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Mar 31, 2011 – This is a must read.  Today The New York Times published a special section: Energy.  Go to their website.  Even if you don’t have a subscription you are allowed to read 20 stories each month.  You might as well use up your March allotment today.  Some of the stories: “Can We [...]

Mar 30, 2011 – GoSolarUSA received word from Xiamen Solar Electronics (XSE), the Volt’s Chinese developer, that manufacturing would wrap up soon on the hotly anticipated gadget. GSLO ordered the mass production of the Volt Solar Charger late last month in preparation for the device’s upcoming North American launch. Earlier this year, GoSolarUSA signed a [...]

Mar 30, 2011 – President Barack Obama is making a speech today on USA energy policy.  He is outlining a plan to reduce oil imports. New fuel standards will cut energy use and save money. New incentives will promote oil exploration and production in the USA. Off shore drilling will be encouraged as long as [...]

Mar 28, 2011 – Over 1,500 Tesla Roadsters around the world have now driven more than 10 million real-world miles, the greatest distance covered by any electric vehicle maker to date. Said Tesla CEO Elon Musk: “We owe this achievement to Roadster drivers around the world and their pioneering adoption of electric vehicles.” The Roadster [...]

Mar 28, 2011 – The New York Times reports “When finished, Sydney’s Central Park, a $2 billion mixed-use site on 6,500 square meters, or 70,000 square feet, of park land, will have 11 buildings that will be so energy efficient they will be able to export electricity to neighboring areas, according to the developer, Frasers [...]

Mar 28, 2011 – SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA; SPWRB) announced today that Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has awarded SunPower a contract to provide 11 megawatts of solar power systems technology for the utility’s TEP Bright Roofs program. During the next three years, TEP will use the SunPower technology to install, own and operate multiple solar [...]

A student at a science fair shows a solar panel that uses not only the light of the sun, but also it’s warmth to produce electricity. The following video from CNN explains the importance of Science and Math education.

The following video from CNN explains a new way to safely store and transport hydrogen fuel.

The following video from CNN compares nuclear power to solar power, wind energy, natural gas and clean coal. It mentions that new nuclear power plants will be built and one is currently under construction in Bay City, Texas.

Mar 24, 2011 – Iodine 131 has been detected at levels 2x the recommended limit for children.  The government will provide bottled water to families with young children.  Nothing was mentioned about pregnant women, but they should also avoid public water in Tokyo.  Tokyo receives it water supply from systems to its north in the [...]

Mar 21, 2011 – Set aside April 2, 2011 to go to the Esplanade Riverwalk Park for a fun-packed full day of Green activities for adults and kids.   There will be interactive exhibits at the Museum of Discovery and Science across from the Park.  Fort Lauderdale residents can also sign up to participate in a [...]

Mar 18, 2011 – Japan raised the danger warning from to 5 from 4 on the 7 point scale.  Three Mile Island in the US in 1979 was a classified a 5 by the USA.  But Fukushima has already released more radioactivity than TMI.  Chernobyl was the only nuclear event classified as a 7. What [...]

Mar 18, 2011 – Don’t they use fixed wing planes with huge amounts of water to “bomb” fires in American forests each year? Why haven’t they been brought to Japan? If they don’t have the range to fly from the USA on nonstop, couldn’t they have been put on an aircraft carrier a week ago? [...]

Mar 17. 2011 -  Happy St Patrick’s Day. Has anyone heard what the water cannons achieved. Please leave your comments here.

Mar 16, 2011 – Do you have a suggestion for containing the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima Daiichi, Japan? Please leave your comments here and we will pass them on to the authorities who seem to be dazed and confused. Do you have a suggestion for protecting individuals from radioactivity? We have already discussed KI, potassium [...]