By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions
By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis
Scientific American Magazine, December 2007
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis met a decade ago while working on life-cycle studies of photovoltaics. Zweibel is president of PrimeStar Solar in Golden, Colo., and for 15 years was manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratorys Thin-Film PV Partnership. Mason
Sirikit Dam is about 4 hour drive South East of Chiang Mai.Hydro-Power Station...Local Map, the lake is very big.Nan river below dam. Kin kao Sirikit Dam (Aroi), there's also golf course and accommodation. And fishing boat rentals with guides.
From Sirikit we drove to "Ban Tha Rua" houseboat village" on same lake.Houseboat village.Ban Rua use bamboo for floats.Trusty, longtail Sanpans.Floating restaurant with cold beer. You can rent a float bungalow for 300 Baht.Fresh Pla from the lake.The "s
Looks like a whole bunch of TFers are coming to CM for Songkran, it's going to fun ;)Here's a good website to see what's going on during Songkran. http://www.city-now.com/
The full ceremonial name of the city given by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, and later edited by King Mongkut, is
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
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Wired: In the film, you show the lead-up to the vote to authorize an invasion of Iraq. Senators and congressmen from both parties basically quote the same lines -- the "smoking gun becomes a mushroom cloud," the Saddam-Hitler comparisons. Someone was obviously feeding them their material. Donahue: They came from the White House Iraq Group, or WHIG. It's made up of advertising agency warriors. These are the people who name our invasions. Rolling Thunder, Shock and Awe. As if it was a videogame.
Move Over, Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
SWEETWATER, Tex. — The wind turbines that recently went up on Louis Brooks’s ranch are twice as high as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that span as wide as the wingspan of a jumbo jet. More important from his point of view, he is paid $500 a month to permit 78 of them on his land, with 76 more on the way.
“That’s just money you’re hearing,” he said as they hummed in a brisk breeze recently.
Texas, once the oil capital of
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
My goal in making The Story of Stuff was to encourage people to have this difficult conversation, to begin thinking and talking about these complicated issues. Our current ways of making, using and throwing away stuff is largely based on unsustainable and unjust systems yet, as a society,we’ve got this big collective blind spot about talking about this. Let’s raise the issues, let’s ask the hard questions, let’s get it on the table and examine it and debate
A President Like My Father
By CAROLINE KENNEDY
OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.
My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined. All my life, people have told me that my father ch
People Power, Democrat square on proportional vote seats in early count
As of 6:15 pm, the People Power Party and the Democrat Party appeared to be square on the proportional vote with each appearing to win 34 party-list MPs.
When the 6.6 million votes were, counted, the Democrat earned 2.8 million votes and People Power got 2.58 million, making each of them eligible for 34 party-list MPs. The rest of votes go to smaller parties.
The Nation
Will try to UpdateSawasdee Pee Mai Everyone :-)
What power system would the Lord Buddha build?
By CHRIS and CHUENCHOM GREACEN
Lord Buddha preached compassion, loving kindness and non-violence to all people and living beings. How might we make Thailand's environmentally harmful and conflict-ridden power system kinder, gentler and less violent?
Thailand's current electrical system is not so kind to plants, animals and humans. Hydropower disrupts fish ecology and floods forests, animal habitats, crop lands and villages.
The process of
Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: November 30, 2007 (NY Times)
The United States could shave as much as 28 percent off the amount of greenhouse gases it emits at fairly modest cost and with only small technology innovations, according to a new report.
A large share of the reductions could come from steps that would more than pay for themselves in lower energy bills for industries and individual consumers, the report said, adding t
Let's meet at Daret's outdoor restaurant at 7:30 PM, Darets (no.17) is just cross the street from Tha Phae Gate (no.40). Please PM me if you have suggestions or questions See ya there and choke dee
Recently, I've notice that iPod prices were higher in Thailand than in the US at the Apple store.Well, today "iLounge" did a report on iPhones & iPods in Thailand, very interesting and not very complementary on Thai style business practises, especially "Apple Thailand"BTW iLounge has very good articles on how to use iTunes.
Two iPod & iPhone sites in Thai Language.http://www.thaiiphoneclub.com/ http://www.siampod.com/ http://ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/ipod-overseas-report
