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Intel It Like It Is Tech companies go for the green		14 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Intel It Like It Is Tech companies go for the green This week, a consortium led by big tech kahunas Google and Intel kicked off an effort to reduce the power use of the approximately 250 million personal computers and servers manufactured each year. Participants that signed on to the Climate Savers Computing Initiative -- including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and Yahoo! -- have agreed to halve ...
Topics: business, energy efficiency, tech (all these topics)

Modular pumped storage: The least expensive and ecologically soundest means of electricity storage If renewables are to work, we need good storage	Gar Lipow	11 Jun 2007	Gristmill
David's recent post on pumped storage attracted enough angry responses that I guess it is time for a more detailed post on energy storage and renewable sources. Solar and wind energy are variable sources. If we want them to provide more than 20%-40% of our power, we will need some storage method. Fortunately, long-distance transmission lines can reduce this need. While the sun and wind have gaps at any one spot, if we use long distance HVDC transmission lines to connect ...
Topics: energy, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Pumped hydro energy storage A concise introduction	David Roberts	04 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The great question about wind is intermittency, and the great answer is energy storage. There are a number of energy storage technologies out there; I suspect the right storage mechanism will differ from region to region. One of the most interesting storage options out there is pumped hydro. The concept is pretty simple: you build two reservoirs, one down low and one up high, connected by a pipe. In the pipe are energy-generating turbines. When you're getting excess w ...
Topics: energy, tech, wind power (all these topics)

Goals Gone Wild GE's green division makes money, makes plans		25 May 2007	Daily Grist
Goals Gone Wild GE's green division makes money, makes plans General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt gushed about his company's green successes at a second-anniversary celebration for the "ecomagination" unit yesterday, noting that it had sales of $12 billion last year, has back orders for $50 billion more, and will "blow away" the original goal of $20 billion by 2010. Hooray for innovation ...
Topics: business, greenish companies, news, tech, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Grist topics Birth of a new feature	Jerome Woody	22 May 2007	Gristmill
As Dave noted yesterday, we rolled out a new site feature last weekend, and although we simply call it 'topics,' it's something we've been working on for months. Eventually it will be integrated into the site just as profoundly as commenting. Like the integrated search rolled out a while back, 'topics' is meant to give you another tool to find current and archived articles. Some features will be helpful for everyone -- the 'read more about' tool embedded in artic ...
Topics: shameless self-promotion, tech, websites (all these topics)

Put one of these babies on an electric bike A123 introduces new battery	biodiversivist	17 May 2007	Gristmill
From the Energy Blog: A123 Systems today introduced its 32-series NanophosphateTM Lithium Ion cells, specifically designed for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) use. The 32-series cells are designed with abuse-tolerance in mind. A123 Systems Automotive Class cells take advantage of lessons learned from the mass-production of ANR26650M1 cells, used in DeWalt's and Black & Decker's power tool lines, in order to deliver 10+ ye ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids, placemaking, tech (all these topics)

Flying wind generators: maybe more than just another techno toy Neat	Gar Lipow	16 May 2007	Gristmill
World wide wind potential (using only conventional wind technology) exceeds our current energy needs by many times. However, that is merely the potential of wind near the ground, at 80 to 100 meters. Most wind energy is in the jet stream, miles over our heads. No one is going to build a tower that high to support a wind turbine; cost alone would prohibit that. But we can use flying energy generators -- turbines supported by kites or balloons or what amounts to stationar ...
Topics: energy, tech, wind power (all these topics)

Well that sucks Unused mobile power adapters still use energy	Jerome Woody	14 May 2007	Gristmill
As part of an announcement by Nokia regarding new green initiatives and features for future phones, the company revealed a little-known fact about mobile phone adapters: Kirsi Sormunen, Vice-President of Environmental Affairs at Nokia said, 'Around two-thirds of the energy used by a mobile phone is lost when it is unplugged after charging but the charger itself is left in a live socket. We want to reduce this waste and are working on reducing to an absolute minimum t ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, tech (all these topics)

