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As a man that has spent a fair bit of time wondering around with a power meter and plugging various figures into excel spreadsheets, I was a little skeptical when I saw the news story the other day that UK … Continue reading
Environmental
Mongolia on brink of world’s greatest resource boom. A life without electricity? Not particularly likely but it is interesting to see people looking at alternatives to running everything with the electron.
Environment
Landfill mining starts to become more mainstream. You dig up the rubbish, get all the valuable materials out then burn the rest in a plasma arc to generate electricity.
Environmental
Lunar Cubit. Art installation/power plant. More of the former than the latter as it’ll only power 250 homes. Interesting though I preferred the runner up in the competition, the Windstalks as they look a little more practical and just as … Continue reading
Environmental
An green alternative to the Nectar card – Ice – where you get paid for shopping at sustainable/local shops. Only just launched but I’d be interested to keep an eye on it.
In the news
A good example of our throw away society – and one that will annoy the hell out of me if approved – is Tottenham Hotspur’s desire to take over control of the London Olympic stadium after the 2012 games. And … Continue reading
Interesting
I’d heard of the Passenger Pigeon before and whilst I knew it was hunted to extinction, I’d never really read up about it. Then something tweaked my curiosity the other night and so I did a little reading on that … Continue reading
Environmental
Giant wind tower proposed in Japan. Will offer higher efficiencies, on site storage (although I have no idea what nano water is) and a desalination plant all in a small area when compared to traditional wind farms. Interesting concept.
Interesting
Video by National Geographic – 7 Billion (the population of the planet by the end of this year if you’d not guessed already).
Environmental
Google releases the Google Earth Engine to help people monitor environmental changes. If you want a better overview check out this video.