Monthly Archives: May 2011

What we should be upset about – coffee vs gas prices

May 31, 2011


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Fertilizer wastage costs China 52 million tons of grain

May 31, 2011

If China could divide its available fertilizers better among its provinces, it could produce 52 million tons more grain. This would enable China to tackle its growing demand for food and animal feed within its own borders. This is the result of a study conducted by Xiaobin Wang of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural...
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Monitor your home’s power usage on the cheap

May 31, 2011

HackaHouse – was pretty sure that he and his family used a lot of electricity throughout the day . Admittedly, he enjoys his creature comforts, but was wiling to try living a little gre ener. The problem was, he had no idea how much electricity he was using at a given time. While...
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Japanese Utility Develops Zero-or-Less-CO2 Concrete

May 31, 2011

Chugoku Electric Power Co. in Japan has developed a new type of concrete, the first of its kind in the world, that produces in effect zero or less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during the manufacturing process. It is hardened by absorbing CO2 emitted from a thermal power station. This new type of concrete contains...
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Germany To End Nuclear Power By 2022

May 31, 2011

“Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialized power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022… Monday’s decision is effectively a return to the timetable set by the previous Social Democrat-Green coalition government...
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Thank you for your sacrifice for my freedom.

May 30, 2011


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Mining companies under cyber attack ‘from everywhere’

May 30, 2011

MAJOR resources companies are coming under increasing threat of cyber hacking emanating from China and other countries, with outgoing Woodside Petroleum chief executive Don Voelte admitting the group has been attacked “from everywhere” Mr Voelte that it was wrong to single out China as being the only source of the attacks. “It comes from...
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Google Invests $55 Million in California’s Massive 1,550MW Alta Wind Farm

May 29, 2011

Boy, you would think Rick Needham would give me a call by now about my gcommunities idea Because, “doing what has already been done” seems like a bad way to invest $400 Million or Billion$$$ My idea was free… with a 13month ROI and lifetime EEROIGoogle Blog - The site of the Alta Wind Energy...
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e-waste infographic – throwing it all away

May 29, 2011

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Wasted food, energy…. lives.

May 29, 2011
Wasted food, energy…. lives.

It is estimated that 40% of the food produced in America is wasted; it amounts to 1400 calories per person every day. According to the EPA, 31 million tons is thrown into landfills. Much of that produces methane as it rots; the gas is 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide....
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Jessica Alba in support of overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

May 29, 2011
Actress Jessica Alba joins the campaign for safer chemicals

Along with being part of the upcoming green celebrity baby boom, Jessica Alba is also the celebrity spokeswoman for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families — and she took her anti-toxin message on the road this week when she joined Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) at media briefing in Washington, D.C. She was there to support an...
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Cancer Now #1 Cause of Death in China, Air Pollution Largely to Blame

May 29, 2011

China is beginning to see the costs of its rapid march towards industrialization — the heavy industry, coal-fired power plants, and numerous factories have so saturated the air with pollution that cancer is officially now the number one cause of death.  Nearly 25% of deaths in China are now attributed to cancer.  Earlier this...
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GE Mag Says Natural Gas-Powered Turbines Could Be the Answer

May 29, 2011
GE Mag Says Natural Gas-Powered Turbines Could Be the Answer

The world needs more green energy.  It has to be reliable, too. How can we bridge the gap? The folks at General Electric’s Txchnologist say innovations in natural-gas powered turbines could be the answer to meeting renewable portfolio standards in the U.S. …Read more from a Hugger
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Cleaning Up Japan’s Radioactive Mess With Blue Goo

May 29, 2011

“A clever technology is helping hazmat crews in Japan contain and clean up the contamination caused by the ongoing nuclear disaster there: a blue liquid that hardens into a gel that peels off of surfaces, taking microscopic particles like radiation and other contaminants with it. Known as DeconGel, Japanese authorities are using it inside...
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GM does something right? Waste to energy

May 28, 2011

General Motors Thermoelectric Generator This module could capture waste heat in your car’s exhaust and convert it to energy, improving fuel economy in a Chevy Suburban by 3 percent. GM Engineers are making strides toward cars that can use their own waste for energy, testing BMW, Chevrolet and Ford vehicles outfitted with heat-collecting devices...
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UPS’s Prototype Plastic Truck UPS