Infosmog Information technology accounts for 2 percent of world's CO2 emmissions	Jerome Woody	03 May 2007	Gristmill
Just as Steve Jobs was polishing the final draft of his defense of Apple's environmental programs, computer industry analyst firm Gartner announced to the world its findings about Global IT's carbon footprint. It's not good. As an industry, information technology accounts for 2 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions, placing it in the same club as the aviation industry. The causes are numerous, including increasing power consumption, use of refrigerator-l ...
Topics: business, climate, e-waste, greenhouse-gas emissions, tech (all these topics)

Hi, I'm a Defensive Mac Apple CEO Steve Jobs says company is green, getting greener		03 May 2007	Daily Grist
Hi, I'm a Defensive Mac Apple CEO Steve Jobs says company is green, getting greener Thrilling headline writers everywhere, computer-maker Apple has pledged to go greener. Green Apple! Ha ha hee hee ho ho! In an open letter on the company website, CEO Steve Jobs responded to criticism that the manufacturer has lagged in removing toxics from its products and recycling the gadgets when they die. According ...
Topics: business, greenish companies, news, shopping, tech (all these topics)

How Do You Like Them, Apple? Greenpeace ranks Apple as least eco-friendly electronics firm		05 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
How Do You Like Them, Apple? Greenpeace ranks Apple as least eco-friendly electronics firm Are you reading this on a Mac? D'oh. A new Greenpeace report ranks Apple's environmental record worst among 14 major electronics firms, based on use of hazardous chemicals in production and efforts to recycle products at the end of their lives. The iPod manufacturer was i-poohed for continuing to use several types of harmful che ...
Topics: green living, Greenpeace, news, tech (all these topics)

Pep Raleigh Google gives out bikes to 2,000 employees across the pond		23 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Pep Raleigh Google gives out bikes to 2,000 employees across the pond We have a vague recollection that there was life before Google, but it must have been a sad, empty sort of life. Anyone recall? While you're casting your memory back there, lord, we'll update you on the latest from the altruistic search engine: they're giving free bikes (and helmets) to 2,000 employees in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. "We think t ...
Topics: bikes, business, news, tech (all these topics)

Group Hug Leading tech competitors bury the hatchet to improve energy efficiency		28 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Group Hug Leading tech competitors bury the hatchet to improve energy efficiency Hold onto your geek hat: 11 leading tech companies have partnered to reduce the energy used by servers and data centers. The Green Grid -- made up of foes including Intel, IBM, Microsoft, AMD, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard -- thinks data-center efficiency "is the most significant issue fa ...
Topics: business, energy, energy efficiency, greening biz operations, news, tech (all these topics)

The little green computer that could British-built server up for big award	Jerome Woody	22 Feb 2007	Gristmill
We here at Grist love computers, even if sometimes they don't love us back. Every once in a while, a piece of technology comes out that you can't help but get excited about (and I'm not talking about the iPhone).The internet has physical houses in which information, services, and sites like this one are stored. These computers, known as servers, are the 'always on' engines that power the constant activity. Due to the mission-critical nature of such machines, performance ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, tech (all these topics)

See no evil NOAA satellites are degrading	Jerome Woody	17 Jan 2007	Gristmill
Reuters reported on Monday that without adequate funding for maintenance, we can expect NOAA-run observation satellites to be dropping like flies from orbit -- 58% of them by 2010, and pretty much the rest save five scrappy ones by 2020. And although the high-tech Ragnarok was foretold as far ago as last March, still no mission 'go / no go' from the White House on what do about it. Perhaps their rationale for decision-stalling is related to their lunar base idea -- jus ...
Topics: tech (all these topics)

Catch up post: replying to some comments	Gar Lipow	16 Jan 2007	Gristmill
As promised, this is a catch-up post, wherein I belatedly reply to various comments. Ron Steenblik, director of research for Global Subsidies Initiative, said: 'Long distance transmission lines are good because they reduce the need for storage or backup if we use variable sources to generate electricity. (Storage is good, but transmission is almost always cheaper.)' Gar, may I make the friendly suggestion that you qualify that statement. I can recall back in the 19 ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

