Jevons' Paradox and the Perils of Efficient Energy Use It's a given among Peak Oilers and New Urbanists alike that the imminent and permanent return of high oil prices will send convulsions through the suburban American landscape. But it's one thing when professional Jeremiahs like James Howard Kunstler preach this to the converted week after week, and something else when the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers advise commercial real estate investors to "shy away from fringe places in the exurbs and places with long car commutes or where getting a quart of milk takes a 15-minute drive." Oil shocks will do what urban planners can't seem to and the government won't (through sharply higher gas taxes or putting a price on carbon): force people to live at greater densities. How else to explain the hostility directed at Amory Lovins by Kunstler and others? Why unhelpful? Jevons' peak coal reckoning was postponed by a new fuel source discovered a few years earlier in the Pennsylvania hills: oil.
El panorama de las energías renovables en Argentina Es costumbre decir que nuestro país tiene de todo un poco: es rico en tierras, en minerales, en diversidad de climas. Todo eso es correcto, tanto como que Argentina es uno de los países con más potencial para las energías renovables. En la Patagonia tenemos una fuente inagotable de energía: el viento. Es de los mejores del mundo en su tipo para generar electricidad por su intensidad y constancia. A su vez, en el noroeste tenemos muchos días de sol fuerte al año para la energía solarmientras que la zona cordillerana posee una gran cantidad de sitios para la energía geotérmica. La larga línea de costa contra el océano Atlántico, por su parte, puede aportar una fuente inagotable de energía oceánica, mediante mareas u olas. Si Argentina se lo propone, podría suplir la totalidad de su consumo eléctrico con energías de fuentes limpias y renovables, e incluso podría llegar a ser exportadora neta. En el país existe una experiencia eólica de larga data.
Hiding the Lockheed Plant during World War II - wow this is amazing! Hidden in Plain View During WW II Lockheed (unbelievable 1940s pictures). This is a version of special effects during the 1940's. Before... After.. The person I received this from said she got back an interesting story about someone's mother who worked at Lockheed, and she as a younger child, remembers all this. Another person who lived in the area talked about as being a boy, watching it all be set up like a movie studio production. Note.... I am 85 and had much of my pilot training in Calif. Hiding the Lockheed Plant during World War II - wow this is amazing! Please visit stories, etc. for more pictures, stories, etc. Please visit Videos 2 View for a great video selection!
El sector de energías renovables tiene en la Argentina el mayor potencial de la región “Con la Ley 26.190, y su aplicación realizada a través de Programas como Genren I y II y Permer, el Gobierno ha comenzado a dar grandes incentivos para desarrollar una política de Estado para el sector de las energías renovables”, destacó el informe. Precisó que “las energías renovables en la Argentina contribuyen actualmente a menos del 1 por ciento de la generación eléctrica total del país”. De acuerdo con el estudio, “hacia el fin de 2011 Argentina contaba con 553 megavatios (MW) instalados correspondientes a fuentes de energías renovables”. De ese total, 77 por ciento “proviene de instalaciones de pequeños aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos, de menos de 30MW”, y que totalizan “32 instalaciones con 428MW”. “Con la Ley 26.190 el Gobierno ha comenzado a dar grandes incentivos para desarrollar una política de Estado para el sector" El segundo lugar lo ocupa la energía eólica, con 18 parques instalados con una capacidad de 65MW, que representa 12 por ciento del sector.
Bart's Blinky? Three-eyed Fish Raises Nuke Fears ¡Ay, caramba! A three-eyed fish was caught in a reservoir in Argentina, reported Cadena 3, an Argentine news service. The fishing hole where the mutant fish was caught may be more of a fission hole. "Simpsons" fans will remember the same thing happened in Springfield. SCIENCE CHANNEL VIDEO: Unlikely Predator and a Third Eye Lizard Five Argentine fishermen's "woo-hoos" turned to "d'ohs" when the wolf fish (Hoplias malabaricus) they pulled into their boat looked back at them with three eyes. “Because it was night, we didn't realize it in the moment,” Julián Zmutt told Cadena 3. After checking the fish out by lantern light, one of the fishermen noted the bizarre mutation. “We've fished here for many years, and this is the first time this has happened,” Zmutt said. Through no official examinations have been completed, the fishermen think the mutant's proximity to the nuclear plant is a little fishy. “You start to talk about the nuclear center.
