Solyndra Scandal May Reach the White House
A well known Silicon Valley investor and several senior administration officials warned President Obama and the White House to reconsider the president’s visit to the solar start-up company due to its deteriorating financial problems, predicting that he might be embarrassed by his association with Solyndra later. This turned out to be all too true, and now Obama is catching heat for accepting a large contribution from the failed company for his presidential campaign, and then returning the favor with over $500 million dollars in loans.
World Energy Supply Through 2030
Who uses the fuel of the world? Why kinds are being used by people of today? First, we look to the past at how energy is generated and distributed in our world. People currently divide their energy use within four economic sectors: residential, commercial, transportation, and industrial.
Internet And The Environment
Have you ever thought about how much energy and CO2 is produced by computers and computer programs. Huge programs like Google, use up and produce large amounts of energy. When you think about how quickly the world is advancing in technology it makes you think about the effects on the earth a little bit more seriously.
US Renewable Energy Statistics
Renewable standards portfolios are policies written and implemented to increase electricity generation from renewable resources. These renewable resources include wind, solar energy, geothermal energy, and biomass fuel.
A Venti Mistake
If there is one pet peeve that really irks me more than anything else, it’s when I see a person who has clearly not planned ahead. Being a very environmentally conscious individual myself, this issue seems to arise most often when folks are out to the grocery store or the home improvement store and they haven’t made the tiny conscious effort to bring a tote or bag from home and end up using 10 plastic ones to carry home the 11 items they purchased, including half a gallon of milk that is apparently too bulky to simply be carried by it’s handle.
