Alternative Energy News Archives
Saturday 18th of February, 2006
Development Bank of Jamaica to manage $665m energy fund ★
Jamaica Observer, appx. 570 wordsJamaica is getting set to begin lending cash from its $665 million energy fund by the second half of this year. There is hope that there will be a renewed interest in alternative energy emerging once the fund kicks in
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How to Run Your Vehicle on Biodiesel ★
RenewableEnergyAccess.com, appx. 233 wordsTo be held in San Francisco, a class to learn the process of making fuel from fresh or restaurant waste oil and examine the inner workings of a homemade small-scale biodiesel processor
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Don't Forget to Feed The Hydros' ★★★★
Treehugger, appx. 662 wordsA proposal to re-examine ageing hydro electric facilities to see if new technologies can bring them back in line and more effective than ever. Some great additional information in the comments.
Green machines ★★
The Age, appx. 1234 wordsLooking at hybrid technology and the hybrid cars that employ the technology, the article presents the point of view that hybrids are a niche technology at the moment, based on the premise that sales are low and the time to recoup the investment is long. The answer presented is to produce lighter batteries or to team the electric motors with diesel engines rather than gasoline.
A positive energy agenda ★★
Grist Magazine, appx. 315 wordsA worthy rant about politicians and the energy agenda in the United States that can be summarized by the following few lines: [Politicians] may speak forcefully about the danger of oil, but the next paragraph is too often a grab bag of buzzwords... Nothing will substitute for a good-faith effort to comprehensively address our energy problems. Nothing will substitute for a real energy program.
