The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Air power: UK company pulls gasoline from the ether There is definitely something in the air in Britain. Earlier this month, I told you about a UK technology that would turn air into electricity. Now from the same country comes a company that says it has pulled 5 liters (1.3 U.S. gallons) of gasoline from …
Defining ‘resilience’ as an innovation strategy By Reena Jana | October 18, 2012, 5:51 PM PDT CAMDEN, ME — On a chilly October day, a stone’s throw from a postcard-perfect New England harbor and across from an adorable town square, a group that included chief executives, grad students, physicians, public-school educators, activists, scientists, and artists …
How corporations are crippling U.S. prosperity By David Worthington | October 15, 2012 A dearth of competition in major U.S. industries and a government that’s policy making has been severely corrupted by moneyed interests has led to depressed wages and stifled innovation, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says in a new book. In essence, you’re …
A building system that can shrink the size of hospitals and schools Holedeck, created by Spanish architects Alarcon + Asociados, offers an alternative. The system allows for all of the unsightly but vital elements of a busy building, from pipes to cables to ventilation ducts, to be incorporated within the floor structure itself. This means …
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Designing the grid for renewables By Chris Nelder | October 3, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT Americans have been repeatedly told a series of lies about accommodating renewables onto the power grid: That it can’t handle large amounts of intermittent power generation. That standby fossil-fueled capacity must be maintained at 100 percent of demand for those …
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The latest renewable energy: Liquid air By Mark Halper | October 2, 2012, 3:52 AM PDT EXTRACTS: Air, that invisible ampleness all around us, could hold on to energy from wind turbines that spin at night when we don’t need the electricity, and then release it later, the BBC reports. All you have to do is …
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Building walkable cities cuts emissions more than fuel taxes, study says New Urbanists have advocated walkable cities and shorter commutes for years. But does investing in this approach — what behavioral economists call “smart growth” — simply look good on paper, or does it produce tangible results? It does, according to a new study published …
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