May 28, 2011

Electric cars might be the future, but for some uses, like the demands of a delivery truck, they just don’t have the power or range quite yet. But that doesn’t mean giving up and using inefficient materials and construction while waiting for the electric revolution to come. UPS is testing out prototype plastic trucks...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Eating only what he kills…

May 28, 2011

CNN – “Zuckerberg posted a note to the 847 friends on his private page: “I just killed a pig and a goat.”…since he has taken to killing goats, pigs and chickens…this year’s is about animals and meat. (Click here to read Zuckerberg’s May 4 comment.) Cool has introduced Zuckerberg to nearby farmers and advised...
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COB new debt ceiling 16.7 trillion – What’s another pound to an elephant ;-)

May 28, 2011

Cost Estimate for H.R. 1954, A bill to implement the President’s request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt Haase - Every taxpayer in America already owes more than $128,000 as their share of the $14.2 trillion national debt. Every child born in America today is greeted with more than $46,000 that...
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Healthy school food improves student performance – Duh…

May 27, 2011

We’ve already seen some evidence to suggest that better school food makes kids smarter, but with Jamie Oliver’s healthy school lunch program threatened by budget cuts, and similar healthy school food initiatives facing money problems in America too, the timing of this latest piece of research couldn’t be more fortuitous. You see it seems...
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China Warns of ‘Urgent Problems’ Facing Three Gorges Dam

May 27, 2011

There is risk of geological disaster, the state cabinet admits, as the project is linked to soil erosion, quakes, drought and social upheaval. In a statement approved by prime minister Wen Jiabao, the state council said the dam had pressing geological, human and ecological problems. The report also acknowledged for the first time the...
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Chicago’s library of the future.

May 26, 2011

“The University of Chicago’s new $81 million Joe and Rika Mansueto Library is being referred to as the library of the future. You enter the library and find there are hardly any books, just a large reading room with computers. The library’s 3.5 million books are stored inside 35,000 bins stacked within 50 foot...
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Fukushima To Become Nuclear Dump?

May 26, 2011

A fter the hearing that 3 reactors may have melted down in Japan.“Japan’s atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste from the crippled station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co.” – SlashDot More updates on Fukushima  Report: ‘Unacceptable threat’ from spent-fuel...
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New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine

May 26, 2011

Everyone always asks me “What’s in my Coffee” – Yikes “A newly-described species of bacterium, Pseudomonas putida has been found to live on pure caffeine. The little jaspers metabolize caffeine into carbon dioxide and ammonia. They were found living in a flower bed on the University of Iowa campus, not in the drain of...
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Asia’s worst drought in 50 years,

May 26, 2011

FT – Chinese authorities will step up the release of water from the Three Gorges Dam in a bid to tackle a drought in southern China which has put pressure on drinking water, crops, shipping lanes and electricity production in what is traditionally China’s most water-abundant region. The monsoon rains that usually flood southern...
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Australian Energy generators betting on a shale gas future ?

May 26, 2011

BigGav - The recent (optimistic) EIA report into global shale gas resources has local gas producers wondering if a repeat of the coal seam gas boom may be on the cards in Australia, particularly in South Australia and West Australia. The Australian reports on Santos’ interest in this other form of unconventional gas –...
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NYT – Risk From Spent Nuclear Reactor Fuel Is Greater in U.S. Than in Japan

May 25, 2011

“In protecting America from nuclear catastrophe, safely securing the spent fuel by eliminating highly radioactive, crowded pools should be a public safety priority of the highest degree.” The threat of a catastrophic release of radioactive materials from a spent fuel pool at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant is dwarfed by the risk posed by such...
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India Outsourcing Jobs to U.S.

May 25, 2011

“I don’t care if you come from Park Avenue or the park bench. If you can do the job, we want you.”India’s outsourcing giants — faced with rising wages at home — have looked for growth opportunities in the United States. But with Washington crimping visas for visiting Indian workers, some companies such as...
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Volcano’s most powerful since 1873

May 25, 2011

The explosion of the Grimsvotn volcano has raised worries of a repeat of the volcano-related travel chaos that stranded 10 million passengers and cost the air industry an estimated US$1.7-billion in lost revenue last year. The eruption is the volcano’s most powerful since 1873 and stronger than the volcano that caused trouble last year....
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Einstein is correct, as usual… Dark Energy confirmed

May 24, 2011

A team of researchers scanned the sky using WiggleZ Dark Energy survey and found confirming evidence of Dark Energy.
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Ouch – LinkedIn profiles being hacked and hijacked…

