Biomass <http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Which_Grass_Will_Power_The_Bioenerg\ y_Era_999.html> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
No doubt some energy from destructive distillation of grass can act as a stopgap. However, nothing can replace petroleum. Attempts to do so simply replace one...
There is never the less a population element to the climate crisis. Work done by Mathis Wackernagel identifying the ecological footprint resulting from our...
Top Stories 1 . Bickering over the cost of climate change Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes: At least economic consultants won't be too badly...
Hi all ....I seriously recommend you read the following commentaries - accepting their very stringent messages will put you completely out of step with your ...
... More of these - they just don't work - they can't. They may spin - but they need a decent supply of wind (OK - you may live in the Shetlands) - city...
Hi Hugh, Try this: Water from air <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/23/water-mill-eco-invent\ ion> - Peter ... t\ ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hi Peter It is called a 'de-humidifier' - only it collects the water . Not a terribly efficient unit by the sounds of it - the energy numbers are vague - and...
Excellent guide <http://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-energy/wind-energy/wind-power\ -guide.php> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Kinda grim - but this is reality .... and as a biologist (with a technological bent) - I've been thinking in the same direction. Monbiot is a biologist (with...
<http://www.metaefficient.com/rechargeable-batteries/lithiumion- battery-\recharges-90-capacity-5-minutes.html> Interesting, Peter. I note that price estimate,...
Another awesome battery! <http://www.metaefficient.com/news/toshiba-develops-one-minute-rechargab\ le-lithium-ion-battery.html> [Non-text portions of this...
Dear Peter: The article claims that: "Toshiba will bring the new rechargeable battery to commercial products in 2006." I haven't seen or heard of it before,...
Good morning John, I think you are right. There's insufficient space left in this year for them to mean 2008, and it appears the battery is very new. I am just...
World's forests in trouble <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16157-worlds-forests-face-climate\ change-crisis.html> [Non-text portions of this message...
