Energy Woes

Searaser: pump water with waves — (images via dartmouthwaveenergy.com) A horrible name and simple design for pumping water (which can then drive turbines) via wave action on a buoy tethered to the ocean floor (via Treehugger). Not suddenly solving all the world's energy woes, but large numbers of this relatively simple, DIY-friendly design could have a nice impact towards sustainability... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Green | Digg this!... [Tags: energy woes, horrible name, images, large numbers, ocean floor]

Leonard: A grand plan for US energy woes — My physician friends often complain that they can never escape the demands of their profession. No matter where they go--whether it's on vacation or to their kid's soccer game--people inevitably come up seeking advice on their bad backs or their parent's Alzheimer's. These days, I understand their complaint a little better...... [Tags: alzheimer, bad backs, energy woes, profession, soccer game]

GE And Google Announce '21st Century' Electricity System — Blaise Zerega says let the energy search begin. In a marriage of old and new economy, Google and GE today announced a partnership to promote sustainable energy. With the ongoing financial turmoil as a backdrop, both companies are coming together to collaborate on new, renewable technologies that could, ultimately, deliver energy independence and help our economy. Onstage at Google's Zeitgeist conference, Eric Schmidt, the search giant's CEO interviewed Jeff Immelt, GE's chief executive to announce the partnership. "GE and Google are essentially going to be advocating in Washington a new, smarter grid," Schmidt said, criticizing the current electric grid... [Tags: al gore, car batteries, electric cars, electric grid, electricity system]

Google Wants U.S. to Use 100 Percent Alternative Energy by 2030 — Google says energy woes the result of "total failure of political leadership" and that alternative energy justification is simple math...... [Tags: alternative energy, energy woes, failure, google, justification]

The Second Coming of Biofuels — Everyone's talking about electric cars and hydrogen prototypes, but the most eco-friendly solution to our transportation energy woes might be a lot less flashy: regular old cars running on a new kind of biofuel.... [Tags: electric cars, energy woes, hydrogen, old cars, prototypes]

Open Thread and Diary Rescue — Tonight's Rescue Rangers are yashua, jlms qkw, jennyjem, dadanation, Got a Grip, and srkp23, with YatPundit blasting some wind-blown N'Awlins funk from the speakers of the Editmobile. Land of Enchantment highlights another reason why trying to drill our way out of our energy woes is not sound judgment in Biodiversity in Peril. (Got a Grip) SolveClimate offers a good analysis of The Healing Elements of Obama's Energy Plan. (jennyjem) For a well-researched and well-sourced in-depth look at the whole of the controversy surrounding the White House Approved Forged Iraqi Memo, check out BooMan23's great diary. (dadanation) shirah reports on NIOSH's... [Tags: brillig, cool graphics, corporatism, dale carnegie, energy plan]

Obama ties energy woes to Cheney — Obama ties energy woes to Cheney... [Tags: cheney, energy woes, ties]