May 24, 2011

“A security researcher has demonstrated holes in the way cookies are handled on LinkedIn profiles by hijacking profiles. The session cookies are sent over unsecured HTTP and remain active for up to a year.”
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Lock up your backdoor and run for your life… Facebook Is Coming for Your Children

May 24, 2011

Today – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told attendees at a recent summit on innovation in education that, “My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age.”A really, really good way to do that, Zuckerberg said, is to let kids ages 13 and under join Facebook.
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Opening up the “cold case” of cold fusion

May 24, 2011

These read like headlines from the 80′s when I was a kid. A possible scientific breakthrough that holds out the hope of cheap, abundant power... Cold fusion - discredited and vilified in the past – is back in the news. The potential benefits are great enough that, despite past failures, the technology deserves a...
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Don’t discard the librarians

May 24, 2011

We know a lot these days; we just don’t know where we learned it. “The source of information you’re using, the evaluation of that source, how you use it, how you respect it and cite it – that’s all what we call informational literacy,” The world of librarians was thrown into a tizzy this...
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Trash in our system… Our oceans aren’t the only ones in danger.

May 24, 2011
Surfrider Foundation Australia: Plastic Debris


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USA National Debt in Numbers

May 24, 2011
USA National Debt in Numbers (4 pics)

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Grimsvotn Volcano Erupts stronger than the Eyjafjallajokull

May 24, 2011

Atlantic – Iceland’s most active volcano, Grímsvötn, erupted on Saturday for the first time since 2004, hurling a plume of steam and ash nearly 20 kilometers (12 miles) into the sky. People living next to the glacier where the Grímsvötn volcano burst into life were most severely affected, with ash blocking out the daylight...
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Forget the gas tax – a driving tax may be next

May 23, 2011

In March CBO issued a report that said such a tax was feasible and had many advantages over a gas tax. “Because highway costs are more directly determined by miles driven than by fuel used, appropriately designed taxes can do more to improve the efficiency of road use than fuel taxes can,” the...
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Lessons on venting reactor primary containment.

May 23, 2011

U.S. Was Warned on Vents Before Failure at Japan’s Plant WASHINGTON — Five years before the crucial emergency vents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were disabled by an accident they were supposed to help handle, engineers at a reactor in Minnesota warned American regulators about that very problem. The Importance of Venting, When...
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Pressure to Improve Water Quality in Chicago River

May 23, 2011

NY Times – In recent days, the federal government and environmental groups have increased the pressure on Chicago’s wastewater treatment agency to stop discharging untreated sewage into the Chicago River during storms and to disinfect the treated sewage that makes up 70 percent of the river’s flow…conservation group American Rivers named the Chicago River...
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Swiss To End Use of Nuclear Power

May 23, 2011

“Energy minister Doris Leuthard is set to propose Switzerland gradually exits nuclear power, two Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday, citing sources close to the government. The multi-party Swiss government was expected to make an announcement on nuclear policy on Wednesday and may recommend an exit. Switzerland’s five nuclear reactors generate about 40 percent of...
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New Animals Species Discovered 21st Century!

May 22, 2011

I have such a hard time understanding that every year we choose to loose 1000′s of species when we have so many to discover. Why?
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Solar losing money because of property taxes – Dah Moment

May 22, 2011

This is WHY they should be LEASED on buildings roofs and parking lots.Simple math: roofs + parking lots = millions of acres for FREE prime space for solar (a dah moment). Solar farm near Climax losing money because of property taxesProducing 225,592 kilowatt hours of electricity in its first year of operation, a solar...
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Hi-Speed Derail in California

May 22, 2011

California got $3.5 billion in federal money from tax payers for its high-speed rail project that will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles. So far, they’ve managed to break ground in an effort to connect two central-state communities so small that one of them is unincorporated, for service that will connect fewer people than...
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WTF – General Motors sponsors Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

May 22, 2011

Well here is an interesting way to spend U.S. Tax dollars??? “In late 2010, General Motors agreed to sponsor a propaganda film celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP made film titled (translated to English) ‘The Birth of a Party’ or ‘The Great Achievement of Founding the Party’ is...
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Weak Dollar Responsible for High Gas Prices

May 22, 2011

The weakening of the dollar since 2008 has added 56.5 cents to the price of gasoline,the congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) has found. The average price of gasoline would be $3.40 per gallon, instead of the current average price nationally of nearly $4, if the dollar hadn’t declined, says the Weekly Standard. They blamed...
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Nuclear power’s more probable threat — recurring fires — goes unchecked

