By Mike on November 4, 2009
Here is an interesting development in alternative energy:
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By Mike on August 15, 2009
As a builder I’m interested how people built housing throughout the ages. Some of these buildings are really interesting. In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock.
The age of some houses is more than 700 [...]
Posted in Construction, Culture, Environment, Interesting Stuff | Tagged Earth Buildings, Iran, Old Earth, Sahand, Turkey, Volcanic Rock |
By Mike on June 28, 2009
This article by David Fessler of Investment U:
In Search of the Mass-Produced Plug-In Electric Vehicle,
We found out that Tesla Motors joined the growing list of automakers receiving federal funds this week. It locked up $465 million to develop and produce battery-powered vehicles.
But as we know too well, large government checks are hardly ever the answer [...]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment | Tagged Barrel Oil, Battery Powered Vehicles, Behemoths, Cadillac Escalade, Car Industry, Corn Ethanol, Electric Car, Electric Hybrid Cars, Electric Hybrids, Electric Vehicle, Fessler, Gallon Gas, Government Checks, High Mileage, Honda Insight, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Version, Internal Combustion Engine, Sticker Price, Tesla Motors |
By Mike on June 25, 2009
Enough of the heavy news. Here’s something really cool:
White Zombieracer in old Datsun body beats a Corvette in head to head drag race:
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Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment | Tagged Corvette, Datsun, Drag Race, Drag Racing, Electric Drag, White Zombie |
By Mike on June 7, 2009
Here is some really good news on the environmental front. Ostara Nutrient Technologies is pioneering a green recycling process that turns waste water and sludge into an organic fertilizer.
Ostara’s proprietary technology removes phosphorus and other nutrients from wastewater and recycles them into environmentally safe commercial fertilizer, Crystal Green®.
Ostara’s proprietary technology helps wastewater treatment systems [...]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment |
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