Month August 2010

Concentrating Solar Power

Renewable Energy World has a comprehensive overview of Concentrating Solar Power. Spain is the big player now, the US plans multi-gigawatts of CSP soon. Progress has been slow due to permits and delays, but production should be ramping up fast…

A turd by any other name is still a turd

Wall Street goes back to selling crap again. Oh, pardon me, I meant to call them by their official name, “structured notes.” They are opaque, difficult to understand securities promising high yields but with minimal disclosure. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?…

Cell phones as wallets and for paperless ticketing

Three big cellular companies are introducing credit card authorization via cell phone at stores simply by waving it. (I think Japan and Europe have had this for years) Twicketer could be the first truly paperless ticketing option. Just wave it…