Warner Pacific
College
May 29, 2014
As of 2014
we are currently innovating ways to convert our old recycled products into
something we can use. I believe in a couple years we will have solar panels on
most if not all houses, and I hope to see more businesses convert to solar as
well. Here is a little bit about solar panels; solar power is produced by
collecting sunlight and converting it into electricity. This is done by using
solar panels, which are large flat panels made up of many individual solar
cells. It is most often used in remote locations, although it is becoming more
popular in urban areas as well. This page contains articles that explore
advances in solar energy technology. Here is a fun fact did you know who is the
most competent solar power expert, according to a research team from Tel Aviv
University? It is the humble common Oriental hornet found in our gardens! Much
to the astonishment of the scientists and researchers, the hornet utilizes
solar power much like a plant and it produces electricity. Think how much
easier it would be if only we could unravel how the hornet manages it. This
discovery could revolutionize future solar power harvesting.
New York
City's Brooklyn Bridge Park is getting even greener with the addition of a
solar powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station – the first of its kind in
New York City. Brooklyn Bridge Park has already added a number of green areas
with lush grass, making it a great spot for both locals and tourists to enjoy
the fabulous view of Manhattan and this EV charging station is the latest and
unique green energy addition. The station will likely reduce the carbon
emission inside the park to a great extent. Yes, as of 2011, The Empire State
Building, one of the world's largest buildings has achieved the distinction of
becoming the largest buyer of green renewable wind power. The Empire State
Building will be using more than 100 million kWh of wind energy in the coming
couple of years approximately. It will be totally - 100% - wind-powered from
now on! This is not the only feather in the lofty Empire State Building's green
cap. Already the tall building has executed the refurbishment of fitting of all
its - some 6500 or so - windows with a unique type of insulating glass for
power savings. Some $13.2 million very well spent in boosting the green
credentials.
A German owned company IMO has
set-up a plant in USA that will make the largest solar tracker solar panels to
tap solar energy. As per Ruediger Unverzagt and Klaus Pless, respectively the
CEO and vice-president of this company, these solar tracker solar panels are
the largest in Summerville in South California. IMO is looking forward to
commercially sell these solar tracker solar panels. Despite being huge in size,
they are very easy to assemble and one can assemble them just outside the building
where they are to be installed. The United States of America will now produce
clear power that can light up as many as 11000 to 277500 homes in the country.
The Sectary of Interior Ken Salazar has given a go ahead to the Ivanpah Solar
Electric Generating system, a project proposed by Bright Source of Oakland that
can produce up to 370 megawatt of clear energy and generate nearly 1100
opportunities for employment. The project, located in San Bernardino Country,
California, is the inaugural large-scale solar energy project on US public soil
to use the power tower.
Power-Curve Society, written by
David Bollier, examines how technological innovation is restructuring
productivity and the social and economic impact resulting from these changes.
It addresses the growing concern about the technological displacement of jobs,
stagnant middle class income, and wealth disparities in an emerging
"winner-take-all" economy. It also examines cutting-edge innovations
in personal data ecosystems that could potentially unlock a revolutionary wave
of individual economic empowerment. Power-Curve Society is the Report of the
Twenty-First Annual Roundtable on Information Technology, a dialogue convened
by the Communications and Society Program. Despite agreement that new technologies
are providing valuable productivity gains and economic growth, there was a
subtle but significant division among conference participants about what issues
require urgent attention. “Without overemphasizing this,” said Charles
Firestone of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, “we can
detect a split between those who see the new economy as a natural phenomenon
that we must come to accept—‘embrace the machines and figure out how to use
them’—and those who worry about the people being left out economically, and who
want to find effective interventions—government policies, institutional
practices, education or other means—to help them.”
There was wide agreement that
education is central to people’s ability to participate in the new economy, so
much conversation focused on how education is changing (and not changing), and
what strategies can help people compete in the new economy. Joi Ito, Director
of the MIT Media Lab, offered his own iconoclastic perspective on these
questions. Something I found amazing was this story I found on a hydropower
ocean system. Till now, hydropower has mostly been generated at dams. Now,
turbines around the world are being designed to harness the power of the ocean.
Blue Energy Canada is close to commercializing a turbine that captures energy
from ocean currents and already has purchase power agreements in India,
Indonesia, and New Zealand. With a set of subway-size floating turbines,
Pelamis Wave Power is converting wave power into electricity off the coast of
Scotland. Following this was a story that will change the world around us, the
first round of biofuels caused a spike in global food prices. Now companies are
developing the next generation from non-edible sources.
Scientists at ADM (ADM) are creating
cellulosic ethanol from corn stover and other companies are experimenting with
switch grass, woodchips, and miscanthus. The simple things in life can also be
some of the greenest. Biking to work slashes overall carbon emissions when
compared to driving or using public transportation, contrary to what state
legislators may say. Turn that idea into a 10,000-strong bike share program,
and you can revolutionize the way a population thinks about going green. The
average American throws about 40 percent of their food away every year, and
nearly 100 cities have launched composting programs to try and keep it out of
landfills. Curbside composting has spread across the country from uber-green
San Francisco, which started their program 15 years ago and now collects more
than 600 tons of compost daily. Of the 250 million tons of trash created in the
U.S. in 2010, 34 percent of it was diverted to composting or recycling
programs, according to the EPA.
I read a new story about an
environmentally safe way for a burial that was just disturbing to me. In my
opinion yes it is nice to be economically and environmentally sound but when
you are going through a tragic moment like that you want the best looking casket
or urn that you can get not something that looks like you would plant plants
inside of it. Death isn't the best thing for the environment. Cremation sends
more than 6.8 million tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere every year,
caskets take a long time to biodegrade and burial leads to methane emission
(the second most prevalent greenhouse gas). But environmentally-friendly burial
options are becoming more prevalent. Wicker and cardboard coffins can replace
traditional wood, and dry ice is used rather than formaldehyde. And green
burial services are popping up around the globe to curb post-mortem emissions.
Something I
admire is that we are not the only country that is coming up with new was to
save money and our environment. Recently my friend decided to travel the world
she has spent six months in Spain and is currently in japan teaching kids how
to speak and write in English. In her travels she found out that in Asia they
have a battery that is fueled by urine. However disgusting it maybe it is
pretty smart to reuse something that we just flush away. There is also a new
car in Germany from a company called Genco that runs off our waste. This VW
Beetle is roaming the streets of Bristol in the UK thanks to poo-power. That is
to say, it runs on biogas, a fuel derived from the breakdown of organic matter
like manure or sewage into methane. There is no doubt that this is a viable,
sustainable source of energy (the waste from 70 homes in Bristol generates
enough methane to power the car for a year) — but I shudder to think what
filling stations might smell like in the future.
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