energy issues

It'll be interesting to see just how conservatives will try to make more plants like this illegal. Just the existence of these few surely ticks them off to no end. http://energy.gov/articles/map-concentrating-solar-power-across-united-states If you want to know more about the massive Ivanpah...

This article by Lomberg brings up some arguments against current renewable energy strategies. http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-falling-share-of-renewables-in-global-energy-production-by-bj-rn-lomborg Does he have a point?

It seems that with the heat wave continuing and tomorrow promising 44-45C temperatures officials are worried that electricity will be stretched to the limit. On Monday power demand almost outstripped supply. This continues to highlight the ongoing problem in California of continued population...

I now have four LED lamps in operation in my home. I found some warm white lamps for $10.99 and some cool white lamps for $14.98 on Amazon recently. This was a large price reduction from a few months ago, so I bought two pairs. A lot brighter than the equivalent wattage CFLs and they come...

Have we really lost all logic and reason? http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp And get this I've heard that's what they want to do here in the US. Are they nuts? Making it a crime to produce incandescent light bulbs while forcibly accepting "environmentally friendly" bulbs filled...

With fossil fuels depleting and alternative energy projects mostly insufficient (I'll probably start a thread about that later) it looks like the way forward is nuclear. I suspect that the upcoming economies will not have the fears that live among the Western populations. Also China has...