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Energy-2: Recovery Act Will Have Doubled Americ...
Nov 15 2011 11:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Quotethe $90 billion in Recovery Act investments in science, technology and . . . innovation projects across the country. 1. Make solar power as cheap as dirty energy by 2015 2. Make electric vehicles as cheap as...
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Permaculture-2: Geoff Lawton "greening The...
Nov 16 2011 01:45 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Multipurpose-2: Small Spaces, Mobile Track Apar...
Nov 16 2011 02:15 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Multipurpose-2: Umbrella House
Nov 16 2011 02:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Figure 1 Geodome, the first umbrella home (in idealized form), maintains a 66° to 74° temperature year-round without heating equipment in western Montana’s cold climate. In summer, solar heat radiates in, falls on int...
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Multipurpose-2: Rocking Water Pump
Nov 16 2011 04:05 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Energy-2: Efficient Home Upgrades That Pay For...
Nov 16 2011 04:20 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Energy-2: Saving Land With Floating Solar Panels
Nov 16 2011 05:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Quote According to New Jersey American Water, . . . the installation at the Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant . . . is the first solar array on a body of water . . . designed to withstand a freeze/thaw environment. Th...
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Energy-2: What Is The Doe "sunshot" Goal?
Nov 16 2011 07:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The Department of Energy’s SunShot program, . . . which represents Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s vow . . . to reduce the overall cost of rooftop solar to $1 a watt . . . NOT per panel, but for the entire installation: . . . parts, labor, permittin...
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Multipurpose-2: India Narmada Canal Solar Project
Nov 16 2011 11:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Cover a canal with solar cells, and you get: . . . power transmission distributed direct to villages, . . . possible hydro power, . . . humungous water saved from evaporation, . . . no restriction of water travel, . . . no land is being used.
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Homes-2: Passive Annual Heat Storage Improves E...
Nov 16 2011 11:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Permaculture-2: Geoff Lawton, Towards Centres W...
Nov 17 2011 12:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Permaculture-2: Geoff Lawton Water Harvesting T...
Nov 17 2011 12:15 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Permaculture-2: Geoff Lawton 300 Year Old "...
Nov 17 2011 12:30 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Multipurpose-2: Intel Shrinks Supercomputer Int...
Nov 17 2011 03:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Quote Knights Corner crams more than . . . 50 general-purpose Pentium microprocessor cores onto a single chip. All by itself, Knights Corner can perform . . . about 1 trillion mathematical calculations per second. In...
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Health-2: A Hospital-Quality Ekg On Your Smartp...
Nov 17 2011 03:25 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Health-2: Mobile Ipads, Help Patients To Improv...
Nov 17 2011 03:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
QuoteClinicians at the Health Central Park nursing home in Florida . . . have been using the devices with residents for months, and . . . have found improved patient . . . . . . engagement, . . . . . . mobility and . . . . . . dexterity are rising, am...
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Health-2: Telemedicine Company Brings $1 V...
Nov 17 2011 03:50 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Quote There aren't too many doctors in the village of Hari Ke Kalan, . . . in the Punjab region of northern India. But for $1, residents who bicycle to a new health clinic . . . can get an appointment with a...
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Transportation-2: Ancient Chinese Wheelbarrow W...
Nov 17 2011 09:30 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) It is said, that General Liang invented an ingenious Chinese wheelbarrow about 1,800 years ago. . . . With the center of gravity over the one immense wheel, could carry up to 6 passengers at a time, . . . the user ha...
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Energy-2: 53% Global Increase In Energy Use, Em...
Nov 17 2011 03:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
World wide in 2035, according to the report, . . . 80% of energy will come from fossil fuels, and a . . . 43% increase in carbon dioxide emissions. "The economy is a very key driver of energy," Howard Gruenspecht said.
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Garden-2: "no-Work Victory" Garden, Ref...
Nov 17 2011 08:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
(CLICK picture for source article) Quote Tomatoes growing in my compost garden, yum! The Garden Begins For the first time in a long time a planted a vegetable garden and it is around a compost pile! I got the idea years ago from a magazine...
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Transportation-2: The World's Greenest Vehi...
Nov 17 2011 12:00 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Gordon Murray, car designer and winner, with McLaren, of 5 Formula One championships and 50 Grand Prixs, turned his prowess to issues of congestion and sustainability in 2007. Gordon Murray, formerly McLaren's F1 head designer and now director of...
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Permaculture-2: Geoff Lawton 2,000 Year Old Foo...
Nov 18 2011 02:45 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Energy-2: Interior Opening Up 17 Solar Energy Z...
Nov 18 2011 03:05 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Looking to streamline and speed up the process . . . of developing the nation’s solar power potential, . . . the US Dept. of Interior took another step . . . towards opening up public land in 6 Western states . . . . . . Arizona, . . . . . . Calif...
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Energy-2: Peak Oil And The Light At The End Of...
Nov 18 2011 03:35 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Energy-2: Industry Leaders: Sunshot's...
Nov 18 2011 03:55 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Rapid growth in solar photovoltaics . . . has brought installation costs . . . within sight of $1 per watt for large projects and . . . closer to competing with fossil fuels. Prices still hover around $3 per watt currently, . . . so it will...
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