Archive for the ‘green technology’ Category
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
I give an interview over at EcoGeek.org where I display all of my tact and verbal discipline (LOL) to talk about green technologies and my jaundiced views of the future. A sample bit:
As environmental ideas have entered the zeigeist, mostly thanks to global warming--and still mostly focused on ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
I had a surreal feeling as I was reading about mini-nuclear power plants that I was reading an article from The Onion:
The reactors, only a few metres in diameter, will be delivered on the back of a lorry to be buried underground. They must be refuelled every 7 to 10 ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
l'Hydroptere has broken through the 50-knot barrier with a hydrofoil-packing trimaran. Cool stuff.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Interesting window into how increasing demand affects behavior. Solar panels are now being stolen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/technology/24solar.html
In a really scarce energy society, I wonder how far you'd have to go to keep your solar panels for yourself?
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Here's my take on writing optimistic SF-- just don't make it consolatory pap. That's what advertising, TV and suburban sprawl are supposed to sell.
As an example, here's the latest on the global warming front. (note: the link is changed to point directly to the Washington Post article as ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
If there's a technology that actually gets my geek on, it's sail. It's non-polluting, it's elegant, and it's a proven technology, particularly for transport. So I'm rather excited about this news item related to a return to the use of wind with something called a SkySail, a sort of giant ...
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