tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16042672169911358082012-02-16T20:08:26.671-08:00MitochondriacThe Power House Babymwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-61472353058202569452009-04-24T09:36:00.001-07:002009-04-24T09:37:43.380-07:006 MW Wind Turbine Being Installed in Germany!Check out the picture...... the post.mwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-86570652864765457402009-01-05T10:19:00.001-08:002009-01-05T10:21:31.482-08:00Demand for Solar Abroad Growing ExtremeWidespread theft of photovoltaic panels reported in developing countries.mwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-54594780203251134102007-08-08T16:30:00.000-07:002007-08-26T11:23:01.393-07:00The Cost of CoalThis week Mitochondriac is saddened by the trapping of six coal miners in Utah. The miners were first submerged in earth on Monday, August 6 when the mine shaft they were working caved in around them. What caused the shaft to implode is currently a controversial matter. Robert Murray, CEO of the Cleveland based Murray Energy Corp that owns the mine and employs these particular workers, mwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-16080708653029769102007-08-03T13:24:00.000-07:002008-12-10T21:39:28.528-08:00Update: House of Representatives considers change in energy policyThe Democratically controlled House of Representatives is presently considering HR 3221, an energy bill that could fundamentally alter US energy policy. The primary change under consideration is whether or not to grant $16 billion in tax credits as incentives for renewable energy. To offset the cost, the Bill would repeal tax credits to oil companies.The Udall-Platts Amendment is also up for amwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-59583724400131548472007-07-31T11:25:00.000-07:002007-07-31T12:37:27.529-07:00Commonly Perceived Truth #2: No Sun, No SolarSolar Power is defined as: energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy. It would thus stand to reason that you need lots of sun to get lots of solar power, right? Not necessarily.Check out this news from Germany: New data shows that Germany has become the world’s leader for generating solar power, despite the fact that two-thirds of the country’s annualmwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-8443538451713715902007-07-27T18:04:00.000-07:002007-07-27T19:26:34.089-07:00Received Tenet/Commonly Presumed Truth #1: Some Basic FactsFirst some data:In 2005, the latest year for which statistics are available, America used 3.8 billion kilowatthours of electricity, 87% of which was used by us in our homes, at an average cost of $1,063 per home. Brining in $268 billion in annual revenues, the electricity industry represents 3% of America's GDP, dwarfing other giants like pharmaceuticals($143 billion) and airlines($122 mwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604267216991135808.post-66750538669918363702007-07-27T16:39:00.000-07:002007-07-27T18:03:02.272-07:00IntrotasticMitochondriac uncovers the Power Supply of America. It's electric, it's a gas, it's coal in your stocking on an otherwise cheerful christmas morning ... it's a thousand points of light.The term electricity was first used by Sir Thomas Brown in a work formally known as Pseudodoxia Epidemica, but more casually referred to as a "Enquiries into Very many Received Tenets, and commonly Presumed mwtizzzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156331019402351151noreply@blogger.com0