By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Introduction This month I’m temporarily reverting back to earlier tid-bit type entries because I’ve be deluged by input. Being an information junkie requires not only a large hard drive, but also a fairly good memory – so far so good! Enjoy Note, many of the technologies [...]
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February 2012, The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies
Posted: February 18, 2012 by docbabad in Academia, Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: climate skeptics, electric vehicle emissions, German wind power, nuclear power in Japan, renewable energy potential, setting permissible radiation limites, tariffs and climate change
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The Thorium Fuel Cycle – Technology Advantages
Posted: November 19, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, Environmental Posts, Rants and Raves, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Advanced Fuel Cycle for the Future, Advanced Fuel Nuclear Cycles, Battery Nuclear Reactors, Factory Built Portable Reactors, Generation II-IV-V reactors, HLW Waste Minimization, Lowering Nuclear Energy Costs, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear India Leads the Way, Passive Reactor Safety Designs, Thorium Fuel Cycle
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Revision 2 (corrected 1/2/2012) Introduction Over the years there has been On-N-Off again interest in using thorium rather then uranium to fuel our energy needs. The interest came in part because of the greater availability and more widely distributed quantities of thorium in the earths crust. [...]
November, 2011 – The Greening Continues:New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies
Posted: November 13, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: By 2050 City Sizes Will More Than Double, Challenge to China’s Solar Cell Pricing, Cities Could Slow Regional Green House Gas Release, City Ecosystems, Environmental Technology, Fracking – For Gas A Dilemma, Fracking Both A Problem And Solution, Green Technology Progress, Natural Gas May Be Too Hot To Handle, Natural Gas Releases Radioactivity, Oregon & California Lead in Solar Highway Energy, Rare Earth Element Scarcity, Solar Electric At Right Of Ways, Solar Elements – Gaia’s Gifts, Solar Highways, Trade Wars – Too often Sound-Fury for Protectionism, Urban Is Not All Bad
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction – Jest a bit of preachin’ I do have an attitude and am seldom politically correct, only well referenced in my sources and always biases to evidence, grey as it might be, in my opinions. Note, many of the technologies I share are in [...]
August 27, 2011 – The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies
Posted: August 27, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Are you ready for more bad weather, Chnia Plans Strict Goals to Save Energy, Energy Payoffs, Harry Babad August 2011 article, Harry {doc} Babad, Solar Energy Faces Tests in Greenness, solid-state batteries, The Greening Continues
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All rights Reserved. Introduction Note, many of the technologies I share are in various stage of first, development, and are often far from being a commercial success. Their inventors and supporters still have to prove that they are reliable, durable and scalable, Remember There Ain’t No free Lunch [...]
May 23, 2011 – The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies
Posted: May 23, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Biofuels, Cheap Boiling Water, Cheap Nuclear, Chinese Technology, Energy Economics, Energy Footprints, Greening Technology, Harry {doc} Babd, Hybrid Cards, Land Use & Energy, Small Reactors, SMRs, Solar Land Use, Statics to Lie With, The FUD Factor, The Greening Continues, Wind Land Use
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction I am again this week taking advantage of the harvest of clippings I gathered during March and April while I was tied up with other work and family matters. Do remember, yes I trust Wikipedia as a secondary source of information, but only if I’ve [...]
May 14, 2011 – Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Crisis
Posted: May 14, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Cover=ups Never Succeed, Fukushima Daiichi, Japanese Nuclear Accident, Preplanning Risk, Tsunami's & Reactors
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Sources of ‘BIAS-Neutral” Information on the Japanese Reactors at Fukushima Daiichi and Dani — It’s time to get away from the headlines and nucleophobic hysteria and look at long and short term realities; both good and bad and the ugly! Introduction Since the first announcement [...]
May 13, 2011 – The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies
Posted: May 13, 2011 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Biofuels from Wood, Climate Change Factors, Curbing CO2, Curbing Greenhouse Gas, Dust & Climate Change, Fossil Fuel Addition, Genetically Modified Food, Green Taxis and Busses, Greening News, Harry {doc} Babad, Nuclear is Green, Ocean Acidification Woes, Renewable Energy Study, To Feed the World, Windblown Dust Problems
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction Note, many of the technologies I share are in various stage of first, development, and are often far from being a commercial success. Their inventors and supporters still have to prove that they are reliable, durable and scalable, Remember There Ain’t No free Lunch [...]
