US energy use dropped in 2012 as renewables, natural gas rose | Ars Technica: Yes, the US has backed off a little with energy use during the recession, especially. That would be a good thing if not for the emissions from China and India. This is an AMAZING chart of the energy in and the energy out within the USofA. This has been an interesting chart to watch over the years. ~95.1 Quads That is…
The Keeling Curve | How Much CO2 Can The Oceans Take Up?: “Recent estimates have calculated that 26 percent of all the carbon released as CO2 from fossil fuel burning, cement manufacture, and land-use changes over the decade 2002–2011 was absorbed by the oceans. (About 28 percent went to plants and roughly 46 percent to the atmosphere.) During this time, the average annual total release of was 9.3 billion tons of carbon per year, thus…
Sea levels set for a ‘continuing rise’ for generations — The Daily Climate: So here’s the story. It’s already baked into the cake. The current setting has sea levels rising for decades. Even if we all went to carbon neutral tomorrow. The basics are that greenhouse gasses will persist in the atmosphere for decades, even centuries. The most prevalent is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) which will stay in the atmosphere for 70 years, maybe 100. So,…
SustUcation: Education eZine on Innovation, Sustainability and Competitive Advantages: To Cheat or not to Cheat… The China Syndrome.: So there’s a BIG to do about cheating in china. WOW, what’s the chance. Here’s a fun video… China uncensored. http://www.yo…
Companies Search For Ways To Mine Uranium Outside Grand Canyon National Park | KRWG: Uranium and Nuclear power. So very much cleaner than coal. But, we have no plan, even to make a plan, to deal with the radioactive waste. Right now it is all being stored on site like the Fukushima reactor in Japan. They had an entire reactor devoted to waste storage. The best plan that I have ever seen is to take the nuclear…
3-D Printer Brings Dexterity To Children With No Fingers : Shots – Health News : NPR: This is just a little of the types of innovation that are possible with such new tech as 3-D printers and an open learning and open sharing mentality. One guy is a puppeteer, one is great at building prosthetics. Bring them together and hands can be rapidly developed for kids without fingers. Very cool. And if they share their…