A double dose of dorkery Eco-tech stuff	David Roberts	08 Dec 2006	Gristmill
In one of my other lives, I'm a bit of a tech/computer/gadget geek, though by the high standards of online dorkdom, a mere amateur. Those interests don't overlap with my gristmillian preoccupations all that often -- but today, twice: First, an amusing post on ForeignPolicy.com reveals that the avatars used in MMORPGs use as much energy -- in hardware and server cycles -- as the typical Brazilian. (If the preceding sentence means nothing to you, well, perhaps it's time ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green products, innovation, tech (all these topics)

It begins	Chris Schults	13 Oct 2006	Gristmill
Read the last item of today's Daily Grist. Then read this post (by me) a while back. I'm just saying.
Topics: innovation, tech (all these topics)

Attention Mac users Grist Dashboard widget now available	Chris Schults	10 Jan 2006	Gristmill
While you may only account for about 10 percent of our site's visitors, we love you no less than your Windows (and Linux!) counterparts. And to show you our gratitude, we've released the Grist Dashboard widget, which will deliver Daily Grist headlines directly to your desktop. What is a Dashboard widget exactly? I'll let Apple explain: Dashboard is home to widgets: mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information ...
Topics: tech (all these topics)

Empty storage containers + robots = lettuce Who would have thought?	Chris Schults	28 Sep 2005	Gristmill
When I wrote about robots months ago, it didn't occur to me that robots could be used to grow our food. And if it had, I probably wouldn't have thought they would be doing it so soon. Ah, but they are! I guess Todd is right: the future is now. Thanks to Wired, I give you OrganiTech: Tens of thousands of empty storage containers are stacked in towers along I-95 across from the harbor in Newark, New Jersey. They're heaped there in perpetuity, too cheap to be shipped ba ...
Topics: agriculture, food, tech (all these topics)

iPodSubwayMaps.com Another case of copyright infringement?	Chris Schults	26 Sep 2005	Gristmill
Riding public transit is a good thing, right? And you would think that easily accessible maps would encourage more people to ride the bus or subway, or current customers to ride them more often. And you would also think that transit authorities would be thrilled to hear that their maps are now available to millions of iPod users. There, you'd be wrong. From Wired we learn that William Bright, creator of IPodSubwayMaps.com, was asked to remove maps of the New York City ...
Topics: New York City, public transportation, San Francisco, tech (all these topics)

Coal Position Bush admin isn't putting money where its mouth is on 'clean coal'	Amanda Griscom Little	03 Dec 2004	Muckraker
Bush admin isn't putting money where its mouth is on "clean coal" By Amanda Griscom Little 03 Dec 2004 When pressed on climate change, the Bush administration is fond of citing "clean coal" technology as the wave of the energy future. Even some enviros are starting to grudgingly acknowledge the technology's potential for good. Coal: Can you dig it? Photo: NREL. But all Bush's talk doesn't appear to be translating into the funding needed to really get clean coal ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, politics, tech (all these topics)

Solar Perplexus On installing solar panels	Umbra Fisk	13 Sep 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My husband and I have decided to install a solar electric system. We live in the high desert and enjoy sun 360 or more days a year. We have been surfing to find information and are increasingly befuddled. Nanosys will have new technology out, but I don't know when. Should we wait a year or two for new, less expensive technology or go with existing solar panels? Kathy Joshua Tree, Calif. Dearest Kathy, How exciti ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, solar voltaic power, tech (all these topics)

The Hydrogenator California Governor Gives a Boost to Hydrogen Infrastructure		21 Apr 2004	Daily Grist
The Hydrogenator California Governor Gives a Boost to Hydrogen Infrastructure California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is trying to kick-start the so-called hydrogen revolution. Yesterday, he signed an executive order establishing a public-private partnership aimed at building a network of some 200 hydrogen fueling stations in the state by 2010, at an estimated cost of $10 ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, cars, hydrogen, innovation, placemaking, politics, tech (all these topics)

Thoughts in the Presence of Fear A post-Sept. 11 manifesto for environmentalists	Wendell Berry	11 Oct 2001	Soapbox
I. The time will soon come when we will not be able to remember the horrors of Sept. 11 without remembering also the unquestioning technological and economic optimism that ended on that day. II. This optimism rested on the proposition that we were living in a "new world order" and a "new economy" that would "grow" on and on, bringing a prosperity of which ev ...
Topics: economy, innovation, international politics, national security, politics, tech (all these topics)

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