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Interesting view of the sustainability of PV and storage from both lead-acid and lithium ion batteries. Examines manufacturing location and comments on Tesla's GigaFactory. http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/04/how-sustainable-is-pv-solar-power.html...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z7PrQ-sZ2o A momentary look in the rear-view mirror: Reminder, Part 1: Reminder, Part 2: I've been part of this small village since early 2010 and have been looking for the 'choir' since that time. Please make yourself known. Not to me, but to each...

http://www.yesmagazine.org/commonomics/alternative-currencies-bigger-than-bitcoin-bangla-pesa-brixton

0-60 in 2.4 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQtrysPzVI

Story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/solar-impulse-plane-round-the-world-trip_n_6828714.html Main project website has map of progress: http://www.solarimpulse.com/ Live-stream from the cockpit and ground control: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwEktN1eAWA

Edit 3 Next launch attempt: 6:03pm EST 11 Feb Today's launch scrubbed due to out of limit winds aloft (in excess of 100 kts) /edit 3 edit 2 SpaceX, NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force are now targeted to launch the DSCOVR satellite aboard Falcon 9 on Tuesday 2/10 at 6:05pm ET, with a backup launch...

I couldn't find an old topic to revive, so here's a shiny-new one just in time for 2015. ;) Happy New Year, MNL family. May 2015 be your healthiest and happiest year yet on this little spinning blue dot. Andy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5dlbCh8lY...

http://grist.org/news/the-chinese-people-care-more-about-the-environment-than-americans-do/

http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16976 http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/download/CCARprint.pdf

Thoughts? http://climatecolab.org/plans/-/plans/contestId/1300404/planId/1305801 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCtf9eumuhU This is a way to use the Bitcoin block chain to manage ownership and contracts (already happening in other realms as part of the 2.0 effort. See here for another...

Greetings Professor Falken - would you like to play a game? http://map.ipviking.com/

https://www.outernet.is/ http://www.codeandtheory.com/things-we-make/outernet Microsatellite-based 'global library' - beaming info to the world for free - Cool project!

Peter Sinclair is a science communicator and journalist that is part of the Dark Snow team that travels to Greenland each year. Dark Snow has been one of the projects working to observe and quantify the effects of airborne soot (dark carbon) and microorganism growth on the Greenland ice sheet...

Excellent chart with four quadrants - Science, Climate Justice, Modernization/Neoliberal, Climate Disinformation/Contrarian. Full size: https://ecolabsblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/climate-communication-no-2-network-of-actors-july2014-ecolabssm.jpg Timeline - when did the disinformation...

http://priceofoil.org/2014/07/09/u-s-government-providing-billions-fossil-fuel-subsidies-unburnable-carbon/ Cashing In On All of the Above: US Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies Under Obama http://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2014/07/OCI_US_FF_Subsidies_Final_Screen.pdf...

These thoughts come from a professor, scientist, and researcher with a background in biology, computer/systems science, and an MBA. He's worked on understanding the human brain and researches artificial intelligence. What do you think...

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-demand-action-on-climate-change-20140521

With this as an introductory setting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4 Why do you drive electric? edit... I don't mean this to be a debate or an analysis of the video. Also, it's for BEV owners and/or operators - not for PHEVs. Why did you purchase or lease an electric vehicle...

...Tesla owners need not apply. Purchase an EV or lease for 48 months: $2500 http://www.aacog.com/civicalerts.aspx?AID=521 Rules: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/implementation/air/terp/ld/2014_ld_NOR.pdf Vehicle List...

I'm old enough to remember Carl Sagan's COSMOS and must have watched some of the episodes billions and billions of times over the years. ;) But I'm also a huge fan of Neil De Grasse Tyson and 'his' version of COSMOS is excellent. And who would have thought it would be on Fox, of all places...