The Future of Energy, Higher-education experts across the states share how they are working on new technologies... Read More
The Energy Wasted By 75,000 Homes In A Year Equals the Gulf Oil Spill
With all of the media covering the oil spill (which it should rightfully due) there has been a piece of legislation that has been lost in the calamity of the Gulf Oil Spill. The Home Star legislation passed last month by the House but pending Senate approval, will spur the retrofit of 3.3 million homes, enough to save the energy floating in the Gulf 44 times over, at roughly 1/40 the cost of mopping it up. As we speak the Senate is languishing for... Read More
Sanyo Reveals World’s Most Efficient Solar Module HIT-N23, Is this Seattle’s Solutions to Solar Power?
Solar power in the Northwest is still in debate when it comes down efficiency in our rainy city. However today electronics giant Sanyo announced the development of what they are claiming is the world’s most efficient solar module. Called the HIT-N230, the new module has an impressive energy conversion efficiency of 20.7% which is unprecedented in the market. This could be a major win for the solar industry in Seattle if these solar panels... Read More
Obama’s Upcoming Speech & A Letter From the Senator
After four trips to visit the gulf stat affected by the BP disaster President Oboma plans to give his first-ever Oval Office speech to the nation on Tuesday evening.This manmade calamity threatens the nation’s economy, health, and environment. This is also a crucial moment in the BP catastrophe, which threatens to swamp his domestic agenda. But it also provides an opportunity for President Obama to demonstrate leadership by tackling all the... Read More
Greenopolis – We are about doing good
Greenopolis makes a very simple – yet powerful – promise to their users: Help you to recycle easily Help to save our natural resources for our children’s children Track conservation through recycling and re-use Educate and reward conservation Through both the On-Line site of Greenopolis and their physical, On-Street presence of Greenopolis Recycling Kiosks, they allow customers to do actual, “trackable” good for the planet. They also... Read More
Google Invests in Renewable Energy
Google announce it’s long awaited promise of investing in renewable energy by dropping a nice chunk of change in a 160-megawatt wind farm in North Dakota. $39 million might be a decent amount of money but I’m more interested in if this is about a philanthropic investment or just a test to figure out new ways to power their ever expanding data centers and energy consumption. In addition Google was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission... Read More
Was this year’s “Earth Month” the worst ever?
On my plane ride over to San Francisco from Seattle for the Web 2.0 Expo I received an email from my mom that was in the Seattle Times stating “April ‘Earth Month’ our worst ever”. For the most part it was here are a few environmental distasters that happened last month. We began Earth Month by grounding a coal ship on the Great Barrier coral reef In between, Earth Month was one coal-mining disaster, refinery explosion and dead,... Read More
Solar Energy – Installing Solar Panels
Here’s another video that I created recently for Microsoft Hohm. In this video I met up with Jeremy owner of Puget Sound Energy. During our conversation he goes through some great points about solar energy. I do have some B-side tape with some other great talking points but where out of the spectrum for use with Hohm. If you would like to see the B-side tapes leave a comment and I’ll put something together. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtVt-6Kbmvg&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
