Patrick Takahashi: A Gift to Planet Earth and H...
Topics:
Much of this is detailed in Chapter 1 of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth found in one of the boxes on the right, but the price of gasoline in 1973 (all the following will be in 2008 dollars) was $1.80/gal when the First Energy Crisis ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-takahashi...Gillian Caldwell: Putting America on a Carbon Diet
Topics:
Impose a moratorium on new coal plants that emit global-warming pollution and end our dependence on oil through strong standards and incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Join 1Sky and our allies in holding the incoming ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gillian-caldwell/...Green Stocks Investing Network, Clean Energy Ne...
Topics:
Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy · ( MUTF:GAAEX ). $4.95. First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN). $9.66 33.65 / 7.83. First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge US (ETF: QCLN). $9.66 33.65 / 7.83 ...
http://greenstocksinvesting.blogspot.com/2008/1...
NewEnergyNews: WIND AND SOLAR TOGETHER IN INDIA
Topics:
India has gone Global Green one better by adding a small wind turbine to the off-grid system. In many regions, solar and wind are perfectly complimentary because the wind starts blowing as the heat of the day recedes. ...
http://newenergynews.blogspot.com/2008/12/wind-...
Sustainable Markets Evolution: Renewable Energy...
Topics:
Let's take a closer look at the First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund (FAN). This ETF sports a much more reasonable P/E of 9.69. Just by valuation alone, I would say that FAN is much closer to a bottom than PBD, but let's take a ...
http://sustainablemarkets.blogspot.com/2008/11/...
$1 Gas Becoming A Possibility
Topics:
Likewise a selective tax on the industrial use of natural gas would allow the Pickens plan to substitute wind energy for natural gas and its use as CNG for transportation to go ahead. The tax paid at the pump would be rebated to those ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/05/1-gas-...Jake Brewer: "This Is Reality" Takes ...
Topics:
Wind turbines are very expensive but are renewable in that they have no spent fuel problems, solar is also good but very expensive. Cont. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:05 AM on 12/06/2008. - + OutsiderSA See Profile I'm a Fan ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jake-brewer/this-...6 Green Ways To Dodge Dry Skin This Winter
Topics:
And perhaps it will serve as further motivation to install solar panels or a wind turbine on your roof as a means of opting out of fossil fuel consumption and tapping into renewable energy sources. Story continues below. advertisement ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/05/6-ways...Holiday Gadget Gifts in Shades of Green - Green...
Topics:
Looking to give the gadget fan in your life something green this holiday? While the environmental credentials attending most electronics are forever a work in progress, there are plenty of gadgets on the market that at least make an ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/ho...Obama's Long List Of Promises To Keep, Obli...
Topics:
"Obama will create a competitive grant program to award those states and localities that take the first steps to implement new building codes that prioritize energy efficiency."--Obama's Blueprint for Change ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/obamas...David Foster: Dispatches from Poznań: Green Eco...
Topics:
As we face multiple challenges with creating jobs, fighting global warming and gaining energy independence, we must find solutions that move us forward simultaneously on all fronts. The answer to our persistent economic and climate ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-foster/disp...Inverted Head and Shoulders chart pattern for 2...
Topics:
iShares S&P Global 100 Index Fund ETF (IOO) over a 18 day period with about a 88% match. iShares MSCI France Index Fund ETF (EWQ) over a 18 day period with about a 88% match. FirstTrust Global Wind Energy ETF (FAN) over a 18 day period ...
http://www.deepmarket.com/patterns/inverted-hea...Mexico's Al Gore To Make Smog Capital The G...
Topics:
There are huge wind farms in the desert and they are testing alternative fuel cars. I think it's terrific that Mexico City, and it's mayor, have such lofty goals. Whether they meet them in the time allotted or not, just having the goals ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/mexico...Will Obama Reverse "Parting Gift" Coa...
Topics:
"Enforcing a law and removing a law are two different things," countered Naoma resident Vernon Haltom, co-director of Coal River Mountain Watch, an environmental group trying to stop a mountaintop mine and preserve the site for a wind ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/will-o...John Kerry: The Road Ahead
Topics:
We are NOT in a crisis and even if the temperature was shooting up at an alarming rate, since we can't alter weather events, we can't alter global temperatues, Trust me on this. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:14 PM on 12/04/ ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-kerry/the-ro...Time for India to Join the Global War on Terror...
Topics:
It is ironical that US claims to be war on terrorism, but then supplying weapons to the same villian it is claiming to fight against. Why should India trust America’s global war on terror? Trust is a two way street. ...
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/03/td...Business, the Environment and … Coffee Machines...
Topics:
It seems the business of making coffee is becoming increasingly elaborate. One manifestation of this is the global success of the Nespresso brand of coffee and coffee makers. Fans of Nespresso love the convenience and neatness, ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/bu...Renewable Energy: Washington Times - Alternativ...
