thedog
Indefinite storage of solar power via MIT
Stimulus bill put ~ 8 GW of geothermal on US grid
Even if GOP takes over again, that will be there forever now, pretty much at fossil fuel prices per kwh - under 5 cents - once capital investment paid. Alameda next to Oakland has long had lower electric rates than PG&E because it gets so much geothermal power from the Geysers, from a contract signed in the 20s.
Re:High Battery Costs Curb Electric Cars
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @11:29PM (#1809835)
Heh. In related wsj news high fossil fuel cost fail to curb gasoline car sales because you only pay one week at a time, not noticing the much higher cost in total over lifetime.
Drought increases Democracy
http://www.themonkeycage.org/2010/10/drought_and_democratization.html
Climate change has a positve side
Re:Americans have some strange ideas about what causes global warming
on Thursday October 14, 2010 @09:14PM (#1793322)
aerosol cans?? rockets??
Re:Google blows away Street estimates
on Thursday October 14, 2010 @08:55PM (#1793274)
I would think that now that they are starting to invest in long term clean energy, that now is when they will start to make real money - in 20 years or whenever these fuel-less investments start to pay off
Americans have some strange ideas about what causes global warming
...and not just from U of Rush Limbaugh either