Day February 7, 2008

Beluga SkySails completes maiden voyage

  The sails weren’t deployed until midway in the voyage, and still saved 10-15% in fuel costs. As crews gain experience, another 5-10% savings is expected. All of which means less carbon emissions too. Sometimes cleantech can mean using old…

Georgia loses big in the southeast water wars

A federal court has ruled that Georgia can not withdraw as much water as planned from Lake Lanier because Congress did not approve the deal. This is a huge victory for Alabama and Florida, who brought the lawsuit against Georgia.…

Undersea cables: Choose a conspiracy

GigaOm has a helpful guide to current conspiracy theories that attempt to explain why so many underseas cables are getting severed. The big problem with all the theories is that if Evil Entities are targeting specific countries, then why would…