Topics:
The electricity can be generated by wind or solar sources. WE have a lot available to us in the way of free energy with wind and solar. WE need to sink some of this bailout money into making these things a reality and making our country ...
http://amrenergy.blogspot.com/2008/12/washingto...
SciTechBlog: Blog Archive - Melting glaciers vs...
Topics:
You already are seeing around the world a number of wind-energy projects being pushed back,” said Yvo de Boer, head of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One of them is the high-profile U.S. effort from Oklahoma ...
http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/02/melting...Big Three CEOs To Take $1 A Year Salaries If Th...
Topics:
Bail out General Motors? The people who murdered our mass transit system? First let them remake what they destroyed. GM responded to the 1970s gas crisis by handing over the American market to energy-efficient Toyota and Honda. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/02/ford-c...House Preparing $500 Billion Stimulus Bill For ...
Topics:
Spend those trillions on energy, infrastructure, states, unemployed, facing foreclosure. Order a trillion dollars in Wind turbines to install 200 GW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (600GW nameplate) Don't ya think that would jump start the economy? ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/02/house-...Obama's National Security Adviser Interview...
Topics:
Solar and wind and the way to true national security, by removing the geopolitical wars over energy. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:09 PM on 12/02/2008. - + burndtdan See Profile I'm a Fan of burndtdan I'm a fan of this user ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/02/obamas...Robert Weissman: Nationalize GM -- Or At Least ...
Topics:
Energy all major Energy, Electricity and Oil and especially a National power grid for transfer of power from Solar and Wind... Also we must Nationalize and revive our Steel Industry..! Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman/n...Paul Krugman: "It Looks As If The Economy ...
Topics:
Propeller blades for wind turbines? Solar panels? Less expensive cars? Buying at Walmart has made the Walton family richer and us poorer in the long run. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:25 AM on 12/03/2008 ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/02/paul-k...Obama Introduces Clinton, National Security Team
Topics:
He understands the connection between energy and national security, and has worked on the frontlines of global instability - from Kosovo to northern Iraq to Afghanistan. He will advise me and work effectively to integrate our efforts ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/obama-...Betting on Renewable Energy
Topics:
If you'd rather not choose individual alternative energy stocks, you could instead invest in an exchange-traded fund. First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN) holds such wind companies as Vestas, and Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy (TAN) ...
http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/reader/welcome....Michael Giltz: Swingers: The New Voting Bloc Th...
Topics:
Look at US energy policy. Swingers take global warming and our national security seriously and they want dramatic action. They want a new national electrical grid, they want solar panels and wind farms to become dominant and not just ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/swi...Gordon Goldstein: Obama's Astute Choice: Ge...
Topics:
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has the potential to be a highly effective and respected global diplomat. As secretary of defense, Robert Gates will provide excellent judgment and continuity, along with valuable political cover ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gordon-goldstein/...Gas Tax Hikes Gaining Traction Across the Globe...
Topics:
And in Britain, the fuel tax has just risen by 2 pence a liter (roughly 11 cents a gallon), the first of three fuel hikes planned in the next few years. That may sound like a lot, but it’s a marginal amount in that country, ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/ga...A Greener Army: Eco-Friendly "War Machines...
Topics:
Renewable energy sources also play a role in U.S. Army plans to save energy and to protect soldiers' lives. "If we can reduce consumption on our forward operating bases by using renewable energy, let's say wind or solar instead of ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/a-gree...Right On! Blog » Blowing in the wind
Topics:
Micon wind turbine, Dithmarschen. Image via Wikipedia. A sensible article on the folly that is wind power. On Toronto’s waterfront stands a mighty wind turbine, its blades rotating lazily in the breeze (at least sometimes). ...
http://rightonblog.com/2008/11/29/blowing-in-th...t r u t h o u t | What to Do
Topics:
The global credit system is in a state of paralysis, and a global slump is building momentum as I write this. Reform of the weaknesses that made this crisis possible is essential, but it can wait a little while. First, we need to deal ...
http://www.truthout.org/113008YThe Oil Drum | DrumBeat: November 29, 2008
Topics:
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global oil demand is expected to decline slightly in 2008 and 2009, the first drop in a generation, as the most severe economic crisis since the 1930s slashes consumption across the developed world. ...
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4815Scientists: Revolutionary Device Can Harness Oc...
Topics:
Yeah, because this would pull out alot more energy out than say, blocking a major waterway with a hydroelectric dam. And we all know how windmills have eliminated wind over major parts of the country, and solar plants have put huge ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/29/scient...normxxx ruminates...: How To Invest In The Obam...
