In response to my piece “Heard It At the Low Carbon Investors Conference, frequent commenter “MarcoPolo” writes: Nobody is saying that research and investment into alternate energy technologies, is dead. Nor would any reasonable person suggest that alternate energy technologies, …
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Readers looking for a quick history lesson about the introduction of the automobile to the American lifestyle in 1908 will enjoy this short and extremely informative video. Shown to the left is a 1921 Model T Ford; it’s extremely similar …
A reader with terrific environmental sensibilities notes: My house is made of used 2x4s and used fibreglas batts, and consumes about 25% of the energy of my neighbours’ conventionally built/operated homes. I have this amazing light (called a JOI) which …
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In the West Indian state of Rajasthan, members of the Piplantri village celebrate the birth of every new female by planting 111 trees. The impact that these trees have on this community is enormous. Not only are these trees a …
Activated carbon, also known as activated charcoal, has been used for purification since antiquity. There are references to its use in both ancient Egypt and ancient India dating to at least 1500 BC. In more modern times, it was introduced …
Some businesses have been very slow to implement environmentally friendly changes into the running of their enterprise. Partly this may be down to fear that taking green initiatives will be expensive and partly it may be that they don’t recognise …
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Here’s an article by a contributing author to Forbes who writes about OTECorp, the leader in ocean thermal energy conversion. This technology has been around a century, but has only recent become of interest. As CEO Jeremy Feakins says, “(We) …
A reader with a business plan for a wave energy device asks: In all honesty, do you think that my language is ”too slippery” and as such may creates more trouble than it’s worth in trying to convey? Good question. …
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English poet Alexander Pope was born this day in 1688, who left us with this: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. That’s something to think about in …
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In the course of a given month, I’m sure I contradict myself at least once or twice regarding the hope that ocean wave energy can come to play a prominent role in the unfolding world of renewables. Let’s put it this …
