http://www.alternate-energy.net "Alternative Energy News and Resources" en Alternative energy Hydrogen Fuel cells Renewable energy Environment Science http://www.alternate-energy.net/news03-25.html "Daily Alternative Energy News Updates" http://www.alternate-energy.net/vidpicks08.html "Watch the latest alternative energy and related videos" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_61.php "Davis, Calif. - If the United States breaks its oil addiction, a measure of thanks will no doubt be due to Andy Frank, who some have dubbed the "father of the plug-in hybrid" car. Laboring in near anonymity in his garage-style laboratory on a leafy byway of the University of California at Davis campus, Dr. Frank has for three decades focused on developing plug-in-hybrid technology. With his students, he has built nine plug-in vehicles since the 1990s, winning several vehicle contests sponsored by the Department of Energy and automotive companies. Even so, Detroit showed little interest in the idea of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) - until recently" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_62.php "Thinkers have posed a number of creative ideas on how to protect the planet from global warming. But they've been dismissed by most environmentalists and many in the scientific community as science-fiction whimsy, at best. At worst, critics say, these schemes might have unexpected and potentially disastrous consequences or distract from the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_60.php "Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Aid analyzes the environmental impact of development aid and is based on a database called Project-Level Aid, created by the authors in response to the limitations of existing data" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_60.php "Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Aid analyzes the environmental impact of development aid and is based on a database called Project-Level Aid, created by the authors in response to the limitations of existing data" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/index.php "News Blog - Browse news - search for news feeds" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_59.php "How much will it cost American taxpayers to curb US carbon-dioxide emissions? Or, conversely, how much would it cost to just drop the blinds, turn up the air conditioner, and not do much at all? The answer to the question of economic impact - far more than the issue of polar-bear survival - will determine the outcome of the climate bill battle" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_56.php "New York - Wednesday, oil futures dipped after the Energy Department reported an unexpected rise in supply levels last week, though with record oil and gasoline prices global consumption remains high while OPEC continues to hold down production" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/rss.xml "add this news blog to your news reader - post comments, access news feed searches, meta cloud tags and keyword searches" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/atom.xml "new - Atom News Blog Feed - add this news blog to your news reader - post comments, access news feed searches, meta cload tags and keyword searches" http://www.alternate-energy.net/B/mboard.php "Post a comment, ask a question, discuss alternative energy DIY projects" http://www.alternate-energy.net/Z/video/index.php "Find thousands of alternative energy and technology videos and watch them here" http://www.alternate-energy.net/vidpicks08.html "watch daily updated alternative energy search inquiry videos" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_58.php "Most motorcycles get good mileage from a gallon of gasoline, making them a relatively cheap mode of transportation. But this high-tech bike isn't powered by gasoline at all" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_55.php "There's a myriad of strategies for investing in the stock market, from intuitive speculation and astrological forecasts to "hot tip" sheets and neural networks, which consider countless variables to make computer-generated buy-or-sell decisions. Yet it is the tried-and-true methods that tend to yield consistent results--such as investing in a good product and good management team" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_53.php "Influential Southern Baptist leaders are seeking to move the country's largest Protestant denomination - and one of its more conservative - beyond its skeptical stance on climate change to keep step with a growing green awareness in the evangelical community" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_52.php "Ashland, Oregon - But the arson fires involving several new luxury homes near Seattle Monday indicate that small, self-contained cells of saboteurs continue to plot and carry out attacks in the name of environmental activism, officials say" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_51.php "Fort Bragg, Calif. - From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America's oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves and currents to produce electric power. Their experiments are launching a new industry that has the potential to supply up to 10 percent of America's electric needs. But critics say rapid federal approval of the exclusive right to conduct these experiments amounts to a private seizure of communities waterfronts" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_50.php "Concerns about global warming and rising building costs are blocking construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States and pushing utilities to turn to natural gas and renewable power instead. Utilities canceled or put on hold at least 45 coal plants in development last year, according to a new analysis by the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh. These moves - a sharp reversal from a year ago, when the industry had more than 150 such plants in development - signal the waning of a major US expansion into coal. " http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_49.php "Taxing carbon-spewing machines to slow global warming certainly has an eat-your-peas aspect to it: Trade your SUV for a hybrid or we'll make you pay! Then again, tax policy can have a huge and positive impact on individual and group behavior. In part, high cigarette taxes explain why rates of smoking among Americans have plummeted" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_48.php "If China's economy continues to grow at its current pace, and the Asian giant doesn't cut its rate of energy use, by 2030 it could be emitting as much carbon into the atmosphere as the entire world does today" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_47.php "New York - Once again, concern is rising about the price of oil and gasoline. On Tuesday, the price of oil hit a record $100.01 a barrel, up some $14 in eight trading days. It's the second time since late December that the price has hovered at the $100-a-barrel level. " http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_46.php "The rate at which the United States is becoming more energy-efficient has soared since 1995, when the computer-based Internet and communications revolution began soaking into US society" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_45.php "Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which supply water and power to millions in the American Southwest, stand a 50 percent chance of running dry by 2021 unless dramatic changes take place in how the region uses water, according to a new study" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_44.php "New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Chicago Friday to urge hundreds of business leaders there to help usher in a new era of green economics, where addressing the problem of climate change becomes not a cost but an opportunity for growth" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_43.php "From the time the words "global climate change" were first uttered, it was inevitable that there would be an economic dimension to the issue - the price of global warming and the cost of adapting to it" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_42.php "Stepping up the pressure for political action on global warming, scientists for the second time in two months have called for strong measures to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. The American Geophysical Union (AGU) - the world's largest scientific organization dedicated to Earth, atmospheric, and space sciences - warned Thursday that the world will need to reduce emissions by 50 percent below 1990 levels within this century if countries are serious about holding down warming to around 3.6 degrees F. by 2100" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_41.php "Washington - Energy policy is hot. Politicians and providers alike are pushing to develop energy policy as public awareness grows. But there is a fight over the best way to provide energy, for the economy as well as the environment. The renewable energy industries - solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower - depend on tax credits from the federal government and contend they are being left out of legislation" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_40.php "Creating fuel from plants seems like a win-win proposition. It reduces dependence on foreign oil, and it doesn't produce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming - at least that's what advocates claim. But biofuels are not without their critics" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_39.php "New York - Some of the world's top financial institutions are starting to think of green as something other than cash. They are adding chief environmental officers, committing themselves to sustainable-energy projects, and reducing their greenhouse-gas emissions. In a sense, many of them are going from wingtips to green sneakers" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_38.php "More states are joining California in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over its greenhouse gas ruling preventing states from regulating tailpipe exhaust limits" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_37.php "The US Air Force is experimenting with a synthetic fuel that could become a cheaper fuel-alternative for the entire US military and even commercial aviation, officials say" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_36.php "Las Vegas - It draws busloads of Sin City tourists, it's got more mirrors than the Trump Towers, and sometimes the lights are practically blinding.But this latest marvel in the Nevada desert isn't a hotel casino. It's a solar thermal plant that provides peak power to nearby Las Vegas, one of the most unlikely places on the planet to be showing signs of environmental fervor. " http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_35.php "Paper, plastic or biodegradable? Yes, get ready to add a third option at the grocery store checkout line as biodegradable plastics enter the mainstream consumer market. It is hard to imagine that the plastic grocery bag made its debut only 30 years ago. But now, even in Antarctica, scientists regularly find them blowing about" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_34.php "America is getting a green-energy law just in time for Christmas. It's not the great big one with a bow that environmentalists wanted, but, analysts say, it still represents nothing less than a new beginning" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_33.php "Aptera Typ-1 will be available in all- electric and hybrid models for less than $30,000, the electric version slated for delivery in 2008 with the hybrid model to follow. The all-electric model has a range of 120 miles. The plug-in series hybrid has achieved more than 300 miles per gallon with a range of more than 600 miles" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_32.php "As Congress struggled to shape new energy legislation this week, an equally important fight was shaping up: whether the United States will begin to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_31.php "New York - Determined to see the world's nations come together under some form of agreement in combating climate change, United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon told delegates he was counting on a breakthrough amongst leaders attending the Bali Climate Change Conference" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_30.php "The Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policy makers and the public about the dangers of global warming - report" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_29.php "New York - Speaking from Brazil, UN Chief Ban ki-Moon on Monday urged governments to take charge and develop more biofuel programs, while cautioning that a balance must be achieved between the costs and benefits of developing them as energy sources" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_28.php "Houston - Most people throughout the world are willing to make sacrifices to improve our climate. But just how much people will sacrifice to fight global warming is still unknown, though a poll shows most people will go along with taxation if the money is spent to improve the environment through better technology" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_27.php "Washington - You might not think an ex-VP of Commercial Real Estate Appraisal at Chase Manhattan Bank would know much about green building, but you could be wrong. Carol Cannon says she's found the "missing link in green construction" - Sacred Design" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_26.php "Dr. James Hansen to return home to testify against coal, global warming. Today the Cedar Rapids-based public interest environmental law center Plains Justice submitted testimony to the Iowa Utilities Board opposing the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Marshalltown, Iowa, on behalf of a coalition of Iowa organizations. The joint intervenors oppose the plant's global warming pollution and air and