Posts made in April, 2014
The Balancing Act
There’s a parallel being drawn between the abolition of slavery in 1833 and the fight against carbon emissions now Wilberforce – one man took on the vested interests in Britain with his speech in 1799 at the House of Commons but indirectly he was talking to those in the West Indies, the USA and the rest of the world Slavery finally became illegal in Britain in 1833 A good story few would disagree Today the vested interests of the likes of Exxon are huge and only a small part of their hydro carbons can be burnt if we are to keep our world as it is It took Wilberforce 44 years to get his law through in Britain A civil war in the US and the rhetoric of Lincoln to get...
Read MoreAre We Halfway to Market Dominance for Solar?
Solar is now around 1 percent of global electricity generation. But that might mean we’re further along than you’d think. Solar power is on a tear. Cumulative solar photovoltaic electricity production is about to reach 1 percent of total global electricity production, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. In just a decade, solar power has gone from being a fringe technology for greenies to an almost-mainstream source of power, due to its increasing cost-effectiveness in many countries around the world. This is a remarkable evolution and demonstrates well why CitiGroup recently stated that the “age of...
Read MoreBodes well for your child!!
According to Tam Hunt in April 11, 2014 in GreenTech Solar “Solar is now around 1 percent of global electricity generation. But that might mean we’re further along than you’d think.” World solar power has silently been doubling each 2.2 years and has now reached 1% – worldwide. If it carries on doubling at this rate a third of world electricity will be solar in 11 years – 2025, two thirds in 13 years 2027 & ALL OF ALL POWER in 2029 15.4 years time – with no emissions, no CO2, & no radioactive waste. Both the world will have warmed and the sea risen a bit in those 15.4 years but the Climate Crisis should stop...
Read MoreSo small
We may think its grand to have enormous shows like the Olympic Games or a Royal Wedding Perhaps we should not lose sight of the fact that in fact we are so small That’s not to say we can’t do big things but our nearest neighboring star is 4.3 light years away itself miles less than the mean 4,000 light years between stars in the solar system well if we took off in an airliner – around the equator it would take 49 hours to get round And at that rate to be arriving at that star now it wold have to have taken off in 3200 BC and that star is much closer than the mean so perhaps we should spend less trying vainly to explore such an immense space and turn our...
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Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. 
