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’
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…
Check out the workings for markets in Carbon…Cap n trade, tax and trade, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Australia does Carbon Tax and shift. Texas sets up a Carbon Exchange. California has a huge lift in the prices of Carbon allocations (CCA) because of the down time of a nuclear power plant. Overall, the price per ton of carbon is now at between $8 and $23.Anything above free, is probably a very good thing for the true…
These are all part of a dramatic change in the way that we view carbon emissions. There are three things that are prominently in the news about carbon emissions and addressing them in June of 2012. These are all part of a dramatic change in the way that we view carbon emissions. Australia is opening up a Carbon Tax at $23 per ton. They are adjusting from the mistakes of Europe when they started cap and trade at…