Topics:
... few mutual funds are specifically targeted to green energy, but several exchange-traded funds are, including PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy (PBW), Market Vectors Solar Energy (KWT) and First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN). ...
http://normxxx.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-inve...
Rich Tucker : The Permanent Campaign Soldiers O...
Topics:
Rich Tucker is an editor in Washington DC and a columnist for Townhall.com. Be the first to read Rich Tucker's column. Sign up today and receive Townhall.com delivered each morning...
http://townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/...William Bradley: Obama, Arnold, And The Renewed...
Topics:
Prior to his summit, Schwarzenegger had just signed an executive order to further streamline permitting for renewable energy projects -- such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal --and to fast track California's mandate for the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/o...Javier Sierra: Fat Cows and Thin Cows
Topics:
Obama plans to invest $150 billion in the next ten years in the development and deployment of clean and renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal. This transformation includes the creation of 5 million new green jobs ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-sierra/fat...Frances Beinecke: Environmental Community Offer...
Topics:
There's no denying the national security component of the green energy argument. Pickens wimping out on his wind plan due to the fall in the price of oil shows the types in the GOP who fail to put our country first in their "green as ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-beinecke/...Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy
Topics:
Government subsidies must be invoked to both start and maintain this new energy paradigm. These fly in the face of the drill baby drill Nineteenth Century technology crowd. Good! Tax credits for wind and solar energy have been extended. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/26/slump-...Richard Olivastro : Gasoline, Oil and the Econo...
Topics:
Solar cells don't last much more than 25 years before they have to be replaced, wind turbines have their flaws and useful life as well. Oil prices went through the roof when speculators became 70+% of the commodities market and real oil ...
http://townhall.com/columnists/RichardOlivastro...“A Good Idea Before Obama … now a Slam Dunk!” »...
Topics:
This particular teaser is for the PowerShares Nasdaq OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index ETF (PWND). Long name, eh? The other ETF in this sector is the First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund (FAN). ...
http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/11/a-good-idea...Which Comes First - Ideas or the Message? | The...
Topics:
You're wrong about global warming, but it doesn't matter. Energy prices have rendered global warming debates moot for most people - "Mom/pop middle America" understands now that there is a finite amount of oil and coal, that oil comes ...
http://www.thenextright.com/michaelturk/which-c...Jim Noles: Who's In Play for EPA?
Topics:
She also worked to revise the New Jersey's Energy Master Plan to expand New Jersey's leadership role in developing clean alternative energy sources within the state. While Jackson was at NJDEP, New Jersey became one of the first states ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-noles/whos-in...Environmentalists draft bold roadmap for Obama
Topics:
there is no reason why we should not be able to deploy renewable energy technologies locally. use the subsidies to enrich communities by directing them toward solar panels on roof-tops and wind generators in back-yards, as close to the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/enviro...Jeff Biggers: Dear Al Gore: Speak Against the R...
Topics:
It will not only destroy a mountain and a neighboring mountain community, but it will destroy one of the most acclaimed proposals for wind energy and permanent clean energy jobs in Appalachia. Al Gore: The time has come for you to make ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/dear...Energy Crisis Could Last 50 Years Or More
Topics:
For my energy needs I plan simply on installing a solar and wind system when I remodel the roof. That way in 10 years I have everything paid off (to include the house) and can make my own energy. Then I will just ride my bike to work ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/energy...Climateer Investing: Wind vs. Solar: Performanc...
Topics:
Solar: Performance of the ISE Global Wind Energy ETF vs. the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (FAN; TAN). Just a snapshot, six months, via Yahoo Finance: Chart for First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN) ...
http://climateerinvest.blogspot.com/2008/11/win...
New, Innovative Wind Turbines For Your Home
Topics:
Though solar panels definitely hog the renewable energy stage when it comes to home installations, a number of new, innovative wind turbines have entered the market in the past couple of months. Not all of these are intended to be ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/_146035.htmlDavid Blume: Bailout GM, But Here's What to...
Topics:
As CEO of General ChrysFordCo, President-Elect Obama Can Use the Bailout to Spearhead Renewable Energy and Rebuild America. It's all but a foregone conclusion that a government bailout of the auto i... As CEO of General ChrysFordCo, ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-blume/bailo...Obama Setting Economic Agenda, Will Roll Out Te...
Topics:
LIMA, Peru — President George W. Bush got a second bloc of world leaders to endorse comprehensive action to remedy the global financial crisis. But his successor, Barack Obama, is already setting the coming economic agenda. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/23/obama-...Jonathan Tasini: John Edwards for Labor Secretary
Topics:
Kerry included this in every stump speech he gave and was the first to have an ad on alternative energy, but it got very little coverage in the media. Al Gore had the first ad that spoke of global warning. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-tasini/j...Johann Hari: A Journey Across the Ground Zero o...