Energìas limpias potenciales Pescaron una tararira con tres ojos en las cercanías de la central nuclear de Embalse Cinco pescadores se sorprendieron este fin de semana cuando lograron la captura de una tararira con tres ojos en un lugar muy conocido del lago de Embalse llamado “Chorro de Agua Caliente” en la provincia de Córdoba. El hallazgo de los chicos de General Cabrera no sólo despertó curiosidad sino también cierta preocupación sobre la causa de la malformación ya que el ejemplar fue encontrado cerca de la central nuclear de Embalse. Julián Zmutt, uno de los pescadores, relató a Cadena 3: “Estábamos pescando y nos llevamos la sorpresa de sacar este ejemplar, muy raro. Como era de noche no nos dimos cuenta en el momento. Después uno con una linterna lo miró y se dio cuenta que era un ojo y nos llamó. Nos quedamos sorprendidos”. En cuanto al tercer ojo aseguró que es de “igual tamaño y un poquito más hundido que los otros”. “Hace muchos años que vamos a pescar ahí y es la primera vez que nos pasó”, dijo.
El primer pueblo de Buenos Aires que tiene calefones solares en todas las casas - Energía Estratégica - Información en Movimiento Tres Picos es una localidad al sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina ubicada en el partido de Tornquist. Cuenta con 82 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 16,3% frente a los 98 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. Es el primer poblado bonaerense en contar con calefones solares en el 100 por ciento de las viviendas. Estos equipos permitirán hacer más eficiente la utilización de la energía eléctrica cuando la ausencia de los rayos solares no permiten que el agua tenga la temperatura deseada. “Estos dispositivos vienen a completar un trabajo iniciado hace varios años”, dijo el Jefe Comunal que apuesta a la energía sustentable. “Estos kits completan la tecnología que todos tienen instalada y posibilitará regular la temperatura a gusto y necesidad de cada familia en los días muy nublados. Un Comentario en “El primer pueblo de Buenos Aires que tiene calefones solares en todas las casas” Deja un comentario
Free-Energy Devices, zero-point energy, and water as fuel Energy Quest More on the Energy Catalyzer: Andrea Rossi Says He Has Signed “A Contract of Tremendous Importance” in the USA | Free Energy Times Andrea Rossi’s Journal of Nuclear Physics website is proving to be an interesting source of information these days. Mr. Rossi doesn’t seem to be reluctant to feed little snippets of information about his plans and activities. An interesting piece of information was posted on April 7th. “Today I am in the USA factory of Leonardo Corporation where I signed a contract of tremendous importance. As soon as I will be allowed to announce it, believe me, it will be extremely important”. Later on, in the same thread he state simply, “Yesterday we signed a very important contract in the USA.” Leonardo Corporation is Rossi’s own company and they have a factory in Florida where the E-cats are being built. Update Since the above post there has been additional discussion on Rossi’s site regarding the discussion in the same thread. Q: Are you able to tell us any more regarding the nature of the contract you mentioned was signed in the USA yesterday?
Tesla CEO sees EVs being as popular as gas-powered cars Energy Tribune- Ethanol Insanity Obama’s Alcohol Problem Barack Obama doesn’t want to talk about corn ethanol. And it’s no wonder. In early August, his campaign Web site purged several sections of his energy plan that talked about corn ethanol. Before the purge, Obama was touting corn ethanol as a pivotal element in his push for “energy independence.” His site declared that Obama “will require 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels to be included in the fuel supply by 2022 and will increase that to at least 60 billion gallons of advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol by 2030.” The site also claims that less than 10 percent of new corn ethanol production is coming from farmerowned distilleries. Sen. In his statement of August 7 denying the Texas request, E.P.A. administrator Stephen L. Other E.P.A. documents show that the agency understood the negative effects ethanol would have on air quality.
Calling All Oil Sheiks: Here's the $160 Million Floating Island of Your Dreams Wally--a company that makes stunning modern yachts--and the French fashion house Hermes have teamed up to design a new boat: The appropriately named WHY, a full-blown solar-powered island. Just unveiled at the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show (of course), the WHY is 190 feet long and a whopping 125 feet wide--making it a dream for any billionaire who can't find enough space off land for his phalanx of Cristal-swigging bikini babes. In all, the boat has the square footage of a mansion--some 34,000 square feet. As Wally's president, Luca Bassani Antivari, explained it to The Guardian: Everybody's dream is to live on an island, in complete freedom, without constraint, with the independence that only self sufficiency can provide. A piece of land with a beautiful villa partly fulfils this aspiration because it is static. Right you are! The boat is meant to cater to 12 guests, with "master space", "guest space" and "common space." [The Guardian via Space Invading]