The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (February 28, 2011)
Posted: February 28, 2011 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: cheap energy, corn-based and cellulosic-based ethanol, fools gold, how safe are new airport xray scanners, natural gas, solar energy researchers looking at fools gold, the cost of nunclear new build in America, turning trash into food-friendly fuel
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction The materials I share in the articles that follow come from the various weekly science and environmental newsletters, both pro or anti any given subject’s focus or technologies, as well as blogs to which I subscribe. Article selection (my article – my choice} are obviously [...]
Is Wind Power an Oxymoron? (February 27, 2011)
Posted: February 27, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, Environmental Posts, Rants and Raves, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Harry {doc} Babad op ed, Jon Boone wind power articles, Master Resources the Free Energy Market Blog, Wind Power, wind power competitive?
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved. I have lately been inundated by wind power articles, trying to convince me that (subsidized) wind power for the US, is the next best thing to sliced white bread. One of my thought, ignored by most commentators is that it does mater to me whether I [...]
Why Trust Wikipedia? Caveat Lector (February 6, 2011)
Posted: February 6, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: caveat lector, valid data sources, Wikipedia accurate, Wikipedia data valid, Wikpedia reliable
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction As a technology and greening blogger, and co-author of two reference rich textbooks on the world of nuclear I almost always provide my readers with a Wikipedia citation about my subject matter. Why? First and foremost, after employing a strong application of Caveat lector [...]
The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (January 26, 2011)
Posted: January 26, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: American Geophysical Union, Apple iPad, Chevy Volt, Civility & Climate Change, Development, Electric Vehicles, Emissions, Empowering the Poor, EV, Fighting Poverty, Gases, Green, Greenhouse, Indian Poveryty, Innovation, iPads for Teaching, Nissan Leaf, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste, Power Alternatives, Power Poor, Renewable Power, Solar Power, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Energy, Teaching Math, Toyota Prius, Uranium Power, Wind Power
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction The materials I share in the articles that follow come from the various weekly science and environmental newsletters, as well as blogs to which I subscribe. I also acknowledge and cite items from public interest groups such as Greenpeace and the Union of Concerned Scientists, [...]
The Greening Continues – New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (November 25, 2010)
Posted: November 25, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: hydrocarbons and geothermal energy, king coal lobbyists undermine coal ash regulation, new coal plants in china and india, noisy wind turbines attract complaints, Ontario invests in free flow underwater turbines, Photosynthesis-based fuel, the potential of micro nukes, toxic sludge from hungary threatens danube
By Harry Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Introduction Read about my paradigms views, prejudices and snarky attitudes at: http://mhreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/the-greening-continues-a-column-intro-may-23-2010/ The materials I share in the articles that follow come from the various weekly science and environmental newsletters to which I subscribe. When I have time, I also check a variety of energy related [...]
The Greening Continues – New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (October 31, 2010)
Posted: October 31, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: clear-cutting forrests, cool an electric power plant, global warming, Greening Continues, Harry Babad, INES, Mass park lamps, Pedego electric bikes, Radioactive boars in Germany, recycle land
By Harry Babad © Copyright 2010, All right Reserved. Introduction Read about my paradigms views, prejudices and snarky attitudes at: http://mhreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/the-greening-continues-a-column-intro-may-23-2010/ That introduction also tells a little about my information sources, all of which — pro and con — are referenced. On the sometimes negative, to my views side, I also pick up items from [...]
