This man is, in our opinion, saying all the right things, and he is definitely passionate about changing the status quo.

If you’re not worried about environment, take a look at the other issues and see that there is much more to gain…and lose.

There’s so much I want to say about this video. Just watch it.

C.O.

Let see and hear what she has to say.

1/2 hour interview by IDB on energy

Is Drilling the answer?

Take a Stand

Make a Difference

The term “green Google” is particularly interesting, and who is to say that YOU are not the person/group that is going make the difference–there is definitely opportunity out there. Listen, if we are on the eve of the energy technology revolution, it is going to take all of us working together to come out on the other side as winners. Get into the action in any way that you can. Here’s a question: Does drilling get us to the point where we will never have this sort of problem again?

Perhaps a better explanation:

EGS is a baseload resource, meaning that unlike wind or solar power, it will operate all day/all year whether the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Another advantage is that this type of power is essentially engineered into a closed system where the water used to run the turbines is recycled. Sounds game changing, huh.

Well as great as Enhanced Geothermal is, it is still a long way from large-scale, commercial deployment. It is reassuring to know, however, that we have money and brainpower flowing into these projects. And the combination of these renewable resources is the only way we can count on a bright future. A future where EGS counts on one of our oldest constants, Mother Earth.

Check out this report for an extremely detailed look at Enhanced Geothermal Systems (14mb pdf).

Ken Robinson

Benjamin Zander

These videos can be extremely addictive, so be careful. You could literally spend hours at the computer soaking this stuff in, and it’ll take weeks to make a dent in all of the content. If you are anything like I am you’ll take at least one great thing away from it.

The system relies on solar panels to provide energy during the day when the sun is available, and it borrows a small amount of power from the panels to split water into its basic parts: hydrogen and oxygen. Then, at night when the sun has gone down and the panels are no longer producing power, it combines the stored hydrogen and oxygen over a fuel cell to create electricity. Power during the day or night. What is so great about this system? It is energy that is almost free. If a homeowner were to have an all electric car, she could recharge the batteries with energy produced right at home. No more trips to the gas station. In addtion the scientists working on the system say that they are designing it to be closed, meaning that you would put water into it once and it would hum away creating electricity for the duration of its lifetime. This is exciting stuff.

There are still hurdles to overcome, but technologies like this are just the kind of thing the world needs right now. Information about the scientists (Daniel Nocera and Matthew Kanan) and the technology can be found all over the internet as this has been a hot topic over the last few weeks. This Wikipedia page is a good start.

See a video interview with Daniel here.

Consider that there is hope and there will still be light tomorrow–if, that is, people continue to work toward a better future.