LaFarge, the largest worldwide producer of cement, is working very hard on reducing its own carbon footprint. The problem is that their footprint is very large. Heating limestone and shale to 1500° C cannot be done with a small hot plate. One...
I heard of this company on EcoTalk radio: USSEC – Homepage. They create a biofuel, that is not biodiesel, that uses more of the plant material and also delivers two other important products: carbon ash and biogas. Carbon ash is an additive to...
Some things are just so sad that you have to take a minute to get your mind wrapped around the reality of the situation. This video is one of those sad, environmental picture slide shows that will make you sad that you even own a computer. Please...
One of the hardest things to do is to get teenage girls to turn off the lights when they leave a room. I should know. I have two teenage girls. Every night when they go to bed, I walk around the house turning off lights and sometimes even the TV...
Almost all inventions are the creation of a small team. Sometimes, it is one monomaniacal man like Charles Goodyear, or a duo of bike repairmen like the Wright Brothers. Who are alternative energy’s inventors? Who will have the ideas? Who...
