via The NASDAQ opening bell this morning was rung by Solar Impulse pilots and co-founders Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg who completed the first transcontinental flight powered solely by solar energy late Saturday evening, landing at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Solar Impulse took off from the San Francisco area on May 3rd. Pilots Piccard and Borschberg […Full Article]
The United States Department of Energy has mapped areas in the U.S. for renewable energy. The charts below show the availability for wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and water (hydropower) energy sources in the U.S. Wind: Click on the chart below to see an enlarged, clearer chart. Solar: Click on the chart below to see an […Full Article]
The U.S. military has explored using alternative energy: The U.S. Navy tested a 49 foot gunboat that runs on algae-based fuel and diesel in October 2010. According to an article in The Guardian, a gallon of gas costs $400 whereas a gallon of algae-diesel mix costs $424 per gallon. The military switched to diesel fuel […Full Article]
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in October 2010 released its report ranking the 50 United States in energy efficiency. State energy efficiency budgets almost doubled from 2007 “27 states have adopted or have pending Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) that establish long-term, fixed efficiency savings targets – double the number of states in […Full Article]
truthful politics researched cars in since 1994 with city mpg greater than 30. The following list is not all inclusive: Car City Mileage 2000 Honda Insight 49 2004 Toyota Prius 48 1994 Geo Metro (owned by GM) 43 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid 49 1994 Honda Civic 39 1995 Suzuki Swift 37 2002 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon […Full Article]
Matthew Philips in Newsweek in February 2008 mentioned the following: If Texas were its own country, it would be the 48th most populous in the world With a landmass of 268,000 square miles, if Texas were its own country, it would be the 40th largest Furthermore, it would be the world’s eighth-largest emitter of the […Full Article]
Click on the chart below to see an enlarged, clearer chart. “Largest industrial CO2 emitters.” UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2009. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 9 Feb 2009 Largest industrial CO2 emitters.
Click on the chart below to see an enlarged, clearer chart. “Top 20 greenhouse gas emitters.” UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2008. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 9 Feb 2009 Top 20 greenhouse gas emitters. Click on the chart below to see an enlarged, clearer chart. To read the entire report, click on Carbon Emissions. Click on the chart […Full Article]
A.C. Thompson and Sonya Hubbard from the Center for Investigative Reporting in April 2007 mentioned the following: The oil industry lobbied against AB 32, a California anti-warming bill. The bill was eventually signed into law. Approximately $11.5 million was devoted to stop the passage of the bill. The oil industry lobbied against Proposition 87. The […Full Article]
Stanford University researchers produced a report on wind power in May 2005 mentioning the following: “Wind captured at specific locations, if even partially harnessed, can generate more than enough power to satisfy the world’s energy demands” “North America had the greatest wind-power potential, however, with the most consistent winds found in the Great Lakes region […Full Article]