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FreeMind, free mind mapping software
both via LifeHacker
Technorati tag: Mind Map
Monthly archives: March 2005
Law of Renewable Energy
One of the great spectres in debates about future power use and pollution is China and India’s increasing consumption. China recently introduced a law requiring increased production of electricity from renewable sources. Electricity companies will be required to buy this electricity, balancing the costs against currently cheaper traditional forms of generation.
Technorati tag: Renewable Energy, China
TerraPass
A carbon trading scheme for drivers, TerraPass funds green energy programmes with money volutarily paid by car owners. The scheme charges more for larger, more polluting vehicles.
Technorati tag: Transport
Crafted
The Handmade Bicycle Show. Beautiful.
via cfsmtb
Technorati tag: Bicycle
Cytokines
Scientists are working on a breathalyser that can detect exposure to biological weapons. It will pick up the presence of Cytokines, proteins generated by the immune system to detect and fight infections, which would speed diagnosis by several hours.
Technorati tag: Terrorism, Biological Warfare
The Security Family
Meet the Security Family, happy that the War on Terror has been taken abroad. So they can feel safer. Sort of.
via Gabbahead
Carbon Sham
Was it Reagan who said that trees caused global warming? Along similar lines, the US Government has started a scheme for farmers and foresters to track their CO2 emmissions and any sequestration they might also do. As pointed out, it’s a con, because Monty Burns can claim that he’d be belching smog out of a coal fired power station if he weren’t running a nuclear plant and get Brownie Points for it.
Technorati tag: Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration
Build it up, tear it down
The Culture Secretary is a little bit barmy. She has suggested that listed buildings could be replicated in virtual walkthroughs and demolished if they got in the way of major new developments. I’m sure there are lots of historic buildings that aren’t so well put together and some homes aren’t that environmentally friendly, but this is the sort of attitude that saw Manchester’s centre gutted and replaced with the abomination that is the Arndale.
Technorati tag: Architecture
It's only art if it's well hung
Banksy’s been at it again, hanging four of his works in New York galleries and museums.
via Kottke
Integrated Agriculture
The Centre for Integrated Agricultural Systems is “a sustainable agriculture research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
Technorati tag: Agriculture
Primary Power
This is the sort of thing I hope Tony means when he goes on about “sustainable public procurement“. Seaton primary school in Devon has installed solar and wind power generators, which not only cover the shool’s own energy needs but can also feed power back to the grid.
Technorati tag: Sustainable Development, Solar Power, Wind Power, Education
40% House
Up to eighty thousand houses a year should be knocked down for the next decade as part of plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report. This is because a quarter of Britain’s CO2 emmissions come from houses, so improvements in them will help the Government’s aim of cutting output by 60% by 2050.
Technorati tag: Carbon Dioxide, Housing
The team that plays together, stays together
The Stargate Slash FanFic Archive
This archive is the gathering place for all Stargate FanFic where at least one of the characters has a homosexual relationship.
This post is for Clare and Penny.
Off the Grid
A selection of US based, but no doubt useful, photovoltaic links.
Technorati tag: Solar Power, Photovoltaic
Wear your solar
A new plastic that can be applied as a layer on fabric can convert up to 30% of sunlight to electricity. The inventor sees a way to power mobile devices with the clothes we wear.
via Imprinted
Technorati tag: Solar Power
Darwin has a posse
There�s no easy way to admit this. For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don�t mix. They said we should be more balanced in our presentation of such issues as creationism, missile defense and global warming. We resisted their advice and pretended not to be stung by the accusations that the magazine should be renamed Unscientific American, or Scientific Unamerican, or even Unscientific Unamerican. But spring is in the air, and all of nature is turning over a new leaf, so there�s no better time to say: you were right, and we were wrong.
From a Scientific American editorial, transcribed by a kind LiveJournal user.
via Worldchanging
Technorati tag: Creationism, Evolution, Science
Wear your solar
A new plastic that can be applied as a layer on fabric can convert up to 30% of sunlight to electricity. The inventor sees a way to power mobile devices with the clothes we wear.
via Imprinted
Technorati tag: Solar Power
Laminar Flow
A new system that takes advantage of the way chemicals behave in narrow channels could pave the way for more efficient fuel cells. The use of thin channels does away with the membrane that previously separated the chemicals used in the cell. With the membrane goes the restriction to only acidic solutions. Alkaline solutions could make fuel cells up to 40% more efficient.
Technorati tag: Fuel Cell
Off the Grid
A selection of US based, but no doubt useful, photovoltaic links.
Technorati tag: Solar Power, Photovoltaic