Cool transportation concept out of MIT. Half-size prototype in the video, the actual will be about same size as a Smart when unfolded, much less when folded to park / store.
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City Transportation
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH, TRANSPORTATION, VIDEO DU JOUR on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting Wind Turbine Design
Posted in CARBON STATS, ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This could be interesting. I wonder what they sound like IRL.
Common-Pool Resources
Posted in CARBON STATS, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH, PEEPS on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You could say we brought upon ourselves the economic and environmental tragedies of today. And you’d probably be correct. Everyone is still finger pointing because, by definition there can be no absolute answer, so it’s safe. Fairness is at the bottom of all of this, but where? And why. Perhaps a narrow definition of private [...]
Fun with Superconductors
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH, VIDEO DU JOUR on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I know. It’s been a long time between posts. My only explanation, truth be told excuse, is it appears there’s an global conspiracy to keep me from enjoying recreation time. Until I solve this one, here’s a video that caught my attention. Enjoy.
Enhanced Geothermal
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, VIDEO DU JOUR on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The folks over at google.org put some money to work in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The energy from the heat beneath the earth’s surface is essentially an unlimited resource. What if it could be developed to help solve our energy challenges and fight global warming? Enhanced Geothermal Systems, or EGS, attempts to do just that. [...]
Cool Cooling Concept
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Refrigeration consumes a significant amount of electricity. Dear Lazyweb, if someone out there knows the percentage estimate for the USA and elsewhere I’d appreciate an email from you. Gadolinium (Symbol: Gd) is a metal with some interesting magnetic properties. When placed in a magnetic field it heats up, then when the magnetic field is removed it cools down. [...]
Clever Incentive To Be More Green
Posted in CARBON STATS, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, ENERGY, HEH on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Save fuel, get through traffic quicker and perhaps also safer. Nothing not to like, very clever. In Barcelona and Madrid motor bikers get pole position at traffic intersections. The pavement is marked with a yellow grid (Barcelona) or bike icons (Madrid), bikers scoot ahead of the cars and busses for the light change. Economic incentives [...]
Two Well Done Commercials
Posted in ARCHITECTURE & ART, ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two commercials I’ve seen recently intrigued me, though I would share: and
Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
Posted in CARBON STATS, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, ENERGY, PEEPS on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I realise everyone on the planet is focused on the ongoing Bear debacle and gossip re insolvent financial institutions about to be outed, with biofuels way down the list of topics at dinner tables in most NYC restaurants tonight. But this is a much bigger deal in the long run so I’m posting against the [...]
Climate Exchange
Posted in CARBON STATS, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, ENERGY on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a piece in the WSJ today re Richard Sandor, emissions and carbon trading. The next big battlefield will be in the U.S., where Congress is currently debating setting up a system for regulating greenhouse-gas emissions. Lawmakers are considering a system like the one created by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a global United Nations-sponsored accord that set [...]
EU Carbon Targets
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE, ENERGY, HEH, POLITICS on January 23, 2008 | Comments Off
The European Union’s original carbon targets are history. The new EU climate-change scheme was revealed today, power companies and other emitters will have to ratchet up their use of renewable energy. Country by country these targets will be sorted into directives, industry will have to pay for the right to pollute. Carbon trading schemes (cap-and-trade) [...]
Google’s Solar Vision
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH on November 27, 2007 | Comments Off
Larry Page blogs today: …Our goal is to build 1 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic that this can be done within years, not decades. If we succeed, it would likely provide a path to replacing a substantial portion of the world’s electricity needs with renewable energy sources. [...]
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