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"drifting, no sign of life..." <morning.blargh> Saving the World With Sunbeams AP | Aug. 07, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- A U.S. chemist is trying to determine how the world will produce enough energy to supply 9 billion people by mid-century -- and whether that can be done without pumping off-the-charts amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. Daniel Nocera, 48, is working to achieve an old, elusive dream: using the bountiful energy in sunlight to split water into its basic components, hydrogen and oxygen. The elements could then be used to supply clean-running fuel cells or new kinds of machinery. Or the energy created from the reaction itself, as atomic bonds are severed and re-formed, might be harnessed and stored. [Read More...] so far, sounds good. how long before 'big oil' finds a way to eliminate the method? Fight Over Alaska Oil Drilling Continues by H. Josef Hebert | Aug 7, 2005 WASHINGTON - Conspicuous by its absence in the sweeping energy bill that President Bush has championed and will sign Monday is his top energy priority: opening an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling. But the fight over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will flare anew in Congress next month with drilling advocates saying they have their best chance in more than two decades of making it happen. [Read More...] if even alaska can fall to de-environmentalization (i made that word up all by myself), nothing is safe. Hurricane Expert Predicts Near-Record Season AP | August 5, 2005 MIAMI â Hurricane forecaster William Gray said Friday he expects 20 named tropical storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, revising his earlier prediction of 15. This is the highest seasonal forecast of hurricane activity Gray has ever made. He began forecasting seasonal hurricane activity in 1984. [Read More...] the day after tomorrow is an awesome movie. Americans Didn't Flock To Canada After Bush Win by David Ljunggren | Aug 5, 2005 OTTAWA - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats -- it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all. In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north. [Read More...] canada wouldn't let us in! too many of us have felonies and misdemeanors... o canada, o canada, why won't you let us innnnn? </morning.blargh> "...floating dead the tide carries me" -- Posted by sku11fukkr to The Blargh at 8/08/2005 08:59:00 AM |