Topics:
He was the first person to spontaneously raise global warming with me. Can you tell me what that is? "The climate is being changed by carbon dioxide," he said. "This is a gas that traps heat. So if there is more of it, then the ice in ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/a-jou...Daniel Kessler: President Obama and Nuclear Pow...
Topics:
But how much will it cost to build the total amount of wind turbine or solar power or geothermal generation infrastructure that will give you the same amount of energy generation in any given year? Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kessler/pr...David Paul: Time to Change the Rules Rather Tha...
Topics:
First, they should change the mark-to-market rules that have made the balance sheets of financial institutions captive of swings in asset market prices. These rules exaggerate the importance of unrealized gains and losses, ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-paul/time-t...Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Power Wind, Exist...
Topics:
If you want to have wind power provide the government’s 20% renewable energy, you’ll have to give up Wales to wind turbines. An area the size of Wales would need to be covered in wind turbines to meet just a sixth of the nation’s daily ...
http://www.britishblogs.co.uk/theme/renewable-e...Andy Posner: Don't Forget the Green Collar ...
Topics:
+ davidccwong See Profile I'm a Fan of davidccwong I'm a fan of this user permalink. A thoughtful article - very interesting. I think the global financial crisis can be a genuine platform for bold ideas that will create a green economy ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-posner/dont-...Amitai Etzioni: Make it a Trillion
Topics:
Order billions of dollars of offshore wind turbines. give individuals and businesses huge tax credits for installing roof top solar. Create an US Green Bank to help green companies with liquidity problems. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/ma...Carl Pope: The President Elect Doubles Down
Topics:
Faced with an increasingly severe economic crisis, President-elect Obama made clear Saturday that his immediate economic-stimulus platform -- the first leg in his green energy-economy stool -- will be even larger and more ambitious than ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/the-pre...Dems: Congress Could Back Stimulus Plan Up To $...
Topics:
Order billions of dollars of offshore wind turbines and the grid. give individuals and businesses huge tax credits for installing roof top solar. Create an US Green Bank to help green companies with liquidity problems. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/23/dems-c...How Social-Consciousness Fuels Eco-Consciousness
Topics:
The equation is fairly simple: Fewer people=fewer resources required=less waste produced=less land used=eventual smaller global carbon footprint=eventual easing of global warming=increased biodiversity. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/how-so...European Tribune - Community, Politics & Pr...
Topics:
We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars and the alternative energy technologies that can ...
http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/11/22/103924/95Atmospheric Insights: No Dancing – SSTs Respond...
Topics:
What the large GWO signal means is global westerly wind flow has increased, much of that occurring in the subtropical atmospheres where 200mb zonal mean zonal wind flow anomalies are ~2-5m/s. The dynamical processes contributing to this ...
http://weatherclimatelink.blogspot.com/2008/11/...
TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | How Obama is Al...
Topics:
His words: "We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars and the alternative energy ...
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/22...Giving Turbines a Boost With Curves - Green Inc...
Topics:
The technique could allow wind energy in urban areas where a conventional modern turbine is impossible. “You cannot bring a 40-foot blade into a city,’’ he said. And an 80-foot diameter turbine rotating on an urban building would be ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/gi...Jeff Biggers: Obama Appointments: Time for a Co...
Topics:
... including retraining, rebuilding, and the development of wind, solar and geothermal sources of energy. This will not happen if the incoming administration doesn't first vet the coal industry backgrounds of key players. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/obam...Caltech Studying Keys To Urban Hydroponic Farmi...
Topics:
We try to make energy on farms and try to grow veggies on our roof (these are not even food plants, neither lettuce nor tomatoes have any nutritional value, we grow them because they taste good). But ANY sane person anywhere in the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/21/caltec...Gavin Newsom: Recharge America with Electric Cars
Topics:
Green technology would not only provide clean cheap energy it would create millions of badly needed new jobs. The Book is called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW. Our politicians all need to read this book. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gavin-newsom/rech...Sen. Boxer To Propose Cap-And-Trade, $15B Energ...
Topics:
The first is a proposal to create a grant program that would hand out $15 billion a year to support clean energy innovation. This is in line with Barack Obama's campaign promise to spend $150 billion over 10 years on clean energy, ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/_145430.htmlCheap Green: Energy and Ovens - Green Inc. Blog...
Topics:
Pop a fan in the door, or set the furnace blower to continuous, and move that heat to the rest of the house and keep the furnace off; all the energy consumed inside the house can be considered part of your heating bill in winter. ...
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/ch...Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte: The Methane Bo...
Topics:
Redirect fossil fuel subsidies and incentives into a continuous federal subsidies and incentives program for developing energy efficient processes and renewable energy sources: wind turbine installations, solar thermal plants, ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/_144950.html