Month: September 2011

Reports of the Death of Solar are Highly Exaggerated (Take Action)

13 years ago Zachary Shahan 1 Comment

“The solar company Solyndra filed for bankruptcy last month, which media reports have depicted as the end of solar power in the U.S. This is like saying there is no future for the internet because Netscape went out of business.”

Love this. This is the intro to a great email I received from Vote Solar yesterday. There’s more worth sharing, and it was really so well-written I don’t see the point in changing or adding much, so here’s more:

Toshiba Introduces Voice-Controlled AND Energy-Efficient Air Conditioner

13 years ago charis 1 Comment

Toshiba Home Appliance of the Toshiba Group has introduced the world’s first voice controlled air conditioner – the Daiseikai VOiCE NDR Series. There are 13 models with a variety of functions and colors. As with most Japanese A/C units, it is meant to be mounted on the wall and controlled via remote control. Having lost my remote control countless times, the voice activation feature seems pretty handy. From Toshiba’s point of view, they developed the voice command system to introduce simplicity and an intuitive user interface to a multifunctional and potentially confusing home appliance.

Study: Natural Gas May Not Provide Immediate Global Warming Improvement

13 years ago Nicholas Brown 8 Comments

Natural gas is considered an important part of the energy mix by many on the right and left because it can not only provide baseload power (generate a consistent amount of electricity reliably all the time), but natural gas can be used to fuel peaking and backup power plants which can be started quickly enough to backup malfunctioned power plants and avoid long blackouts in the event of a power shortage.

Biggest Wind Farm in the US – in Nevada?

13 years ago susan 2 Comments

A gigantic wind farm with the power output of three or four average-sized coal plants has been been proposed by the US wind development subsidiary of the European renewable energy investor Good Energies, in Nevada, according to ReCharge.

The wind farm would be extraordinary, the largest wind farm in the US at a staggering 990 MW. But it would also be Nevada’s first ever wind farm.

Rand Paul Tries to Stop EPA’s Ozone Cap and Trade

13 years ago susan 4 Comments

The Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky introduced S.J. Res 27 on September 8th, a resolution that would force EPA to scrap next January’s EPA implementation of cap and trade under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) entirely. Then on September 12th, Republican House member Stephen Fincher of Tennessee introduced H.R. 2891 in the House, that would delay implementation by a decade.

Can Republicans prevent the EPA implementation of cap and trade to cut ozone pollution?