In India, Jatropha is the latest crop for creating oil for energy. Jatropha is a plant with a very oily seed that will grow almost anywhere. Of course, as growing conditions improve, the amount of oil one gets improves as well. Jatropha has a...
Category - alternative energy
I came across the film The End of Suburbia, Gregory Keene’s essay on the unviability of the energy-hungry suburban lifestyle that that goes back to post-War America, and I thought it would be good to share it. Here is the trailer: And...
I saw a story on CNBC World about nibs and how the the nibs are processed into ingredients for cosmetic products. All of this processing happens in Africa and it used to be done by hand. But a European country needed more. So they gave them some...
At home I have two rooms that have solar tubes come in and light up the rooms during the day. One is a small bathroom. The other is a family room with too few windows. The solar tubes are kind of like skylights except that the tubes bring the...
