The perfect solution for medium length commutes (between 10 and 20 miles as far as I’m concerned)- an electric scooter with added solar panels so it can recharge during the day. The owner reckons the solar cells generate enough charge over the 9 hours he’s in the office to half top up the batteries.
Technorati tag: Electric scooter, Transportation, Technorati tag: Solar Power
No website for this, so, from the press release–
In an effort to promote environmental consciousness among NYC businesses, Habana Outpost is pioneering the use of solar panels as a primary energy source, and green products whenever possible (everything from eco-friendly detergents to environmental wood alternative wood benches).
(PRWEB) April 21, 2005 — Cafe Habana is opening an outpost and new location on saturday, May 21, 2005 and run to Halloween from 12-8pm. Located at 755-757 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Outpost will include indoor and outdoor spaces.
The launch of Habana Outpost: Brooklyn, a new venture by entrepreneur/restauranteur, Sean Meenan (owner of Nolita’s Cafe Habana), the Outpost’s patented and famous grilled corn and other Cuban favorites, will be served to you from the Habana food truck. You have your choice to eat inside, or on the spacious patio. In an effort to promote environmental consciousness among NYC businesses, Habana Outpost is pioneering the use of solar panels as a primary energy source, and green products whenever possible. Everything from eco-friendly detergents to environmental wood alternative wood benches.
Technorati tag: Solar Power, Environmental business
One knock on effect of the dot-com bust was an oversupply of polycrystalline silicon. The low prices gave a boost to the photovoltaic industry and increased margins and profits even as unit prices came down. Now, however, the price is on the way up again. The industry has two factors protecting it, the fact that a great deal of solar power installation is legislated for or subsidised and the increase in efficiency and systems that use no silicon at all.
Because of all the reselling, reprocessing, and recycling in the silicon industry, silicon producers don’t keep track of what happens to the silicon once they sell it, he said. “No one on the planet understands what is happening with the silicon supply,” [Rogol] said.
Technorati tag: Solar Power, Photovoltaic, Polysilicon
Mother Earth News on the quest for cheap net-zero-energy houses.
Technorati tag: EcoHouse, Technorati tag: Solar Power
This has to be the 300th Discworld book, and Terry Pratchett is still managing to come at his creation from different angles. Moist von Lipwig was a conman on the top of his game, until he was caught by the Ankh-Morpork watch. Sentenced to hang, he is offered redemption by an angel, albeit an angel in the unlikely shape of tyrannical patrician Lord Vetinari. In return for his restored life, Moist is to become the new Postmaster of Ankh Morpork.
Of course, the Post Office isn’t in the best of conditions. The grand chandeliers have gone from the main office and every available spare space is filled with letters that were never delivered. And it’s been that way for over twenty years, ever since the workload became too much and they brought in Bloody Stupid Johnson and his Pie to speed up the sorting. As if that wasn’t enough, the clacks signalling system, the Post’s main competition, has been subject to an unfriendly, and very sneaky, takeover and will use any underhand means necessary to stay ahead.
Moist must enlist the help of golems, many strange postmen- including one young man raised by peas- and the Smoking Gnu in his quest to redeem himself and get out of town alive and, if possible, in profit. Along the way he shall discover the joy of pins, invent philately, deal with the Ghost in the Overhead and maybe get a date.
As with any Pratchett the joy is as much in getting there as arriving at the conclusion. He plays games with pop culture and history, has a dig at corporations and public utilities alike and throws in some simple silliness. Highly recommended, just like all the other Discworld books.
Technorati tag: Books, Terry Pratchett
This sounds interesting. The writer/ director of Donnie Darko is set to make his second film, Southland Tales, starring The Rock, Buffy and Stiffler. It’s set in 2008 and promises to be “a strange hybrid of the sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Philip K. Dick.”
And it gets better, the film is going to have one of the largest, most complicated movie websites to date, and there will be six graphic novels released in the run up to its premiere.
Technorati tag: Movies
One knock on effect of the dot-com bust was an oversupply of polycrystalline silicon. The low prices gave a boost to the photovoltaic industry and increased margins and profits even as unit prices came down. Now, however, the price is on the way up again. The industry has two factors protecting it, the fact that a great deal of solar power installation is legislated for or subsidised and the increase in efficiency and systems that use no silicon at all.
Because of all the reselling, reprocessing, and recycling in the silicon industry, silicon producers don’t keep track of what happens to the silicon once they sell it, he said. “No one on the planet understands what is happening with the silicon supply,” [Rogol] said.
Technorati tag: Solar Power
Long distance relationships can work, if you choose the right mobile phone deal.
Technorati tag: Mobile Phone
The “robotic” dentist is a machine developed to automate and simplify the fitting of dental implants, which would allow high street dentists to perform what has previously been a job for specialists.
It’s Earth Day tomorrow, so a number of mainstream sources are doing themed stories, such as this one- Christian Science Monitor on green technology– and this one- looking at encouraging Green trends.
Technorati tag: Earth Day
I admit it, I’m a statistics junkie, even if sometimes it’s easy to get drowned in them. I’m also a Firefox convert, which means I had to install the Adsense Notifier extension. No it sits there at the bottom right of the browser window, updating every 20 minutes to tell me how well (or not) my AdSense ads are doing. Now I just need ones for all the other numbers I obsessively check.
via Problogger
Action philosophers, tales of philosophers and their beliefs in fine and funky cartoon style.
Technorati tag: Comics, Philosophy
One day there will be (another) Spinneyhead book, as promised. Lifehacker have solicited self publishers’ opinions on the various options open to them.
Technorati tag: Books, Self publish
Just in time to tie in with the film, Radio 4 is set to start broadcasting the Quandary and Quintessential phases of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy on the 3rd of May.
via Slashdot
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