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[Science Fiction Buzz Blog] Photon Farming in the Vast Solar Fields of Northern China [Mega ...: ... vast solar farms that developers hope will fuel the industrial nation, as well as cut down on its choking smog problem. Here is the original post: Photon Farming in the Vast Solar Fields of Northern China

 [Energy and Capital] Notes from the 2008 ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference: Emerging shale plays, e.g., Barnett Shale…Studies expect a potential glut, but most of the growth in unconventional gas is from tight sands and coal bed methane (CBM) and Barnett Shale. Barnett could peak early next year…takes 10 years to reach 4 Bcf/day.

 [On Target] Sun + Water = Fuel: If solar power grows enough to provide as little as 10 percent of total electricity, utilities will need to decide what to do when clouds move in during times of peak demand, says Ryan Wiser, a research scientist who studies electricity markets at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA. Either utilities will need to operate extra natural-gas plants that can quickly ramp up to compensate for the lost power, or they’ll need to invest in energy storage.

 [Greenpeace Forum: Louder than words] A Life Connected - A Way to Save the World?: Whales and dolphins and sea turtles were common and abundant. Schools of fish were so plentiful that the oceans would tumble and froth with colour and life...

[kagablog] The Rubick’s Juke: Strictly speaking, I have no respect for Strangers who wheedle into a snapshot and capitalize off an orphanisms’s natural suicidal tendencies. It goes against my grain, if you know what I’m saying.

 [FinanMart.com - IT News] FinanMart.com - IT News: E-Commerce Minute: Can Apple, Gilead and the Hot Techs Keep Growing? Tighter Purse Strings Could Choke Consumer Electronics Firms Intel Capital Gives Shot of Green to Chinese Solar Venture CenturyTel's Embarq Deal Changes the Shape of Acquisitions to Come .

 [fifostorage.com] Food Storage FAQ: Sorghum is a major feed grain in the Southwestern part of the U.S. and is where the vast majority of the national milo production goes to. Like most of the other grains, sorghum is low in gluten, but the seeds can be milled into flour and mixed with higher gluten flours or made into flat breads, pancakes or cookies.

 [No Impact Man] No Impact Man: Should we all commit suicide?: My other colleague came up to me after dinner. He said the the first colleague's provocation points to this fundamental question: is the presence of humanity on planet earth a good or a bad thing?

[Save the GOP] Save the GOP » Blog Archive » Consequences of the Offshore ...: They have many reasons to downplay the role of solar activity as it relates to climate change, funding for starters. Their study however has not been rescinded and it remains a powerful piece of evidence against the role of greenhouse gases as the primary cause of global warming.

 [Gristmill] Waste not, want not | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist: As theoretical physicist Michio Kaku advocates, leaving nuclear waste where it is, which in almost all cases is at the power plants, is a good way to make nuclear energy choke on itself, thereby helping to get rid of it.  In addition to consuming and burning fuel to move the waste and the dangers of doing so, this is another reason to oppose the Yucca Mountain project or any other storage site.

 [New Scientist - Earth] Tropical ocean sucks up vast amounts of ozone - earth - 26 June ...: Unfortunately the balloons then fall back into the ocean and choke turtles. You've saved mankind but condemmed the turtles to the dustbins of history.

 [Environment » Eoin] Palin says cause of global warming “doesn’t matter” | csmonitor.com: Here in Alaska, the only Arctic state in our Union, of course, we see the effects of climate change more so than any other area, with ice pack melting. Regardless, though, of the reason for climate change - whether it’s entirely, wholly caused by man’s activities or is part of the cyclical nature of our planet, the warming and the cooling trends - regardless of that, John McCain and I agree that we got to do something about it, and we have to make sure that we’re doing all we can to cut down on pollution.

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