Monthly Archives: April 2008
Olympic Torch Completes Ring Cycle: Chinese Back to Oppressing Their Own Again
What do “Lord of the Rings” and the Beijing Olympics have in common? After several excrutiating and turbulent weeks, the Olympic torch has finally made it to Hong Kong. As it has all along its torturous trail, the torch brought with … Continue reading
Original Video: Geothermal Energy in Iceland
I know some of you have seen this already in an earlier post. But I’m trying out my new WordPress 2.5.1 blog software and wanted to see how this works. I’ve gotten lots of great comments on YouTube about the … Continue reading
World Premiere Video: ELO Rocks Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference
OK, it’s not exactly Madonna’s latest. But it’s something I’ve been working on in my spare time for the past few months. A great PR agent named Luanne Valentin found my website and contacted me a while ago to ask … Continue reading
Oil Hits New Record Price: Break the Chains You Put on Yourself
Here we go: $120/barrel oil. It ain’t going to get better, folks. If you thought having a couple of oil men in the White House would keep oil prices down- wrong again. Oil companies don’t care about you or the … Continue reading
Solar Niche Markets: Investing, Like the Future, Has Risks
The sure antidote for renewaphobia is knowing what you’re getting into. It took me a lot of time and a lot of reading and talking to experts, vendors and customers to figure out how I was going to handle the … Continue reading
Brewing Fuel: Now That’s America!
This NYT article made my day and certainly made for interesting conversation with the neighbors as we were out spring cleaning in our yards Sunday. And it sure made that cold one later on taste even better.
Reno Quakes Have West on Existential Alert; What Would Camus Do?
There’s something oddly comforting in knowing that the imminent threat to your life and everything you own is totally unpreventable unless you move far away very quickly. But there isn’t exactly a panic in Reno, Nevada where seismologists are now … Continue reading
Earthquakes Provide Welcome Relief from Negative News
Sounds almost like an Onion headline. Anyway, another tremor hits the Sierra Nevada. It’s strange. I feel happier and more enlightened after reading about how my house with me inside it could be swallowed up by Earth at any time … Continue reading
Recycling Old TVs: Corporate Media Not Handling the Problem They Created
With the ultimate ascent of HDTV well underway, more old TV sets- are being discarded- incorrectly. Our natural inclination is to simply throw them away. But they do have value for parts and even for continued use. A set that I … Continue reading
Nova’s “Saved By the Sun” on PBS Shows Solar Works; It’s America That Doesn’t
The excellent documentary program “Nova” on PBS re-broadcast “Saved By the Sun” on KBYU the other night. It’s an outstanding, non-elitist and entertaining look at how solar energy is growing all over the world, even the United States. It spares … Continue reading
