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  DoE’s Geothermal Research Program not funded FY2007

  02.06.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  In what has become one of the latest examples of the Bush Administration’s difficulty with matching their actions to their words, the geothermal program at the Department of Energy will receive funding this fiscal year of $0 if the budget passes as is. This is a national tragedy in the making as we are unable […]

• Energy

  Combined heat and power units

  02.02.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Combined heat and power units

  Distributed, private, co-generation is almost certainly part of the solution as we move toward energy independence and reduced emissions. As reported by News.com, Climate Energy, a small Massachusetts company has put a micro-sized combined heat and power unit for homes on the market. Combined heat and power units are nothing new, they’ve been in use […]

• Energy

  How many politicians does it take to change a lightbulb?

  02.01.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on How many politicians does it take to change a lightbulb?

  In California, the answer is 1. Garden variety compact fluorescent light bulb Yesterday it was widely reported in local media that Assemblyman Lloyd Levine has proposed a bill to outlaw the sale of incandescent lightbulbs in California after 2012. Instead of the traditional incandescent bulb invented by Edison and improved thereafter; compact fluorescent and led […]

• Energy

  Speaking of big ideas…

  01.31.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Speaking of big ideas…

  The Oil Drum published this long and detailed entry from the Engineer Poet on how to replace our dependence on fossil fuel and get to carbon neutrality using an enhanced biomass system coupled with electricity generation, fuel cells, and battery transport power. If you don’t have time for a long read, are data averse, or […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Enormous Geothermal Canal Proposed

  01.30.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Well here is a bold and interesting idea: Dig a long canal >128km (>80 miles) about 15 meters in diameter (~50 feet) at a depth of >5km (>3 miles) from the ocean on the Atlantic coast inland. Why? Because temperatures exceed 150C (~300F) at that depth, there is no shortage of ocean water, and the […]

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