The five following Friday Facts come from MoneyMorning.com’s article titled Alternative Energy Forecast: Why Investors Will Finally Start to Profit in 2011 Biomass: It is primarily used in heating and accounts for about 13% of current global energy use (though the total is only 4% in the United States). Hydroelectric power: At the end of [...]
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Five Friday Facts: Renewable Energy Generation
December 31st, 2010 
Eric Wilson Five Friday Facts – Brazilian Edition
December 24th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week (Sunday December 12th) CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a segment (video below) on Brazil. Here are five facts culled from the piece: 14 percent of the world’s fresh water is in Brazil. Eighty percent of its electricity comes from hydropower. 150 miles off the coast, lie what are believed to be the largest discoveries [...]
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No Comments »Five Friday Facts: U.S. Science and Technological Leadership at Risk
December 10th, 2010 Justin Manger • In 2009, 51% of U.S. patents were awarded to non-U.S. companies. China has gone from 15th place to 5th in international patents. • The World Economic Forum ranks the U.S. 48th in quality of mathematics and science education. Source: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited, 2010 • In less than 15 years, China has [...]
Five Friday Facts: Nissan Leaf
December 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson Following up on our Nissan Leaf Test Drive post from earlier today, comes this set of Five Friday Facts about the Leaf. Based on government testing the Nissan Leaf will officially be rate at 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. The Environmental Protection Agency’s fuel efficiency window sticker, which provides information [...]
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November 26th, 2010 Justin Manger Waste Management was recently featured in Fortune magazine for their “Think Green” campaign and new strategic push to diversify away from traditional garbage collection and disposal services. Here are a few highlights from the article: Waste Management’s LampTracker is the largest recycler of compact fluorescent bulbs in the U.S. It collects bulbs from businesses and [...]
Five Friday Facts: National Wildlife Refuge
November 19th, 2010 Eric Wilson Lesser known than the National Park Service, The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the world’s premier system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife and plants (according to the Fish and Wildlife Service). As described to me in a recent visit [...]
The Fate of High Speed Rail in the US
November 15th, 2010 Eric Wilson NPR recently carried a story about the effect of the 2010 election on high speed rail development in Florida, Wisconsin, and Ohio. According to the story, the governors-elect of the latter intend to return the funds allocated as part of the Recovery Act, while Florida’s governor-elect may join them. The following is from a comment [...]
Five Friday Facts: Some Sobering Stats on High-Speed Rail
November 12th, 2010 Justin Manger Robert J. Samuelson’s Newsweek article does its best to deflate the notion that high-speed commuter trains are the job creating, pollution and congestion solving answer to America’s transportation problems. The [Obama] administration has already committed $10.5 billion, and that’s just a token down payment. California wants about $19 billion for an 800-mile track from Anaheim to [...]
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November 8th, 2010 Eric Wilson This Wednesday, November 10, at 1 p.m. EST, 200 bloggers will simultaneously publish reviews of 200 books printed on eco-friendly paper to raise consumer awareness about considering the environment when making book purchases. 2nd Green Revolution is taking part and will review Andres Edwards’ Thriving Beyond Sustainability, which has provided the two most recent five [...]
Five Friday Facts – Renewable Energy
November 5th, 2010 Eric Wilson As part of the Eco-Libris’ Green Book Campaign (mentioned in last week’s Five Friday Facts) 2nd Green Revolution is reviewing Thriving Beyond Sustainability by Andres Edwards. It’s chock full of potential Five Friday Facts. This set relating to the energy transition that has occurred over the past decade demonstrates the growth of the renewable energy [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, Grid, Hydroelectricity, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »
