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
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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
Posted inUncategorized
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
Posted inSoftware
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
Posted inOil / Politics
Big Oil lies
Last December, when Congress worked on the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Senate Democrats proposed shifting several billions of dollars in tax breaks … Big Oil liesRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / CO2
2007 Global carbon emissions was 3% higher
The Global Carbon Project released its “Carbon Budget 2007”. The report shows a continuation of the grossly unsustainable growth rate in CO2 emissions since 2000, … 2007 Global carbon emissions was 3% higherRead more
Posted inArctic / Global Warming
Sea Ice Retreat
Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on the 2008 melt season. Although the … Sea Ice RetreatRead more
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Some nuclear facts
• The UK’s 60,000 tonnes of nuclear waste is difficult to visualise. Instead, imagine a pile of 15,000 elephants. That’s around a quarter of the … Some nuclear factsRead more