Solar System

City must get green

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:49:29 GMT

In the midst of a federal election campaign that has put green energy front and centre, a city committee's decision to prevent an Ottawa man from setting up a wind turbine in his backyard suggests the city has ...

Candidates propose divergent paths to energy independence

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:21:09 GMT

As Americans struggle to keep up with the rising costs of energy, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are offering energy proposals they hope will attract budget-conscious voters.

Robot rolls into Lompoc hospital

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:19:16 GMT

Think "Star Wars." Think R2-D2. Now the picture should come into focus - a mobile robot, a computerized whiz kid that can amaze and astound with its space-age medical technology.

Comerica embraces sustainability with new facilities

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:18:23 GMT

Soaring energy prices, global population increases and a shrinking amount of natural resources around the world are motivators for a new corporate sustainability program at Comerica Bank.

Renewable energy out of reach for average folks

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:03:32 GMT

When it comes to energy efficiency, it's less about flashy equipment and more about doing nitty-gritty, dirty work.

Winter constellations are rising

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:16:03 GMT

IAN Brantingham is setting your sights on what is happening in the skies above Moray in October.

Biofuel bungle , the question:ethanol or none at all?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:07:57 GMT

Biofuels have received a bad rap over the past year. The concern is that using acres of corn, sugar cane, soybeans and rapeseed for ethanol and biodiesel production decreases land use for food crops.

RSS Mashup

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:07:21 GMT

Be sure to visit the home of the Energy Retards - See how stupid they can be!

Inspiron 700M Series Li-ion Battery : Replacement for Dell Inspiron 700M Series Laptop Batteries

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:06:30 GMT

October 6, 2008, 03:17 AM - - Item Number: ELDE028K Chemistry: Li-ion Volt: 14.80V Capacity: 4400 mAh Dimension: 272.10 x 34.60 x 25.20 mm Net ...

2008 Taiwan Int'l Photovoltaic Forum and Exhibition Solar Prospects...

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:58:04 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Welcome to the brightest, cleanest, most dynamic show in the universe! It ' s PV Forum & Exhibition Taiwan ' 08 and it turns the sun from October 7 to 8 across the TWTC.

'Space rock' offers clues to life

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:48:29 GMT

Asia Pacific News.Net Monday 6th October, 2008 Washington, Oct 6 : A meteorite, which crashed into Australia 40 years ago, is telling researchers new things about how life may have started on Earth, and how ...

TAIPEI INVENT 2008 Wraps Up Super Success - Forbes

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:50:00 GMT

Taipei INVENT (The 2008 Taipei Int'l Invention show and Technomart) wrapped up a supper success today (Sept. 28th) that beckons well for both inventors and future shows. And even though a full force typhoon forced the show to shut down early on its ...

Solar spotlight on North Bay

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:28:49 GMT

Financial markets may crumble and the housing market take a dive, but the solar promise still shines along with the sun in California, and nowhere as brightly as in the North Bay.

Sun Is Not A Perfect Sphere, NASA Spacecraft Finds - Science Daily

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:38:00 GMT

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2008) ? Scientists using NASA?s RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity the sun develops a thin ...

Worlds in collision - Science Centric

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:48:00 GMT

Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from Earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at UCLA, Tennessee State University and the California Institute of Technology will report in a December issue ...

Lightening the Load - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:48:00 GMT

One of the biggest hurdles solar power faces is the price tag. The fuel is free -- but the residential systems that capture the fuel often cost $30,000 to $50,000. And that's just too steep for most people, especially in tough economic times. Now a ...

Rock Offers Mirror-Image Clues to Life's Origins - Washington Post

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:00 GMT

For more than 150 years, scientists have known that the most basic building blocks of life -- chains of amino acid molecules and the proteins they form -- almost always have the unusual characteristic of being overwhelmingly "left-handed." The ...

Secret to ample water supply may be to capture, recycle it

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:10 GMT

Whether it's cisterns for Healdsburg greenspaces, sludge-scrubbed wastewater for a Windsor winery, 'greywater' recycling for an American Canyon hotel or desalinated water for island cities in Dubai, Bill Wilson ...

Meteorites From Inner Solar System Match Up To Earth's Platinum ... - Science Daily

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:17:00 GMT

ScienceDaily (Oct. 4, 2008) ? Some of the world?s rarest and most precious metals, including platinum and iridium, could owe their presence in the Earth?s crust to iron and stony-iron meteorites, fragments of a large number of asteroids that ...

Amid natural gas boom, Colo. town taps solar - Las Cruces Sun-News

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:58:00 GMT

RIFLE, Colo.?One of the communities at the epicenter of Colorado's natural gas boom is turning to the sun to start powering some city facilities. Rifle, about 180 miles west of Denver, is using an array of solar panels to produce electricity for a ...

House approves extending energy tax credits - Reuters UK

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:44:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday extending billions of dollars in tax credits for the solar, wind and biodiesel industries, ending months of uncertainty for renewable energy companies. The House voted ...

Green Business: At Traditional Medicinals, solar tea

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:31:31 GMT

Traditional Medicinals reached a long-desired goal last week, lighting up a solar installation that will produce nearly all the energy needed to run its operations.

What happened to the Kuiper Belt's smallest objects? - New Scientist

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:37:00 GMT

The hunt continues for the outer solar system's tiniest residents. A two-year search to find small objects there has turned up nothing, bolstering theories that 'all hell broke loose' in the solar system just a few hundred million years after it ...

Messenger From Mercury - Eflux Media

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:47:00 GMT

MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, shortly Messenger, is a NASA probe that will soon do a flyby of Mercury and take approximately 1,200 photographs of the planet?s territory. Mercury is the closest planet to our sun and ...

U.S. scientists find sun not perfect round sphere - Xinhua News Agency

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:50:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision, finding that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity the sun develops a thin ...

Commission candidates present land-use views

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:01:13 GMT

Jackson County Commissioner C.W. Smith and his challenger, Jim Olney, voiced their visions for the Rogue Valley before a small audience attending a land-use discussion held Sunday afternoon at Roxy Ann Winery.

Did Our Solar System Start With a "Little Bang?" - Universe Today

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:26:00 GMT

What prompted the formation of our little corner of the universe ? our sun and planetary system? For several decades, scientists have thought that the Solar System formed as a result of a shock wave from an exploding star?a supernova?that ...

Sungvevity sees sales heat up - Inside Bay Area

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:38:00 GMT

THE ECONOMY may be looking dim, but solar panel installer Sungevity's future is looking bright. Solar energy is hot these days and the 15-employee company has already sold panels to be used in 100 homes throughout the Bay Area since it launched on ...

Green Energy Boom In Bailout Bill - Forbes

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Renewable energy providers will reap an immediate benefit from the raft of new incentives in Washington's financial rescue package. Better late than never. John Berger, chief executive of Standard Renewable Energy, was holding his breath this week ...

Maui Electric and Castle & Cooke reach agreement for Lana'i solar ... - Honolulu Advertiser

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Maui Electric Company has agreed to buy "as available" renewable electricity from a 1.5-megawatt photovoltaic facility on Lana'i being built by Lana'i Sustainability Research, LLC, a Castle & Cooke company. The power purchase agreement is awaiting ...