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Wind and solar power have been growing at a blistering pace in recent years, and that growth seemed likely to accelerate under the green-minded Obama administration. But because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn, the opposite is happening: installation of wind and solar power is plummeting.
Continue reading… “Dark Days Ahead for Green Energy”
The world is heading toward “water bankruptcy” as demand for the precious commodity outstrips high population growth, a new report warned on Friday.
Continue reading… “Is The World Running Out Of Water?”
With the recession in full swing, more and more Americans seem to be putting their health-care needs on the back burner as they struggle to handle monthly bills and day-to-day expenses.
Continue reading… “Medical Care You Can’t Afford Not To Afford”
You and I may be facing an economic collapse, but one Russian professor is having the time of his life. For over a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin had been predicing the US to fall apart and most people ignored him … until now. He’s been the darling of Russia’s news media with his dire prediction of the future of the United States:
Mr. Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces – with Alaska reverting to Russian control. […]
Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore are attempting to create an artificial Sun on Earth – an achievement that will provide answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.
Continue reading… “A Sun Made In A Lab”
The world’s first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers ship off their exports.
Continue reading… “World’s First Solar Cargo Ship Launched”
General Motors Corp. opened its eighth vehicle plant in China and said it had no plans for adding further capacity amid slowing demand in Asia’s biggest auto market. And because of the fact that it would make them look like idiots while trying to claim poverty in Washington.
Continue reading… “GM Opens It’s Eighth Auto Plant In China”
BioFuelBox Corporation today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners. BioFuelBox was specially selected from a list of more than 500, with nominations coming from top venture capital firms and a wide breadth of green technology insiders.
Continue reading… “AlwaysOn Selects BioFuelBox As A GoingGreen Top 100 Winners”
Electric bikes normally don’t come in great outfits. But then there isn’t anything that comes as a better alternative to commute in the increasing economic depression.
Continue reading… “Gocycle For The Urban Commuter”
A year ago, the idea of free Web content was all the rage. Now the future of free is less clear. Andrew Keen, Silicon Valley author and entrepreneur, recently posted to a Wired blog that the economic downturn would strike a blow to free content.
Continue reading… “Fee vs. Free in Tough Times”
The financial crisis has put a spotlight on the obscure world of credit default swaps – which trade in a vast, unregulated market that most people haven’t heard of and even fewer understand. Will this be the next disaster?
Continue reading… “Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction”
For a year, we’ve listened to analysts passionately explain how online ad spending will power through any broader economic and advertising weakness. Eyeballs are moving online, this story went (goes), ad dollars will follow. Online advertising is accountable. Online advertising is the future. Blah, blah, blah.
Continue reading… “Online Display-Ad Spending Will Fall In 2009”
