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Paper towel technique

April 28, 2012
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The Magic Washing Machine

April 23, 2012
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Hans Rosling tells us about the washing machine. He gives a new perspective on energy, who has it and who wants it. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments...

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Natural Gas?

April 10, 2012
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There’s no tomorrow. Can this be true?

April 6, 2012
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This little video is loaded with cool easy to understand ideas about the situation of energy and the world. Most of these points are pretty hard to derail. What...

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Invention not the answer to energy?

April 4, 2012
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Batteries

March 29, 2012
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I’m curious if this is ready for actual use yet. Or is it wishful. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers...

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Fukushima and Topsy the Elephant

March 17, 2012
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Fukushima and Topsy the Elephant

Thomas Edison wanted DC electricity to be the way of the world and wanted Tesla’s AC electricity to go away. Edison did a road show of electrocutions of stray...

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Fukushima, Chernobyl, 911 and other disasters

March 15, 2012
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Fukushima, Chernobyl, 911 and other disasters

I’m interested in learning about the deaths and other risks of our energy industries. It had dawned on me that not everybody agrees on how many people died in...

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Stability of Earth

March 14, 2012
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Fukushima and Chernobyl vs. Banqiao Hydro Dam Disaster

March 12, 2012
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Fukushima and Chernobyl vs. Banqiao Hydro Dam Disaster

I noticed Steve Aplin mentioned the Banqiao hydro dam event. I understood that 170,000 people perished from this hydro dam failure around 1975. He states that it’s more like...

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Solar Technology

March 9, 2012
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Science + Comedy = Truth?

March 8, 2012
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Or was that science + truth = comedy. Find this a bit funny for some reason. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share...

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PickShareOttawa begining

March 6, 2012
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PickShareOttawa begining

My friend Ginnig is involved with starting a movement to collect potentially wasted food and can it. It looks like a great way to be involved with your community...

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Floods in Pakistan

March 5, 2012
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I received a request from GPO PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN for Squirrel model airplanes (for a small school). I did a little research on what’s going on there. I sure hope...

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Oil is also ugly

February 24, 2012
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Soda cans

February 24, 2012
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Pipeline

January 12, 2012
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More on ethical oil. The new way to try and derail someones position is to just call them a radical. Is Canada an island unto itself? Bookmark on Delicious...

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Fear

December 31, 2011
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I recently did a post on deaths associated to different types of energy production. Here’s an interesting diagram of the deaths from three different types of power. Why do...

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Christmas gift wrap

December 24, 2011
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Citizen Energy

December 22, 2011
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Citizen Energy

I came across this in Make Magazine. It’s a vendor who is sharpening knives using pedal power. What’s interesting here is the direct use of energy. You don’t have...

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Ethical Oil?

December 11, 2011
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Ethical Oil?

X-Ray has an interesting blurb about ethical oil. I must say I think that term “Ethical Oil” is a bit of a concern. It’s like “Ethical CO2″. We need...

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Sewing off the grid

November 29, 2011
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Here’s Paul Nosa and his off grid sewing machine. Is he sewing fabric or sewing imagination? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share...

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Ozone

November 22, 2011
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Buy Local

November 22, 2011
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Buy Local

I had one of these beers at “The Exchange” at Rideau. Great beer and it’s local. Actually it’s better than great. Buying local can save energy and help the...

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Citizen Electricity

November 19, 2011
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Occupy Post Canada

November 13, 2011
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Occupy Post Canada

Postal services are very important and I believe they should be efficient. Here’s a brain teaser for you. Notice in the attached pictures the parcel to be mailed with...

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Occupy Ottawa and Environment

November 9, 2011
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Let’s talk about the cost of Electricity in Ontario

September 30, 2011
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Let’s talk about the cost of Electricity in Ontario

Here is an explanation of what’s going on. This dialogue has Steven Aplin as technical moderator. So who are you voting for? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend...

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Belo Monte Dam to displace 40,000

September 30, 2011
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Belo Monte Dam to displace 40,000

Belo Monte Dam is moving forward and will destroy a million acres of rain forest, disrupt fisheries and displace 40,000 people. Chief Raoni et.al. shown grieving over anticipated loss....

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OCTranspo and Green House Gases

September 28, 2011
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OCTranspo and Green House Gases

I’ve been wondering how efficient and clean buses are. Those drivers are pretty clumsy and go full steam ahead even if there is a red light ahead. I wonder...

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