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Windpower = Jobs

By liberalgeek February 2, 200820 Comments

My friend anon wrote me and pointed out a great article about windpower jobs. The bottom line of the article is that Windpower techs are in great demand and that…

UD Gets Good Press for Battery Technology

By liberalgeek December 10, 20072 Comments

I saw a post on one of my geek websites this AM extolling the virtues of a project at UD to use electric cars to feed back into the grid. …

Good Deed or Are We Trying to Infect Haiti?

By liberalgeek November 29, 200714 Comments

I just came across this article at the Washington Times. Delaware is exporting firewood to Haiti in an effort to stem deforestation in the Caribbean nation. Sound like a good…

Off-shore Windpower for Ships?

By liberalgeek November 26, 20073 Comments

I just came across this interesting little story. It is about a company that is selling giant kites that will be used to augment the propulsion of trans-oceanic freighters. Interestingly,…

Patriot Day: Global Warming is Good For You

By liberalgeek September 19, 20072 Comments

So I've been hearing this buzzing around the interwebs about the world getting hotter or some such thing. I think some people are just too "in love" with the cold. …

Wonky Wednesday: Let’s Get Recycling Done This Week

By tommywonk June 27, 20077 Comments

The General Assembly has before it a bill, House Substitute 1 to House Bill 146, that would create a meaningful statewide recycling program in Delaware. A competing bill, HB 159, while…

TommyWonk to Talk Energy on WDEL Today

By tommywonk June 22, 20072 Comments

I’ve been invited to talk about the latest developments in the energy saga with Allan Loudell on WDEL, 1150 AM, at 12:14. As noted yesterday, Delmarva Power filed an appeal…

Gee, why does congress get low approval ratings?

By Donviti June 22, 20077 Comments

Earlier in the week, the Senate rejected additions to the bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for…

An analysis of Cherry-Picked Emissions Data

By liberalgeek June 4, 20073 Comments

This morning I was listening to a podcast of Left, Right and Center and I heard the guy on the right (guest commentator Clarke Judge of the White House Writers…

Windpower for your home? It might be closer than you think

By jason330 May 29, 2007

Advances in design, legislative support and "net metering" are turning the idea of homebased wind power into a reality. From the Mother Earth News: For many, home energy costs recently…

Wonky Wednesday: Delaware Chooses Wind

By tommywonk May 23, 20072 Comments

It's doubtful that the Public Service Commission has ever generated more interest and excitement than it has with yesterday's decision to order Delmarva Power to begin negotiating with Bluewater Wind.…

NYC Taxis Go Green

By liberalgeek May 22, 20078 Comments

Michael Bloomberg has decided that New York should go green. By 2012, all 13,000 NYC taxis will be hybrids. This is the sort of thing that will make Michael Bloomberg…

Wonky Wednesday: Whither Wind?

By tommywonk May 16, 20072 Comments

Next Tuesday, May 22, we should have a final determination from the Public Service Commission (PSC) in the form of a formal order, and concurrence from DNREC, OMB and the…