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Perhaps we would all take him more seriously should he admit that one major reason why wind energy proponents refuse to acknowledge the need for storage is that, without it, the wind industry will sell a whole lot more turbines, especially under current production tax credit subsidies and renewable portfolio mandates.
The main finding is that even moderate climate change will affect economic activity and employment in Europe, with some regions and economic sectors being particularly vulnerable. Increased warming will be likely to have very damaging consequences.
The limited market penetration suggests that ignoring the differences and claiming universal compatibility will lead to consumer rejection. Politicians should develop the power of persuasion rather than the imposition of regulation.
In new dwellings domestic lighting suffers from inadequate installation. The formula is based upon the minimum number of lighting points arranged with the shortest cable runs. Consequently, lighting is often wrongly positioned and poorly controlled.
For some rooms, where there are fixed working positions such as kitchen and bathrooms, permanent lighting can be installed. For other rooms the lighting needs are determined by the layout of furnishings particular to a set of occupants. A more flexible arrangement is needed if the lighting is to both effective and efficient.
Finally, by removing the GLS cash-cow from tungsten filament manufacturing may cause other lamps to cease production, as it would no longer be viable to manufacture materials such as glass bulbs, drawn tungsten wire and even bayonet lamp-caps.
The so-called "Crowd Farm," as envisioned by James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk, both M.Arch candidates, would turn the mechanical energy of people walking or jumping into a source of electricity.
The most interesting energy news last week dealt with the negative environmental aspects of renewable energies, as Jesse Ausubel, one of the leading US academics on energy and climate change policies, launched a damning attack on the “green” credentials of renewable energy projects.
A determined international coordination effort on these issues is vitally important, but what can we do more immediately to deal with the issues at hand?
According to today’s article by Michael Howie in Scotsman.com, the Trust is “calling on responsible retailers to reconsider the sale of patio heaters in light of the substantial amount of carbon emissions they produce.”
The low manufacturing cost of photovoltaics that employ thin films of cadmium-telluride semiconductor have long been seen as having the potential for lifting solar power from its niche status as a very expensive power source,
Climate analyst Jesse Ausubel is getting a lot of press with his new, controversial, deeply flawed study, "Renewable and nuclear heresies" (available here with subscription, but you can get the main points from this 2005 Canadian Nuclear Association talk and the accompanying PPT presentation).
This helps explain why the Prius so outsells the rival Honda Civic Hybrid. Both have similar base prices, about $22,000, and fuel economy (Prius, 60 miles per gallon city/51 highway; Civic, 49 mpg city/51 highway).