Super solar
This one caught my eye and I wanted to share it with you. I'm not seeing the application for space heating yet, unless we can use it to replace steam boiler (kidding), but it looks like it's going to shine in the developing world. Gotta love those nanotubes.
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CO poisioning from wood pellet storage
There have been some incidents of people dying from carbon monoxide poisoning when entering wood-pellet storage areas. Here's a news story from the U.K, and a PDF with more information. Be careful out there.
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Skills and jobs
Good piece from Tom Friedman of The New York Times here. I hope this makes you think about our future. Sure made me think. And thanks to Robert O'Brien for pointing to it.
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Swedish heat
Sweden is at the forefront of the fascinating world of district heating and this PDF gives a good overview of the companies involved and how they work together in that energy-conscious country. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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And while we're in Scandanavia
Take a few minutes to watch this music video put together by Radi-Aid. It's wonderful to see what Africa is doing for Norway. Those poor folks up north are freezing!
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Back to the developing world
And a tip of my hat to these very bright young women. This is a great mix of girl power and pee power.
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The carbon output of NYC
Mayor Bloomberg has been very good for the New York City environment and the animated video in this story made my jaw go slack. Boy, talk about making it visual!
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