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Anthony Judge: Psychosocial Implication of Without Within Enjoying going solar for oneself

Psychosocial Implication of Without Within Enjoying going solar for oneself Introduction Going solar as an exercise in technomimicry Planets “within” as vehicles for significance? Internalizing alternative modes of transportation Objects, projects, rejects and subjects Questionable objectification of the natural environment Dominion over the world “without” — understood as being “within” Problems of society as “within” …

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SchwartzReport: Another Solar Energy Break-Through

Here is some more good news about solar. Click through to see the illustrations, it will make the story clearer. Berkeley Scientists Announce Graphene Breakthrough That Will Lead to ‘the Next Generation of High-efficiency Solar Cel TINA CASEY – Clean Technica A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has just announced a new breakthrough in …

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Sepp Hasslberger: Scientists Achieve Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough

Looks like a neat advance in solar technology. Storage of electrical energy is always a problem and producing hydrogen builds the storage right in, with a fuel that can be used in a variety of ways … Scientists Achieve Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough A newly published study reveals how scientists used a solar cell and …

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Thailand Solar Cell Project Shows Promise

Thailand Solar Cell Project Shows Promise Not only does the financial structuring of the project seem sound, but the most important aspect is that it seems to be largely decentralized and focused on community investment. Centralization of renewable energy infrastructure is too inefficient/costly to be worth anyone’s time. Thailand Solar: A Shinning Example For The Rest Of The …

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SchwartzReport: BAD Fukishima Will Cost $58 Billion — GOOD Majave Solar Power Rocks

Fukushima, which has put a large swath of Japan off limits to human habitation, is a crisis that never ends, and whose remediation cost has reached war level. Everytime one of these things goes bad, it is a staggering disaster. Japan: Fukushima Clean-up Will Cost $58 Billion Agence France-Presse (France)/The Raw Story Here is the …

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SchwartzReport: Summary of US Decline, and Great News on Solar Energy

I think this analysis and the concept of framing it in a model called the Roosevelt Republic is very insightful. Decline and Fall: How American Society Unravelled GEORGE PACKER – The Guardian (U.K.) Here is an exciting new development where, once again, I couldn’t help but wonder, as I read it: what else could we …

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