May 22, 2011

Center for Public Integrity: A more likely nuclear nightmare; Despite tsunami and earthquakes, nuclear power’s more probable threat — recurring fires — goes unchecked The safety plan for any nuclear power plant reads like a doomsday book…Earthquakes, floods, airplane crashes, mass evacuations, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, tornadoes — all are disaster scenarios deemed a risk...
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Signs of Ozone Layer Recovery Detected

May 22, 2011

“22 years of banning CFCs is starting to pay off. Researchers have finally been able to measure a reduction in size of the ozone layer hole, after finding the source of its fluctuations. ‘Salby’s results reveal a fast decline in ozone levels until the late 1990s, then a slow rebound that closely matches what...
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Drill baby drill becomes spill baby spill…new spill from Deepwater Horizon

May 22, 2011

Last weekend, the president announced he was taking steps to speed up oil and natural gas drilling on public lands and offshore waters. As Jerry Cope, via Twitter, of the Huffington Post reported that a New Huge Spill is MISSISSIPPI CANYON SYSTEM same as Deepwater, source is reported to be MC243. New HUGE slick...
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Not my last post May 21st – Rapture…CDC zombie apocalypse??

May 21, 2011

When I wake up on May 22nd, I will begin the day like everyday. With the thought of how wonderful the world and its life we have been given. And that in an instant, it can be gone. It is why we should always treat each other and each day as it could be...
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EPA’s Lisa Jackson on The Daily Show

May 20, 2011

Lisa P. Jackson reminds the American people that environmentalism isn’t a spectator sport. The Daily Show - Exclusive - Lisa P. Jackson Extended Interview Pt. 1
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FREE – DOE Webinar May 23: Hydrogen Production by PEM Electrolysis—Spotlight on Giner and Proton

May 20, 2011

DOE - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is offering a webinar on Monday, May 23, 2011, from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT) titled “Hydrogen Production by PEM Electrolysis—Spotlight on Giner and Proton.”  Register now to attend this free webinar. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolysis is commercially available and is an enabling technology for...
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CBO Look at Nuclear Power for Navy Surface Ships

May 20, 2011

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) developed a hypothetical future fleet, based on the Navy’s shipbuilding plan, of new destroyers and amphibious warfare ships that are candidates for nuclear propulsion systems. Specifically, CBO chose for its analysis the Navy’s planned new version of the DDG-51 destroyer and its replacement, the DDG(X); the LH(X) amphibious assault...
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Department of Energy Releases 2011 Strategic Plan

May 20, 2011

The Department of Energy today released its 2011Strategic Plan (pdf – 3.46MB), a comprehensive blueprint to guide the agency’s core mission of ensuring America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. In the opening of the DOE Strategic Plan (pdf – 3.46MB), Secretary Chu...
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CBO affecting Nuclear Safety, Hazardous Waste and the Budget Deficit

May 20, 2011

The following CBO’s documents were added this month to their Website: S. 710, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works H.R. 1326, Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011 Cost estimate for the bill as amended by the...
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Research shows that honeybees are being killed by cell phones from I Hate the Media Article Feed by editor

May 20, 2011

Inhabitat-  Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones may be to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also may lead to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same...
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Did Al Gore Create EPA logo ;-)

May 20, 2011


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FDA: Don’t buy drugs marketed as antimicrobial dietary supplements

May 19, 2011

The FDA is warning consumers not to use products marketed as dietary supplements that also claim to be antimicrobial (antibiotic, antifungal or antiviral) drugs. These illegal products are falsely promoted with claims to treat illnesses such as upper respiratory infections, sinusitis, pneumonia, bronchitis and the common cold. The FDA has learned that several companies...
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Wooohooo! Coffee Wards Off Cancer

May 19, 2011

“A new study indicates that heavy coffee drinking staves off deadly prostate cancer in men. Some 47,911 US men were surveyed over the period 1986 to 2008 for the research. During this time some 5,035 of them developed prostate cancer with 642 dying of it. According to analysis by investigating scientists, men who drank...
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New mystery energy catalyzer gets U.S. partner

May 18, 2011

Nyteknik – Andrea Rossi, the energy catalyzer inventor, has reached an agreement with a new company in the United States. The agreement builds on several years of contacts with people linked to the U.S. Department of Energy. The fresh agreement outlines commercial plans in North- and South America for the energy catalyzer (PDF) –...
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Turning on our electronics and Turning off our brains…

May 18, 2011

UPI - U.S. researchers say a study of 22 U.S. states and a Canadian province shows when funding support for school libraries rises, reading and testing scores go up. Researchers at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania say the study contradicts an article of faith among critics of public schools that there is no correlation between...
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Let the GOV run your Business? Postal Service Reports Billion$ in Losses… still gives raises.

