Apple Prepping 100% Alternative Energy Data Center

We are headed in the right direction with this kind of decision. Now if we can only get the Republcans out of the way…
The less Coal, and oil we use the better for the U.S. and the world.

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Apple Prepping 100 Percent Green Data Center
By Angela Moscaritolo May 18, 2012 03:17pm EST 2 Comments

Apple says that its new $1 billion data center in Maiden, [...]

Round the world in just six hours: Vacuum tubes could be used for super-fast public transport

Imagine hopping on the Tube in London on your way to work in the morning – and getting off near your office in New York City just three-quarters of an hour later.

If the designers of one revolutionary idea for the public transport of the future are right, that’s just what we could be doing one day.

Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) is an airless, frictionless form of transport which, its designers say, [...]

Battery Backup Power for Home

Living in a condo in a densely populated suburb, running even a quiet generator 24 hrs a day is not an option for many reasons. Nor do I have the space to erect even a modest solar array. My approach was to build a battery powered backup system based on a  fork truck battery and an inverter.

I first did an energy budget for my home. This is a spreadsheet with [...]