water quality damage" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_25.php "Hong Kong - Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has unveiled a rechargable battery for hybrid vehicles today at the Tokyo Auto Show in Tokyo, Japan" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_24.php "Citizens plan to shut off nonessential lighting for an hour in the name of conservation - and community. Restaurants will serve dinner by candlelight, astronomy buffs will be out with their scopes, and musicians will rock out on power from a biodiesel bus. If participants are expecting a total blackout or a quick fix for global warming, they might have to settle instead for a free energy-efficient light bulb and an event T-shirt that reads: Good things happen in the dark" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_23.php "Washington - Solar panels, fingerprint scanners, rain screens, microcapsules of paraffin that change from solid to liquid to save energy and a touch-screen circuitry interface are not typical amenities of a college house" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_22.php "Behind the offerings is the growing view among Japanese automakers that more must be done to fight the image of cars as culprits of pollution, global warming and traffic accidents. Their answer - Transform the car into a friendly companion - not just a machine for getting around" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_21.php "While governments in Australia and Britain are mandating a changeover to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), the United States appears to be doing it free-market style. Wal-Mart just announced it will sell its own low-cost house brand of CFL lights, while also trumpeting that it had already reached its goal of selling 100 million of the swirly, energy-efficient bulbs this year" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_20.php "Washington - The news that officials are considering postponing some events at next summer's Olympics in Beijing because of poor air quality has environmental experts debating how much progress the country has made in dealing with its environmental woes" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_19.php "In the push to harvest alternative energy, scientists have tapped a number of novel sources: the sun, corn, old cooking oil. But how about the simple act of walking?" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_18.php "New York - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a coalition of world leaders to resolve the growing issues the world is facing over global warming today at what amounts to the largest-ever meeting of decision makers at the United Nations" http://www.alternate-energy.net/clicks/click.php?id=10 "Washington - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter pressed members of Congress Thursday to adopt a federal renewable energy standard that reflects similar initiatives in his state, including stiff rules on utility companies to produce clean forms of energy. In 2004, Colorado voters passed the nation's first citizen-initiated energy standard requiring utility companies to produce 10 percent renewable resources by 2020" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_16.php "Washington - An important part of the answer to the country's energy woes could be blowing in the prairie wind, according to plant geneticist Michael Casler. He has spent the past 10 years breeding switchgrass, an eight-foot-plus native plant that was an integral part of the tall grass prairies that once dominated America's Midwest" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_15.php "Houston - A state-led effort by California to force the EPA to either regulate greenhouse gas emissions from autos or permit states to do it won out Wednesday in Court and is seen as victory in the battle being led by Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger against the Bush administration" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_14.php "Washington - Elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere could seriously impact air, weather and vegetation. Now scientists are taking a closer look at what could happen underground. If atmospheric CO2 levels double within this century, as many climate models predict, some areas could experience large increases in the rate of groundwater recharge, the process by which water filters through the soil and enters aquifers." http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_13.php "W. Lafayette, IN - Ongoing research at Purdue is showing advances in hydrogen-generating technology with a recent breakthrough aluminum and gallium alloy that contains more of the aluminum which breaks water molecules down, releasing the hydrogen gas for power generation" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_12.php "Reno - British Columbia, Canada has joined California and four other Western States in agreeing to cut greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 as part of an initiative to curb global warming" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_11.php "Washington - Scientists, economists and policy experts representing government and public institutions from more than 40 countries are meeting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Global Conference on Agricultural Biofuels: Research and Economics in Minneapolis, Minn., August 20-21, to exchange the latest information on economic and technological opportunities in bioenergy" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_8.php "New York - A small robot capable of leaping like a flea to cover vast areas of ground was debuted which sniffs out pollution. The insect-like robot was developed to detect mercury poisoning in the ground and leaps from place to place the way fleas or frogs jump" http://blog.alternate-energy.net/entries/entry_7.php "The scenario the whole of humanity disappears one day, leaving worldly possessions, buildings and trash behind. It's an implausible situation, but gives a fresh take on the environmental challenges Earth faces because of human actions. " http://www.alternate-energy.net/N/news.php?detail=n1184549697.news "Miami - Florida governor Charlie Crist stood beside Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday and signed three executive orders to help combat climate change. The two governors join a growing list of GOP lawmakers who oppose the Bush administration's stall tactics towards cooperating with Europe's collective drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming" http://www.alternate-energy.net/N/news.php?detail=n1183786546.news "Toronto - Canadian Minister of Natural Resources, Gary Lunn, today announced the first wind project funded under the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power initiative" http://www.alternate-energy.net/aps/circuit_simulator05.html "Applet simulates hundreds of circuits with realtime parameters" http://www.alternate-energy.net/fuelcellnews04b.html "hydrogen news" http://www.alternate-energy.net/windnews04b.html "Wind Energy News"