May 18, 2011

Last Time I checked, UPS and FedEx were profitable companies… Yet the USPS – The Postal Service is continuing to hemorrhage money, reporting a loss Tuesday of more than $2 billion over the first three months of the year and warning it could be forced to default on federal payments. Such a default would...
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ESL Light Bulb …. move over LED & CFL, there is a new salvation

May 17, 2011

Electron Stimulated Luminescence™ (ESL) Lighting Technology is an entirely new, energy efficient lighting technology. It uses accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor to create light, making the surface of the bulb “glow”.  ESL technology creates the same light quality as an incandescent but is up to 70% more energy efficient, lasting up to 5  times...
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U.S. government has maxed out its credit card…Halts Pension Investments

May 17, 2011

“In the economic area, this is the equivalent of nuclear war,” - AP The United States reached its $14.3 trillion limit on federal borrowing Monday, leaving Congress 11 weeks to raise the threshold or risk a financial panic or another recession. Geithner said the government could get by with bookkeeping maneuvers like that through...
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Dollar will continue to devalue… FED Never Ending Money Printing

May 16, 2011
Fed Money Printing

USAWatchdog - ….a few specific points brought up in the Press conference hosted by Fed chief Ben Bernanke are:  high oil prices are not the fault of the Fed; neither is the weak dollar, that is the Treasury Department’s problem even though U.S. dollars say “Federal Reserve Note” across the top of every single one...
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U.S. becomes net fuel exporter

May 16, 2011
U.S. becomes net fuel exporter

UPI – The United States for the first time in nearly 20 years exported more gas than it purchased from the global market for the first time in years… as domestic consumers face with high gasoline prices, data indicate. Joe Gorder, executive vice president at U.S. refiner Valero Energy, said the trend in exports...
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The great American government fire sale is on

May 16, 2011

Towns and cities with ravaged revenues are selling municipal treasures to pay the bills (AP YahooNews) - As 2010 drew to a close, the mayor of Newark, N.J., was staring into a budget abyss so deep that he sold 16 city buildings to pay the bills. They included the architecturally significant Newark Symphony Hall...
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Greenpeace too political to register as charity

May 16, 2011

Business Scoop – The High Court has ruled that Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc. is too involved in political causes to register as a charity. Justice Paul Heath turned down an appeal last Friday that Greenpeace could register with the Charities Commission after the body rejected its 2010 application. Justice Heath said Greenpeace’s political...
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Alcoa Unveils Smog Eating Aluminum Panel

May 15, 2011
Reynobond without EcoClean - Water Repellent

JetsonGreen – We’ve seen roof tiles that eat smog, but Alcoa Architectural Products is introducing an architectural panel that the company claims can clean itself and the air around it.  Reynobond with EcoClean is what it’s called, and it’s a combination of Reynobond, which is a pre-painted, aluminum, coil-coated panel, and EcoClean, a proprietary...
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First Passive House in Wisconsin?

May 15, 2011

JetSonGreen – Synergy is a design for an affordable, cold-climate Passive House by Tim Eian of TE Studio, the firm behind the first Passive House in Wisconsin.  Eian says Synergy is “a beacon for the 21st century renaissance of residential high-performance design.“  In other words, this is a home for everyone: it’s traditional, comfortable,...
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California will close a fourth of its parks… America as we knew it.

May 15, 2011

Bloomberg – California will close a fourth of its parks to save $33 million over the next two years as leaders of the most-populous state work to close a $15.4 billion budget deficit.
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Swollen Mississippi Threatens Gas Refineries and nuclear facilites

May 15, 2011

Reuters - Heavy flooding in the U.S. Midwest shut Ohio River terminals, limited barge movements and threatened to disrupt refinery operations along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. There are 10 refineries, including the second-largest U.S. refinery, located along the Mississippi River, that can process 2.4 million barrels per day...
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Fort Belvoir Community Hospital – The DoD Green Buildout

May 15, 2011
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital – The DoD Green Buildout

Federal News Radio -  There’s a green side-effect to the 2005 DoD Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round that’s wrapping up this year. Defense employees are moving from older, less energy-efficient buildings into new facilities that have to meet minimum standards for green construction. One example of the greener buildings springing up around the...
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US exports hit a record high as China Runs A Trade Deficit!

