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Archaemicrobes are much better than trying to “dissolve” oil with toxic chemical solutions as was done in the Gulf of Mexico. It won’t be pushed by the oil companies (it’s not an oil-based chemical) but it can be imposed by government agencies.

YouTube (8:02) Megaborg Oil Spill

YouTube (2:32) Fox News 7 and Oppenheimer Biotechnology

YouTube (7:63) Gulf Oil Spill-Gutsy Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks

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2014/12/292014/12/31

Sepp Hasslberger: NASA successfully tests engine that uses no fuel, violates the laws of physics

05 Energy

This is a few months old but it does mark good progress for eventually developing the capability of space exploration without having to take rocket fuel along for the ride.

NASA successfully tests engine that uses no fuel, violates the laws of physics

If the efficacy of the drive is confirmed, the implications for space travel are profound. It seems that another technology from Star Trek may be about to become reality,.

2014/12/26

SchwartzReport: US Fossil Fuel Industry: $721M to Bribe Congress; $4.8B in Subsidies (ROI), $271B in Profit

05 Energy, Commerce, Corruption, Government

This is how you buy the government of the United States. You say, “$721 million is a lot of money.” I respond it is a cost of business item. Fossil fuel companies operating in the U.S. and Canada made $271 billion dollars in profit in 2012, while continuing to receive billions in subsidies. As of April 14, 2014 , according to Mother Jones, “Taxpayers currently subsidize the oil industry by as much as $4.8 billion a year, with about half of that going to the big five oil companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and ConocoPhillips.” So let me see. They spent $721 million to buy the government; they got $4.8 billion in subsidies. And the conclusion is: You and I paid the fossil fuel companies through subsidies, money which they metaphorically in turn used to buy the government so that it operates responsive to their interests, rather than the interests of the citizens who paid the taxes. What a deal.

The Fossil Fuel Industry Spent More Than $721 Million During 2014’s Midterm Elections

2014/12/192014/12/19

Sepp Hasslberger: Solid State Cooling = Major Energy Savings

05 Energy

Solid state cooling – we might in time get rid of our fridges with their sometimes noisily running motors…

We may be on the verge of a cooling revolution

The next big disruption may well be semiconductor cooling. It's been around for a hundred years in little Peltier devices that power some little refrigerated coolers and cool computer chips, but now startup Phononic has scaled it up and made it more efficient. They are making thermoelectric heat pumps that can power refrigerators and other devices with no moving parts, no toxic refrigerants, and finally, no noise.

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2014/12/182014/12/18

Yoda: New York Bans Fracking — 2 Aspects Everyone Has Missed from the NYT to Mother Jones

05 Energy, Civil Society, Commerce, Ethics, Government

Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State (NYT)

Health Department Report on Fracking in New York State (Report)

New York State Just Banned Fracking (Mother Jones)

Phi Beta Iota: The media coverage of this historic decision has been mediocre. Everyone has missed two really big deals. First, the NY ban stems from a single legal couple going village to village over the years, persuading each village to pass an ordnance against fracking. Although industry took the case to the Appeals Court, they lost. Second, fracking is recommended as an energy solution in Global Trends 2030, the flagship of the US secret world's grasp of intelligence with integrity — in other words, they don't have a clue. So this specific decision on fracking in NY represents both the triumph of informed localized citizens, and the pathetic collapse of any semblance of “national” intelligence.

See Especially:

2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

SchwartzReport: Grass-Roots Anti-Fracking

See Also:

Fracking @ Phi Beta Iota

Intelligence with Integrity @ Phi Beta Iota

2014/12/10

SchwartzReport: Australia Achieves Most Efficient Solar Panels — Total Conversion Within 15 Years?

05 Energy

Here is the latest on the Solar Trend, and it is very good news. The price of non-carbon energy is dropping so quickly and so far, that will will soon be clear to anyone that whatever one's views on climate change, carbon energy is simply no longer competitive. A conversion generally thought to take 30 years, is compressing down to perhaps half that.

Australia develops world's most efficient solar panels

The new photovoltaic (PV) system created by University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers converts 40 percent of solar light into electrical energy, which is a 15 percent increase over regular panels.

2014/12/042014/12/04

JZ Liszkiewicz: Lawsuit – True Cost of Oil Includes Destruction of Louisiana

03 Environmental Degradation, 05 Energy, 07 Other Atrocities, Commerce, Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Economics/True Cost, Government

There's a lawsuit against 92 oil-related companies to pay to restore the land they have helped erode in Louisiana which will get worse if something is not done.

Website: Restore Louisiana Now