New report: Did firefighting effort cause Deepwater Horizon rig to sink?
[29 Jul 2010 | 23 views]

A joint maritime investigation by the Coast Guard and the Interior Department is looking into the possibility that the firefighting response by private boats triggered events that caused the Deepwater Horizon to sink and the oil to spew. The Coast Guard’s actions are also part of this investigation.

According to the testimony outlined in a report by the Center for Public Integrity published this week:

” An official maritime investigation led by Coast Guard Capt. Hung M. Nguyen in New Orleans is examining whether the salt water that was sprayed across the burning platform overran the ballast system that kept the rig upright, changing its weight distribution, and causing it to list.”

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Your Friday relaxation video
[24 Jul 2010 | 69 views]

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Lance Armstrong’s Nissan Leaf commercial
[19 Jul 2010 | 56 views]

If you’re not watching the Tour de France, you’re missing an exciting duel between Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck, you’re missing the beautiful French countryside and incredible mountain climbs, and you’re missing this new commercial from Nissan and Lance Armstrong.  Although Armstrong is not in the competition for the yellow jersey this year (his final year), the most famous U.S. cyclist makes an effective spokesman for the new Leaf.

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Solar Power: Can we learn from “Old Europe?”
[14 Jul 2010 | 56 views]

photovoltaic panelsIn Mr. Obama’s weekly radio address at the beginning of July (that was Day 75 of the BP oil well disaster), he touted the country’s transition to a “clean energy economy” and announced the Department of Energy’s “award of nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies.”

One government beneficiary is Abengoa Solar, a Spanish engineering company, that has agreed to build a solar power plant in Arizona. The other beneficiary is Abound Solar, a Colorado company, which will use $400 million in loan guarantees to expand solar-panel manufacturing plant in Colorado and to open a new plant in Indiana.

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Solar Impulse takes off for 24-hour test flight; UPDATE: Success
[7 Jul 2010 | 81 views]

The Solar Impulse took off early this morning for a 24-hour test flight from an airfield in Payerne, Switzerland, approximately 80 miles northeast of Geneva.  Andre Borschberg, the pilot, will fly the plane at 28,000 feet throughout the day.

We reported on early test flights  of this solar plane here and here.

UPDATE - Success!  The Solar Impulse lands after 26 hours.

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Does the world need nuclear energy?
[11 Jun 2010 | 90 views]

A debate between Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson.

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