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The United Press International has story which contains the clearest quote I have heard why the US, and the world, absolutely needs to develop oil-free energy sources...Quote: "The only way you could hurt Iran is by sanctioning on oil exports," Haeckel [of the international soccer federation FIFA] said. "But that is virtually impossible because our global economy depends on a stable oil price

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The Magenn Power Air Rotor System is an interesting wind turbine concept that looks to have the potential to really take off. The initial product is scheduled to be on the market by the end of 2006, and they are taking orders now. What's more, the first product is geared toward home sized requirements (4 kw of electricity production). This is probably because it's less complicated to build and

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Nice summary on the possibilities of zero energy homes over at After Gutenberg.

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An older post that I'm keeping up with...In case anyone was wondering why we live in a universe with 3 infinitely long directional dimensions, Andreas Karch (University of Washington assistant professor of physics) and his collaborator, Lisa Randall (of Harvard) says it's because the natural evolution of universes (or more specifically the branes described in M-Theory) favor the eventual

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Another one of my favorite dreams -- the possibility of interstellar travel. This article from Physics Org talks about an interstellar internet growing from self replicating robotic missions to the stars. Interesting idea. Is this how the Borg will get started?Interstellar Spaceflight: Is It Possible? from PhysOrg.com With current space travel limited to just a few robotic probes visiting

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Found over at The Energy Blog and the Centre for Energy (tm).Kyocera Corp. (TSE:6971) plans to start shipping low cost solar panels as early as fiscal 2006 that uses just one-fifth the silicon of existing models. The expected cost for a 3 kilowatt system is just under $17,000. A $17,000 PV system that can produce an average 3 kilowatts of electricity per hour for 8 sun hours per day for at least

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Pulsar Advanced Technologies, a Canadian company, is beginning to market a hot water heating system that heats water using microwave energy (no hot water is stored). No mention of efficiencies compared to conventional instant hot water systems. Have to revisit this once the company gets some exposure.

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I just have to record this product so I can track it. If you live on the Gulf Coast, you know that mosquitoes can be a real pest for both people and pets. Here is the Mosquito Magnet, a high tech tool that kills mosquitoes (and a few other bugs). It creates CO2 by burning propane (this simulates a person breathing) and then adds Octenol from a cartridge. Octenol is a naturally occurring

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While this blog is intended to allow me to track energy related information, one of my favorite subjects is space exploration, so here is a post about returning to the moon. NASA has projected a cost of 104 billion dollars and 13 years to return to the moon permanently. One has to wonder, however, if NASA is blinded by too much knowledge on the subject of space to consider alternative

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Here's a mention of a new small windmill for small power requirements. The windmill works using piezoelectric crystals to convert a 10 mph wind to 7.5 milliwatts of power. Might be a future possibility for the house (that is, small electric generation based of piezoelectric materials).

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Measurement of success:In 10 years I will be producing the equivalent of all the energy I use at home and for local driving. The cost will be less than the average cost for a comparable house and cars using traditional energy (i.e. electricity and natural gas from the utilities, and gasoline for fuel). How much less will be based on an estimate of the utility costs verses the cost of purchase,

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Ultimately, the most straightforward source of power for transportation is sunlight converted to electricity. However, there are two major problems with current technology. One, we cannot convert the sunlight to electricity efficiently enough to replace fossil fuels and two, batteries that could conceivably store enough power for cars are way too expensive. While it's good to see progress

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I have just discovered this blogging web site. Since it's free (and because I'm cheap), I will be using this site to track information about improving my personal energy efficiency. And I guess it won't hurt to rant about a few of my own pet peeves from time to time.

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