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Global Applications: Humanitarian - Civilian - Military Markets
WaterBrick is a unique container that can be used for water, food, medical or other emergency needs that can be palletized, then shipped and/or air-dropped anywhere worldwide quickly and economically. It's currently being considered as the container of choice for distribution of products to some African regions replacing non-recyclable bags and disposable containers.
WaterBrick is also a self-contained building block used to construct permanent housing and other facilities in third world nations at far less cost than conventional building methods. WaterBrick requires no foundation or mortar; just add dirt and stack like conventional building blocks.
WaterBrick is also ideal for bulk water storage for hurricanes, storm preparedness, camping, boating, and also fits the design model for sale and distribution in such stores as Home Depot or Lowes.
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Florida Company Donates Solar Lights to Haiti
Sol Inc., a Florida manufacturer of solar outdoor lighting, is helping relief efforts in Haiti, pledging more than $300,000 in equipment and aid. The company's product combines a small solar panel and a battery pack to provide power for a high-intensity lamp that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
Workers have helped bring sun-powered illumination to hospitals, relief camps, and food distribution centers in the quake's epicenter of Port-au-Prince.
Sol has assisted with solar lighting in other disaster recoveries, including efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Rita in 2005, Peruvian earthquakes in 2007, and tornadoes in Chapman, Kansas.
A Quebec design student has created a concrete bench that heats by pumping water heated by warm sewage through the bench. In Montreal the sewer temperature stays at a toasty 60 degrees Fahrenheit most of the year. This bench uses pumps connected to the sewer pipe to pump water warmed by the sewage through the bench, therefore keeping your bum warm.
Figure 24.11. Death rates of electricity generation technologies. x: European Union estimates by the ExternE project. O: Paul Scherrer Institute.
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It's easy to lie with statistics but then people want pretty pictures these days.
Statistics of environmental cost of mining?
Statistics of environmental cost of emissions?
Statistics of environmental cost of construction? NOT INCLUDED!
Statistics of environmental cost of waste storage?
Statistics of environmental cost of transportation of waste?
Originally posted by Magzoid
Treeple and nuke heads are as bad as each other.
Overunity is the way we are going - you two can live in the dark ages.
google "race to zero point"
At the time of the Act's passing, it was considered necessary as an incentive for the private production of nuclear power — this was because investors were unwilling to accept the then-unquantified risks of nuclear energy without some limitation on their liability. In 1978, the Act survived a constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court case Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group (see below). The Act was last renewed in 2005 for a 20-year period.
These actions come after an extensive decade-long campaign in which companies and unions related to the industry have spent more than $600 million on lobbying and nearly $63 million on campaign contributions, according to an analysis by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.
There is an investment choice to be made. “The investment required to double global nuclear capacity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by less than 5 percent, would be between two and three trillion dollars. Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute calculates, “Each dollar invested in electric efficiency displaces nearly seven times as much carbon dioxide as a dollar invested in nuclear power, without any nasty side effects.”3
Originally posted by C0bzz
Originally posted by Magzoid
Treeple and nuke heads are as bad as each other.
Overunity is the way we are going - you two can live in the dark ages.
google "race to zero point"
Good luck on your pursuit to free energy. Just don't expect most people to follow your logic until over-unity is demonstrated and verified.
[edit on 27/4/2010 by C0bzz]
That's hilarious nuclear can't even get private insurance -- that's how HIGH the costs are!!
These actions come after an extensive decade-long campaign in which companies and unions related to the industry have spent more than $600 million on lobbying and nearly $63 million on campaign contributions, according to an analysis by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.
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Obama OWNED by the nuclear power industry.
There is an investment choice to be made. “The investment required to double global nuclear capacity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by less than 5 percent, would be between two and three trillion dollars. Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute calculates, “Each dollar invested in electric efficiency displaces nearly seven times as much carbon dioxide as a dollar invested in nuclear power, without any nasty side effects.”3
Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
GAOLONG, China -- The first time Li Gengxuan saw the dump trucks from the nearby factory pull into his village, he couldn't believe what happened. Stopping between the cornfields and the primary school playground, the workers dumped buckets of bubbling white liquid onto the ground. Then they turned around and drove right back through the gates of their compound without a word.
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Solar Industry Divided Over EU Toxic Substances Law
Solar panel manufacturers are fighting for an exemption from EU legislation restricting the use of dangerous chemicals in electronic products.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2010 CONTACT Mary Olson, NIRS 828-252-8409 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 828-252-8409 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 828-252-8409 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Arnold Gundersen, 802-865-9955 John Runkle, NC WARN 919-942-0600 Louis Zeller, BREDL (NC) 336-977-0852 Groups Urge Feds to Suspend Nuclear Licensing; Westinghouse Reactor Defect Was Missed By Regulators Today, twelve national and regional environmental organizations called upon U.S. nuclear regulators to launch an investigation into newly identified flaws in Westinghouse's new reactor design. The coalition asked three federal agencies to suspend the AP1000 reactor from licensing and taxpayer loan consideration. The newly discovered design flaw is tied to documentation of dozens of corrosion holes being found in existing U.S. reactor containments, which recently has raised concern at the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), an independent arm of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Containment buildings are vital barriers against radiation releases during nuclear accidents. "The proposed AP1000 containment design is inherently less safe than current reactors," said Arnold Gundersen, former senior vice-president at Nuclear Energy Services PCC.