Bill Gates gives boost to renewables storage – PV-Tech: This is pretty cool. Use salt water as a storage medium for energy (battery, if you will). This is probably not a good solution for every occasion, but stationary power should work well… ‘via Blog this’
City of Melbourne Certified Carbon Neutral | Pro Bono Australia: Wow. Melbourne is Green!:0) Aiming for Neutral CO2 by 2020. Of course that is a long way from having the whole of the city run at Zero-emissions. Especially Transportation & Electric. But you gotta complement them. That’s a big effort. ‘via Blog this’
World Water Day is upcoming on March 22… Most of us don’t realize, or don’t think about it much, the nexus of water, energy and food. It takes a lot of water to make energy; it takes a lot of water to make food… It takes even more water to make food that is higher on the food chain (beef vs. corn). It takes a lot of water to make clothes. One day per year…
WME Honorees | Ethisphere™ Institute: Check it out. This is the list of the world’s most ethical companies. There is a huge presence of US firms. One reason would be because there simply are so many US firms. It seemed that all were publicly traded, so they already are doing a lot of reporting and now are probably doing social responsibility reporting. But it is interesting to see. Look at the companies in the various sectors. The…
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Oh boy, Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake up here with her everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up….
Should Monsanto own patent rights on the elements of life? – Los Angeles Times: Few people realize how patent intensive the food industry has become. The top 10 seed companies account for 2/3 of all seeds sold. A huge % of the seed sold are patented. Wow! “Over an 11-year period, the cost per acre of planting soybeans has risen a dramatic 325%.” Ouch!… BUT if the yield is improved, then the added cost to…
