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2014/10/202014/10/20

SchwartzReport: A Single Breakthrough That Could Cut Costs on Solar Energy by 25%

A Single Breakthrough That Could Cut Costs on Solar Energy by 25% Costs on solar are coming down steeply, and now they’re about to get even cheaper. A group of chemists at Ohio State University has invented a solar panel that stores energy without an external battery. The self-contained tuner/capacitor panels are already being licensed …

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2014/09/25

SchwartzReport: Trying to Kill Solar….

The transition out of carbon energy is beginning to bite, and the Kochs’ and their allies in carbon energy are squeezing the political whores they bought in the state legislatures and agencies to protect their interests. It’s all getting very late Roman empire. Wisconsin, a state already deeply troubled is the point of their spear …

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2014/09/21

SchwartzReport: Wind/Solar Surpass Oil as Investment

We have reached the tipping point in the transition out of carbon, and the momentum of this historic change is just beginning to gather speed. This is profoundly good news. Click through to see the charts and tables. $100B in Wind or Solar Will Now Produce More Energy Than the Same Investment in Oil Impact …

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2014/09/12

SchwartzReport: Solar Trumps Fossil — And Cost Drops 30% Each Time Installed Solar Doubles in Any Given Area…

This is lovely good news about the transition out of our carbon energy addiction. The report presents what I think is an accurate assessment of the Non-carbon Energy Trend. In spite of constant government coddling, endless subsidies, and the huge sums available to buy influence, along with ads to protect its dominance, carbon energy is …

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2014/07/272014/07/25

Sepp Hasslberger: MIT Graphite Solar Sponge Converts Sunlight Into Steam with 85% Efficiency

This is basic research – not ready to use quite yet, but a neat idea anyway and it could well turn out useful. MIT creates graphite ‘solar sponge’ that converts sunlight into steam with 85% efficiency EXTRACT

2014/06/182014/06/16

SchwartzReport: Fukushima’s Children Dying — and Solar Power Break-Through Obviates Nuclear and Fossil Fuels

Here is the latest on Fukushima, and it is tragically sad. Remember that radiation contamination sourced at the site continues to pollute Japan, Japanese waters, and the world ocean. Note the last paragraphs. In American nuclear accidents the government has been similarly duplicitous. That’s because nuclear accidents are so horrible governments everywhere don’t want the …

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2014/04/222014/04/22

SchwartzReport: Koch Brothers Seek to Repress Solar Power Across USA

Here is the Koch brothers’ latest move. These are evil people. Homeowners and businesses that wish to generate their own cheap, renewable energy now have a force of conservative political might to contend with, and the Koch brothers are leading the charge. The L.A. Times, to its credit, found the positive spin to put on …

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