Getting Green Off The Grid

I highlight this because news like this can make people give up and look at those of us in the green movement with suspicion. While plastic bags might not be as big of a danger to marine life as previously claimed, they’re still garbage, and they aren’t biodegradable. It’s still a much better […]

Radical terrorism is not the way to get people to adhere to your message. It just makes you look like an idiot, and marginalizes those of us who do the right thing to support our cause.
Eco-terror suspected in Seattle blazes - USATODAY.com

A white sheet spray-painted in red was found on a nearby fence. It […]

What a wonderful time to start selling solar and wind power to residents of that area.
AFP: Millions without power in Florida, nuclear reactors shut down

A massive power outage left millions of people without electricity across southern Florida on Tuesday, forcing the shutdown of reactors at a nuclear power plant, police and officials said.
Electricity was knocked […]

The ultimate off the grid data center - completely mobile.
Data Centers on Cargo Ships? - Data Center Knowledge

IDS apparently plans to develop the below-deck areas as data center space, and use deck space to house container-based data centers like Project Blackbox from Sun Microsystems or Rackable’s ICE Cube. A sales brochure (PDF) for IDS pictures […]

Well, sort of. It’s off the electrical grid, but by using natural gas pumped in, they’re still not totally independent.
Perhaps they should use windmills to capture the hot air that politicians are emitting this election season.
Beet.TV: The New York Times is “Off the Grid” in Energy Savings Move — HP Commits To Big Cuts […]

It’s really misleading to call them “zero energy”, when you do need energy to use them. I think off-grid is a much better term.
CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware’s Cape Region - Zero Energy Homes

He said new homes could easily be constructed to be eight times tighter than standards set by the nation’s Energy Star program. […]

How will this affect the grid?
NASA - Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Many forecasters believe Solar Cycle 24 will be big and intense. Peaking in 2011 or 2012, the cycle to come could have significant impacts on telecommunications, air traffic, power grids and GPS systems. (And don’t forget the Northern Lights!) In this age of […]

I really like the prototype house kit. Makes a good Christmas gift.
Nashuatelegraph.com: Get a grip on electricity use, tackle transportation

This amazing kit lets you build a prototype home of one square foot and test several technologies for sustainable living, including solar heat, greenhouse gardening, air conditioning by evaporation, electric cars and desalination […]

A vehicle with exactly one horse power. I’m not sure that this is that beneficial to the horse. On the other hand, in some areas, horses are cheaper and more available than gas/oil/biodiesel/etc.
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Simply called “NaturMobil” this vehicle is the gift of nature & science to the world. Naturmobil is a vehicle run by […]

Apparently the radioactive laptop is too good to be true…
Radioactive laptops? Perhaps not… >> Mixed Signals >> Rupert Goodwins’s Blog at ZDNet UK Community

The story is written in peculiarly convoluted prose, but appears to be saying that a breakthrough in nuclear energy technology means that we’ll all be running around with magic batteries in mobile […]