Month May 2009

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

With Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, electricity is generated solely by using the difference in temperature between cold deep sea water and warmer surface water. No continuing outside energy source is needed. But there’s more. Electrical energy generation, despite being the…

Major Madoff victims under investigation

Investigators are turning their focus to some of Bernie Madoff’s largest “victims”, as evidence piles up that they must’ve known fraud was at hand. The damning part: Some would specifically request a certain level of returns in advance. That’s right.…

Conflicting claims surround Sri Lanka victory

It’s official: the shooting war between the LTTE and Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is over, and LTTE leader Prabhakaran is dead. GOSL killed an estimated 8,000 Tamil civilians getting the job done (some put the number far higher), and…

Huge desalination plant ok’ed for California

Yes, California needs more water. So,the largest desalination plant in the northern hemisphere has been approved for Carlsbad, California. But how feasible is it? Desal requires enormous amounts of energy to operate and dumps the salt back into the ocean,…