North America’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant is at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Covering 140 acres and providing around 14 megawatts of … Nellis Air Force Base in Las VegasRead more
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Posted inEnergy / Politics / Renewable
Renewable power strategy
The government’s renewable power strategy is “ineffective and very expensive”, according to a damning review by the International Energy Agency. A study of 35 countries, … Renewable power strategyRead more
Posted inPollution
Contamination from Tuba City Open Dump
The Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are tired of investigations of the Tuba City Open Dump. They want it cleaned up. Studies since 1999 … Contamination from Tuba City Open DumpRead more
Posted inSoftware
Keyboard not working on laptop
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst on the kernel line append i8042.reset eg: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2946bc29-bb7c-466c-823e-86394c27eed3 ro quiet splash i8042.reset Save and reboot the system.
Posted inTransportation
Green Commuting
With gas prices ever on the rise, people living farther from the workplace, and traffic conditions worsening by the week, the daily commute is increasingly … Green CommutingRead more
Posted inEnergy / Solar
Breaking the $1/watt Barrier
The $1 per watt price point has been a goal of the solar industry for a long time: First Solar announced that “it reduced its … Breaking the $1/watt BarrierRead more
Posted inEnergy / MOX
MOX – a total waste
MOX fuel is an alternative fuel for nuclear power plants, combining uranium with plutonium. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) classifies MOX fuel as ‘direct-use’ … MOX – a total wasteRead more
Posted inMOX
Largest shipment of plutonium to Japan
The Pintail is owned by British Nuclear Fuels and in the next few days – along with her sister ship the Pacific Heron – will … Largest shipment of plutonium to JapanRead more
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Protest against nuclear power in Germany
Despite icy weather and light rain some 15,000 Germans demonstrated against nuclear power generation their Thursday evening, our early Friday morning, with a chain of … Protest against nuclear power in GermanyRead more
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Some useful freesoftwares
Here is some useful free softwares and its installation commands on Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu. After installation copy deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives folder to another folder. … Some useful freesoftwaresRead more