News about Solar Heat and Alternative Energy
The future is now? Pretty soon, at least - International Herald Tribune
Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York. Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience
Living Green: Four Oklahomans share their tips - Daily Oklahoman
Lisa Janssen talks with Mary Floyd from Blue 7 about going green in what you wear. Fed up with Edmond neighborhood rules that kept him from installing solar panels and hanging his clothes out to dry on a backyard clothesline, May moved out to a large
Suntech Power Holdings rises on 1Q report - Forbes
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd.’s American Depositary Shares rose Friday after the solar cell maker posted strong first-quarter results that easily beat Wall Street expectations. Adjusted earnings roughly doubled to 35 cents per ADS on revenue of
Cox cuts energy costs from the ground up - AZCentral.com
Three percent is an unimpressive number, Cox Communications officials admit. That’s the amount of gas mileage one might save by properly inflating the tires on an automobile. It might translate into an extra mile per gallon in a truck. But spread
Time to turn down the heat - The Independent
Roof insulation has to be at least 270mm thick in new homes Thirty years ago, the idea of buying a house that was as good for the planet as it was for your family seemed ridiculous, but these days new homes are often fitted with living roofs, ground
Arctic is thawing faster than expected, report says - Globe and Mail
Theo Lichacz from Kawartha, Canada writes: Where’s the science? Climatologist Martin Sommerkorn?? He is an ‘ecologist specialising on carbon-nutrient interactions with emphasis on belowground processes’and also ‘ Senior Climate Change Adviser, WWF
Preserving the past helps the future - Sun and Press
Did you know that 5 percent of the world’s population consumes a third of its resources and makes nearly half of its waste? And that 5 percent is the United States? Yup, that’s right. Americans make up only 5 percent of the world’s population, but we
New Haven magnet school provides green lessons for students - Boston Globe
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Eight-year-old Elijah Odums stood at a work table in a small greenhouse at the Barnard School in New Haven, holding an 8-inch plastic pot in one hand, a trowel in the other, while surrounded by his third-grade classmates. He
Nasa’s chief talks new approach
BBC News - The US space agency will concentrate more on exploring the outer Solar System and a little less on exploring Mars. Dr Mike Griffin tried to reassure the community of scientists who study the Red Planet, but also warned them to be prepared for change
Ascent Solar Announces Filing of Registration Statement
MSN MoneyCentral - Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. ASTI announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the proposed offering by Ascent Solar of shares of its common stock. Proceeds from the offering are
Indian police stop exiles from historic Tibet march
New Straits Times - THE Ulysses solar probe, after 17 years of studying the sun and solar system, is about to die by freezing to death, Nasa and the European Space Agency said.
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DailyTech - These rolls, while bearing an uncanny resemblance to “Fruit by the Foot”, are actually commercial grade solar photovolatics printed by inkjet printer via Konarka’s new process. (Source: Konarka Technologies, Inc.) A sheet of the material can charge a
First U.S. suburb seeking to set green standard
Arlington Heights Daily Herald - are teaming up with nonprofits and the government to canvas all 17,000 homes in the community, trying to encourage residents to upgrade their boilers, change to energy-efficient lighting, use better insulation and even invest in solar heating.
We can build a green future
Winona Daily News - There was also discussion about solar water heating systems that can be cost effective for preheating swimming pools. LED lighting is another technology that uses less electricity, and the bulbs last forever, well almost.
On Native Ground
American Reporter - government has offered financial incentives to get households to switch from oil heat to environmentally-friendly heating. Without tax incentives, wind and solar energy are non-starters, but Congress has had no qualms about giving tax breaks to