Image credit: Grassrootsmodern What’s hot in restaurant design these days? Retro light bulbs, of the old, carbon-filament power-sucking kind. And the warmer the light, the less efficient they are, some running under 2 lumens per watt. (a fluorescent bulb runs at 80 lumens per watt). The New York Times covers the trend, interviewing a designer:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hot New Trend: Old Fashioned Incandescent Lightbulbs
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Photo by nicholas_t What exactly is the smart grid, why don’t we have it, and when will we? For most Americans, the smart grid is a mystery. That’s part of the reason why there is some bubbling hostility toward smart meter installation projects in many places, and smart grid pilot projects happening in (relatively) so few. Tom Raftery of GreenMonk is an expert on the smart grid. He took t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Understanding the Smart Grid: What’s Great and What’s Wrong with Electricity 2.0 (Video)
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image: Statkraft Osmotic Power has been kicking around for a while now, with researchers trying to make it cost-competitive–the biggest hurdle when you’re trying to generate electricity by passing fresh water through a membrane into saltwater. Now, a new report from cleantech consultants Kachan & Co says that the potential of osmotic power is such that by 2030 it could generate enough electricity to meet 50% of Europe’s demand…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Osmotic Power Could Generate Electricity for Half of Europe by 2030 – Strong Emphasis on Could
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photo: tata_aka_T via flickr Being pretty much smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it’s no great secret that Hawaii is utterly dependent on imported energy . But it’s also looking to change that , hoping to develop 400 MW of wind farms on the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The trouble is getting the electricity from these islands to where the majority o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hawaii Plans Billion Dollar Undersea Cable to Bring Wind Power to Oahu
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Pac-Man recreated IRL using hacked Roombas linked wirelessly to homebrewed guidance software. ( Via Gizmodo ) Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment
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“One panda distracts the zookeeper while the other one opens the door…” (with geeky laughter!) Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment
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This child just skyrocketed into the Top 5 Cutest Kids on the internet. Give us a video and he unseats Amelie for number 1. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment
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Prior to the vote on the climate bill back in June, Congressman Tom Perriello (D-VA) received a a letter from Hispanic community group Creciendo Juntos urging him to vote against the bill — the trouble is that the letter was forged and sent on behalf of an undisclosed client by lobbyists Bonner & Associates.
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Forged letters urging opposition to climate bill sent to congressman by lobbyists
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