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Ready to be inspired?
 Sit back for 22-½ minutes and watch this amazing TED talk. It gets better and better and better as it goes along and the end might even give you the chills. That was my reaction. Thanks to Larry Weingarten for sharing this one with us. He's been inspiring me for years.
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Rock on
 I spotted this story about how Alta Rock Energy is proposing fracking as a way of releasing geothermal energy instead of oil and gas. This company has had its share of adventures, as you can see in this article. Don't you just hate it when your drilling causes earthquakes? If at first you don't succeed... |
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Empire State just got LEEDier
 A couple of year ago, the folks who own the Empire State Building did a lot of things to make that iconic building more efficient. They still heat it with steam, which tells you something about that old technology (it doesn't have to be inefficient). The numbers have been coming in and the savings are impressive. And to take things a step even closer toward LEED consciousness, they just added this, which I think is lovely. Want to hang out?
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Pick one
 Part of what always amuses me as I spend my days looking for this stuff to share with you are stories about the same topic that contradict each other. Here, for instance, we have an article about how the U.S. is going to be one of the most energy-efficient countries. Yipee! But we follow that with this one, which explains how cheap natural gas is going to keep the U.S. from becoming energy-efficient. Oh, well. |
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Nothing to do with heating
This one comes from the MIT brains. Be sure to watch the video. When I was in Copenhagen (getting inspired) I noticed that very few people locked their bikes. I'll bet they start locking them once they buy this thing.
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Might have something to do with heating
 Because as subscriber, Noel Kelly, wrote when he shared this with me, "The possibilities are limitless." I have to agree. Embedded sensors that never need batteries. Doesn't that just get you thinking?
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I love trash
 Oscar the Grouch has a lot in common with the Swedes. They love trash so much they import it from Norway and then send the toxic ash right back. Great story here by way of subscriber, Noel Kelly, who always has something interesting to show us. Thanks, Noel.
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