May 15, 2011

US exports hit a record high in March, buoyed by the weak dollar and strengthening global demand as US trade returned to levels last seen before the global financial crisis. US exports grew 4.6% in March to USD 172.7 billion, surpassing the record set in July 2008 before world trade took a sharp downturn....
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Wanted to cut emissions of 400 million tons of CO2 annually, you could…

May 14, 2011

BigGav on natural gas flaring – The Ultimate Gas Guzzler. If you wanted to slashemissions of 400 million tons of CO2 annually, you could: take 77 million automobiles off the road, or eliminate the wasteful practice of venting and “flaring” (burning) of billions of cubic meters of unused natural gas from production wells. Much...
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Blogger is back -

May 14, 2011

Sorry for double emails or lack of any… google crashed a little this week.But is back, here is there summary: Google- “What a frustrating day. We’re very sorry that you’ve been unable to publish to Blogger for the past 20.5 hours. We’re nearly back to normal — you can publish again, and in the...
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This weeks “low down”… where we are in America’s “recovery”

May 14, 2011
Duration Of Unemployment

News and media this month nearly froze servers because “A really bad guy was killed (again) and a English couple got married” Meanwhile in my world , the cost of everything is going up.  It is getting really hard for American families to be able to afford to put food on the table and...
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Exxon CEO Admits that Oil Should Be $60-70 Dollars a Barrel Based on Supply and Demand

May 14, 2011

Under probing questioning by Senator Cantwell, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson admitted that oil should be $60-70 dollars a barrel based on supply and demand. Read from source
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School delivers fruit as punishment for lunch misbehavior while cameras roll

May 14, 2011

Students at Camp Curtain School have received cold sandwiches and fruit this week as punishment for misbehavior, including failure to clean up after themselves, school officials told The Harrisburg Patriot-News. “We created the opportunity where we could show them what the bare minimum would be,” the administrator told the local Patriot-News Attempts by msnbc.com...
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How great minds dream different

May 14, 2011

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US companies in the electricity, oil and gas, manufacturing and water treatment sectors have been warned remote software can control industrial systems

May 13, 2011

US-CERT Warns of Serious Hole In ActiveX Control From Iconics “The US’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) issued a warning (PDF) to critical infrastructure firms on Wednesday about a serious security hole in products from Massachusetts firm Iconics that could leave critical systems vulnerable to remote attacks. US companies in the electricity, oil and...
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Japan Scraps Plans to Expand Nuclear Power Capacity

May 13, 2011

Washington Post -  Japan will scrap a plan to obtain half of its electricity from nuclear power and will instead promote renewable energy and conservation as a result of its ongoing nuclear crisis, the prime minister said Tuesday. Naoto Kan said Japan needs to “start from scratch” on its long-term energy policy after the...
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Wheat Production Could Be Lowest Since 1996

May 13, 2011

Kansas: the 2011 crop could be one of the worst in many years. On May 11, Kansas Agriculture Statistics released its own forecast of the 2011 wheat crop. It estimates farmers will grow 261.8 million bushels, down 27% from last year and the lowest production since 1996.The KAS predicts farmers will harvest 7.7 million...
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FUKUSHIMA REACTOR 1: FULL MELTDOWN, REACTOR VESSEL BREACHED

May 13, 2011

One of the reactors at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a leakage of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday. The disclosure by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is the latest indication that the disaster was worse than...
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Let the GOV run your Business? Postal Service Reports 10′s of Billion$ in Losses

May 13, 2011

Last Time I checked, UPS and FedEx were profitable companies… Yet the USPS – The Postal Service is continuing to hemorrhage money, reporting a loss Tuesday of more than $2 billion over the first three months of the year and warning it could be forced to default on federal payments. Such a default would...
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How expensive it is to be a poor American.

