Using CO2 to produce biofuel algae

Instead of sequestering or storing CO2 underground so it won’t be emitted, biofuel manufacturers are using it as a feedstock to grow algae. This most definitely a win-win situation. The algae is then used to create biofuel.

The cement industry is also using CO2 as a feedstock.

With carbon-capture industries like these gaining ground, [...]

Shots fired in Mexico hit El Paso Town Hall

The Texas Attorney General is demanding Washington insure border security due to continued violence between drug cartels.

From his letter to Obama

Law enforcement officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety and your own U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reveal the hard truth. Our state is under constant assault from illegal activity threatening [...]

Apologize to BP

A few samples from Apologize to BP

BP, it’s Mother Nature. I’m so very sorry I did not adequately design my marine bird, fish, and mammal species to evolve to the point that they could adapt to oily environments. I’ll try harder next time. Nobody’s perfect.

BP, We’re sorry your oil slick and black [...]

Family of soldier in Iraq misses two HOA payments, house foreclosed

In many states it is not difficult for an HOA to foreclose on a member’s home for past dues even if the amount owed is just a few hundred dollars.

But by the time he got back to Texas, it was too late. The Clauers’ four-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot home had been sold on the courthouse steps [...]

The Invisible Gorilla and the Lake Woebegon Effect

Watch the video first, then read.

On Lake Wobegon “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average” says the great American satirist Garrison Keillor in his “Prairie Home Companion” world.

But doesn’t that also describe all the too-greedy-to-fail fatheads running Wall Street? And, unfortunately, Main [...]

Federal government invests $24 million in algae biofuel research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels

This is welcome news. But really, if we want a renewable energy future shouldn’t this instead be $240 million or $2.4 billion? Oh, I forgot, the [...]

Virginia Tech Lumenhaus wins the 2010 Solar Decathlon

Lumenhaus was the winner among 17 solar-powered prefab homes at the 2010 Solar Decathlon held in Europe.

A potent design that embraces the Bauhaus tradition and illuminates sustainable technology, all the while packing spacious-style living into just 800 square foot space. Additionally, its central concept of an adaptable exterior wall that adjusts automatically to [...]

Dwelle Tiny House

Dwelle Tiny House

Dwelle Tiny House inside. Surprisingly spacious

TinyHouseBlog has much info on these amazing, sustainably built homes from Dwelle.

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California NAACP endorses legalizing marijuana

Legalizing marijuana is fast becoming a mainstream issue. Law enforcement groups have endorsed the California proposition. Now the NAACP has.

But there’s no need to worry about hordes of crazed potheads. Portugal decriminalized recreational use of all drugs ten years ago and drug use has dropped and is now less than in countries where drugs [...]