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Written by Miranda Marquit
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
Photo: sarowen, Creative Commons, Flickr
ConocoPhillips (COP) has joined the ranks of Big Oil companies getting out of the retail gasoline business. The Houston Chronicle reports that COP is looking for a business model that is more sustainable: |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
There are a number of ways to harness the energy of oceans, from simple tidal generators to more complex tidal barrages. Some researchers are even imitating Nature to come up with new designs.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 August 2008 )
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Written by Miranda Marquit
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resiliency
By Rob Hopkins
Green Books
240 pages
$24.95
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
Beloit College, in Wisconsin, annually publishes a list for incoming students that identifies (and perhaps corrects) the sociological and political assumptions of 18 year-olds entering their first year of post-secondary education.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 August 2008 )
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Written by Miranda Marquit
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
Photo: blucarbnpinwheel, Creative Commons, Flickr
There are a lot of thoughts out there about alternative energy, especially now that oil prices are going up again. And one of the latest forays into alternative energy is being conducted by Google (GOOG).
Google, through its charitable arm Google.org, has offered almost $11 million for research on geothermal energy. And this large amount makes Google a larger investor in geothermal energy than even the U.S. government. The potential for geothermal energy is also rather huge, reports Scientific American: |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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“In a game of give and get,” the PhysOrg.com reporter emphasizes: “The brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it.”
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
Photo: baboon™, Creative Commons, Flickr
Remember the 1987 sci-fi movie Innerspace (with Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan), where test-pilot Quaid is miniaturized and travels inside Short’s body?
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008 |
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With water, or the lack thereof, becoming the hottest new topic since global warming, the nearly waterless washing machine by Xeros Ltd (a private company out of Leeds, England) looks to take the appliance industry by storm. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 August 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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The humble dandelion was first brought to America by European settlers. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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Written by Mark Bershatsky
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Saturday, 16 August 2008 |
Some years ago, an old friend of mine and I were shooting the breeze, discussing some global issues and what might be coming, when he abruptly declared "Actually, we're wasting our time trying to speculate on what might happen, the outcome has already been determined."
Now I have always trusted this friend's judgment, but in this instance I quickly fired back an amused "And how do you know that?" To which he replied, "because professional wrestling is real and the rest of the world is rigged."
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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