Carbon dioxide isn’t the sole contributor to global warming and climate change. An even larger and more dangerous chemical is methane, the abundant naturally occurring gas that can be found almost anywhere — from coal mines to cow farts and composting piles.
America’s love affair with the incandescent light bulb may still be smokin’ hot, but the affection appears to be somewhat one-sided according to a recent article by Rob Lever for AFP. Lever details more than a dozen cases in which state lawmakers are trying desperately to ensure that the beloved bulbs stay on the market, despite new federal energy efficiency standards that effectively phase out the old technology.
An NYU student from Brooklyn decided he wanted to create a swimsuit that would cool his beer. The result: using flexible solar photovoltaics surrounded by plastics, he created a bikini that can power your iPhone, iPod or similar devices. Apparently, he’s getting to work creating a male version as well, the iDrink. This one, having more surface area, will be able to power a 1.5 amp peltier junction that can cool a beer in a custom coozy.
Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed a silver-inked rollerball pen that allows users to draw electrical circuits and interconnects on paper, wood and other surfaces.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, one of the Republican party’s many two-faced liars (who says he is promoting renewable energy but is, in fact, doing everything he can to fight its growth), recently announced that he was pulling the state out of the Northeast’s climate change and clean energy cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Well, it turns out, Governor Christie may not have the power to do so soon… but it’s going to be a close call.
The drive to replace coal-burning electricity with natural gas continues to run into environmental speed bumps.
The solution to the variability of wind power is more wind.
These look pretty cool. And apparently they are getting popular in San Diego. They are small wind turbines combined with solar panels from DyoCore. The name of this product is SolAir.
Pictures and video of the ‘Sun Cutter’ and some suncut sunglasses before a little text on it and its creator. Then, info, pictures, and video of a 3D solar-powered printer that melts sand to create glass objects.
The world has had plenty of warning that the EU was going to require that all aircraft landing in Europe have lower CO2 levels by 2012, or pay harsh greenhouse gas fines.