May 10, 2011

As if the current job market and economy didn’t make it hard enough for low income households in America to make ends meet, it turns out that living below the poverty line is actually more costly in many respects as well. It not only takes money to make money, it also takes quite a...
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Unknown Amount of Radioactive Water Pumped Into Mississippi River

May 9, 2011

Radioactive Water Pumped Into Mississippi River (WJTV – May 2): The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating a radioactive release into the Mississippi River from the Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant in Port Gibson. A spokesperson from Grand Gulf tells News Channel 12 that they found standing water in an abandoned unit. In an effort to...
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Doc alert: 2011 EIA Energy Conference

May 8, 2011

The US Dept. of Energy recently held its 2011 EIA (Energy Information Administration) Conference, and they’ve posted PDFs of the presentations. You can get them all here.
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Save billions education, energy and environmental costs with $25 PC?

May 7, 2011

Braben has developed a tiny USB stick PC that has an HDMI port on one end and a USB port on the other. You plug it into an HDMI socket and then connect a keyboard via the USB port, giving you a fully functioning machine running a version of Linux. The...
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White House Explains Transport – Energy Future

May 7, 2011

The White House Blog, the President (ok, Jesse Lee ) released an infographic showing various facts about transportation energy, and how current gas prices need not be so worrisome. Highlights include rapidly increasing domestic production and rapidly decreasing prices for electric-car batteries, requesting Congress to shift tax breaks from oil producers to wind/solar/geothermal energy...
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Teen sues govt. over global warming…maybe he should get a job.

May 7, 2011

Not to piss off his Mom before Mothers day by blaming her for giving birth to him a confused and misdirected teenager is suing the federal government for allowing global warming.. “I am 16 years old. This morning I filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, for allowing money to be more...
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It is official Obama will be reelected in 2012 – On “Whatever” Campaign

May 7, 2011

CNN Poll: Ron Paul Stands Best Chance Against Obama “Ron Paul cannot get elected” President, declared Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump, who has never run for office, let alone won an election, may want to reconsider his parroting of this common refrain: A new CNN poll finds that, of...
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Fun with conspiracy birthers

May 7, 2011


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All this work for 10 years of gardening and soup?

May 7, 2011


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Obama on Soaring Gas Prices: “We Can’t Drill Our Way Out of The Problem”…

May 7, 2011

(The Hill) — President Obama called for the elimination of billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks Friday, while stressing that the United States can’t drill its way out of high gas prices.“We can’t just drill our way out of the problem,” Obama said during an energy policy speech in Indiana Friday. “If we’re...
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Bin Laden cost us $3 trillion

May 7, 2011

National Journal – As we mark Osama bin Laden’s death, what’s striking is how much the cost our nation – and how little we’ve gained from our fight against him. By conservative estimates, bin Laden cost the United States at least $3 trillion over the past 15 years, counting the disruptions he wrought on...
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Survivor of Dust Bowl Now Battles a Fiercer Drought

May 6, 2011

NY Times  – While tornadoes and floods have ravaged the South and the Midwest, the remote western edge of the Oklahoma Panhandle is quietly enduring a weather calamity of its own: its longest drought on record, even worse than the Dust Bowl, when incessant winds scooped up the soil into billowing black clouds and...
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Water and Energy connections – It’s all about the water… really, seriously.

May 6, 2011
Water Requirements of Energy

I know you are all worked up about the economy, politics, energy, food prices and that saving the world thing… well the starting and end point is water. Look at the rise and fall of great civilizations in history, control of power and resources – none can be done with out renewable water supplies.Is...
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Gas ZEN – still cheaper than rising food, heat, elec, health, water, etc… costs

May 6, 2011

Price O’ Gasoline… OpenChoke We have all seen the calculations showing us how gas prices aren’t as high as we think when adjusted for inflation. Sounds good in theory, but it still hurts to fill up the car, because we don’t typically think of things rationally, we respond to pain… In this case paying...
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press release: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) continues to highlight its advanced supercomputing capabilities this week by featuring the science and technology work done by the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program. Thi

May 6, 2011

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) continues to highlight its advanced supercomputing capabilities this week by featuring the science and technology work done by the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program. This week, NNSA also launched a new and improved ASC webpage. Today’s feature focuses on NNSA’s energy-efficient supercomputers and highlights its supercomputers ranked...
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Reducing Microconstituents in Biosolids Free Webinar

May 5, 2011

Reducing Microconstituents in Biosolids: What’s the Role for Product Stewardship?Join us for a Webinar on May 16 From 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST Professionals in the biosolids management fields are concerned about the increasing presence of microconstituents (e.g. trace synthetic chemicals from personal care products and pharmaceuticals) that appear in biosolids and waste...
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