If you were watching airplanes take off from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston today, you probably wouldn’t notice anything odd about Continental Flight No. 9990. But during its planned two-hour flight, the aircraft will be burning a fuel made of algae and jatropha, a plant that grows in arid lands.
A-1, this is good news because [...]

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I saw this poster the other day in an elevator and I thought it was amazing. I think all public service announcements should be totally abstract. I have no idea how much electricity it uses to microwave a dinner or to leave a PC monitor on all night. Why not compare something else that [...]

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(Matt Patterson is a smart friend of mine explaining the hows-and-whats of alternative energy so all of the discussion of it on this site isn’t just me saying “gosh, that sounds neat”. In a follow-up to his previous entry, he explained the problem with solar power. Today he explains the future of nuclear power.)
So, where [...]

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(I like to post news and thoughts on alternative energy, but I’m not the smartest guy when it comes to the hows and whats of practical applications. Mostly I just read, say, “that’s neat” or “that’s stupid”, and write about it like I know what I’m talking about. Luckily, I have very smart friends who [...]

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