The Greening Continues – New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (October 2, 2010)
Posted: October 2, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: algae might be a viable source of clean renewable diese fuel, climate change: critics are far less prominent than supporters, Cyclone Power, Deepwater Horizon tragedy, Discover Magazine, doc Babad, Energy secretary Steven Chu, EROWI, gulf oil disaster, Harry Babad, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Long-term restoration of the Gulf, March 2010 Science Magazine, New Zealand sheep farmers harvest carbon credits, NIMBY, not in my back yard, nuclear micro-reactors, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rankine Cycle heat regenerative external combustion engine, September The Greening, Steam Automobile Club of America, Synthetic Genomics, The greener energy world has a new class of refuseniks, The Greening Continues, the return of the automotive steam engine, the water costs of fossil fuel production, traditional biofuel, which senators refuse to let coal ash be regulated as hazardous wastel
By Harry Babad, © Copyrigght 2010, All right Reserved. ——— The most interesting & eclectic of what I read. Introduction Read about my paradigms views, prejudices and snarky attitudes at: http://mhreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/the-greening-continues-a-column-intro-may-23-2010/ Paraphrasing: The Paradigm I’ve Live By, a quote from Dr. Isaac Asimov writer, thinker and scientist. “I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, [...]
The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (August 7, 2010)
Posted: August 7, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: doc Babad, Energy Push Spurs Shift in US Science, Harry Babad, Medical radition overdoses in the US, New detection technology identifies bacteria, No surplus snow means no surplus power for BPA to sell, Nuclear Science Protects Revered Fruit, other organisms within 24 hours, success of US green industry could hinge on China, Symposium Looks at Geoengineering Opportunities and Challenges, The Greening Continues, The Start-up pains of a smarter electrical grid, US official says technology to reduce carbon easier than politics, viruses
By Harry Babad, © Copyright 2010, All right Reserved Introduction Read about my paradigms views, prejudices and snarky attitudes at: http://mhreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/the-greening-continues-a-column-intro-may-23-2010/ The materials I share in the articles that follow come from the various weekly science and environmental newsletters to which I subscribe. When I have time, I also check a variety of energy related [...]
The Greening Continues – New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (July 23, 2010)
Posted: July 23, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: Algal Biofuels, CArpal Tunnel Survival Guide, CO2 Emissions Rate, Cyber Security Areas for DHS, Dams, Electric cars, Hydroelectric wave energy device, Methane Hydrate, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Save the planet from coal, Solar-Thermal Plant, Stem Cell Study, Sustainability
By Harry Babad © Copyright 2010, All right Reserved Introduction Read about my paradigms views, prejudices and snarky attitudes @: http://mhreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/the-greening-continues-a-column-intro-may-23-2010/ The materials I share in the articles that follow come from the various weekly science and environmental newsletters to which I subscribe. When I have time, I also check a variety of energy related [...]
The Greening Continues: New Eclectic Examples of Environmental Technologies (July 12, 2010)
Posted: July 12, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: 10 Reasons Not to Revive the Nuclear Power Industry, A New Route{s} to Cellulosic Biofuels, Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy, Building Better Biofuels, Don't Bet On a Hydrogen Car Anytime Soon, E-Transportation Jump-Start: Coalition Seeks to Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles, Engineer Designs Micro-Endoscope to Seek Out Early Signs of Cancer, EPA Proposes Stronger Air Quality Standards For Sulfur Dioxide /New Standard To Protect Millions of The Nation’s Most Vulnerable Citizens), Experts Say — The Smart Grid Poses Privacy Risks, Harry {doc} Babad, Native Grasses An Explosive Idea For Cleaning Contaminated Soil, The Greening Continues, The Hidden Costs Of Fossil Fuels - And Biofuels, The Six Greatest Threats to U.S. Cyber Security
By Harry Babad © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved Introduction With A Chip on My Shoulder — I avoid greening sites that equate a demonstration of a concept (e.g., a lab or small scale pilot scale test) to having an industrially viable commercial solution that an instant cure all for our environmental and energy woes. [...]
The Greening Continues – A Column Intro (May 23, 2010)
Posted: May 23, 2010 by docbabad in Environmental Posts, The Greening Continues, by Harry {doc} BabadTags: biofuel, Environmental truths, Harry Babad column, Harry {doc} Babad
By Harry Babad © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. With A Chip on My Shoulder — I avoid greening sites that equate a demonstration of a concept (e.g., a lab or small scale pilot scale test) to having an industrially viable commercial solution that an instant cure all for our environmental and energy woes. My [...]
