| |||||
Pacific Gas & Electric is abandoning pilot projects for wave power off the California coast. It cited lack of funding and high costs of the projects as the primary reasons. The projects were tiny in size, 2 MW and 5 MW, quite unlike current plans by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (formerly S.F. Mayor) to [...] SQUID, which looks somewhat reminiscent of its namesake, has an inflatable absorber similar to a large balloon which fills with sea water. Sitting just under the surface, the absorber is moved by passing waves and the energy from this motion drives a generator to produce electricity. AlbaTERN, the company developing it, hopes to have [...] We had a lively, wide-ranging show. Steve Hynd, who is Scottish, details the hows and whys of the huge win by the populist Scottish National Party last week when they won a majority in parliament. The SNP describes itself as center-left, which by US standards would be considered far left. They favor no fees at [...] Topics are Pakistan, Libya, Scotland elections, True Finns, Republican debate, more. The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PM PT (9:30 MT, 10:30 CT, 11:30 ET.) You can also download it or listen to the archive on BlogTalkRadio after it’s done. With Steve Hynd of [...] Democrats, you want to win big? Here’s how. The Scottish National Party just destroyed Labour, Lib Dems, and the Conservatives and now hold a majority in the Scottish Parliament. They didn’t do this by constantly caving in to right-wing agendas. They did it by being unabashedly left-wing and populist. Steve Hynd, who is Scottish, [...] The SNP, a “pro-independence moderate left-of-centre party” which was left for dead four years ago in the aftermath of the Royal Bank of Scotland having to be bailed out by Britain, has roared back and now controls the Scottish Parliament. They decimated Labour and the Lib Dems. They did not do this by being [...] Unprecedented, seismic, historic, watershed moment – these are the words that have poured out of the mouths of political commentators, politicians, and historians alike as not just Scotland but the whole of the UK comes to terms with the scale of the SNP’s victory in the Scottish elections. The SNP is solidly left-wing. When the [...] Scotland has the tidal power. This project will generate 8 MW and cost £40 million. Maybe someday, and not too far off either, Scotland will generate most of its power from tides and wind. We can do that here too. We have the resources and know-how. All we need is the consensus and determination to do it. Then we would have copious amounts of clean energy produced with our own resources within our own borders. Scotland already gets 29% of its energy from renewables. By 2020 it will be [...] It will have 140 turbines near Glasgow generating up to 322MW, enough for 180,000 homes. Scotland has huge amounts of wind, wave, and tidal power potential. Perhaps one day they will be a net power exporter of renewable energy, after powering themselves first. [...] |  | ||||
Copyright © 2012 Politics in the Zeros - All Rights Reserved | |||||
Recent Comments