"Leaders from the United Kingdom and France are working on a bold plan that would allow the EU to meet renewable energy targets by importing solar power generated in Africa." - Rob Safuto
"What happens when you don't build more power plants? Get ready for spiking electricity rates, brownouts and even blackouts as demand soars" - Rob Safuto via Bookmarklet
Massive solar power installations in the Sahara desert could feed the EU's growing energy demand via a new supergrid. The idea is backed by France and the UK, which is simultaneously trying to limit priority access for renewables to domestic grids. - Rob Safuto
"The 90bn barrels of undiscovered oil the US Geological Survey believes the Arctic holds is 13 per cent of the world's undiscovered oil - about the known reserves of the United Arab Emirates. The 1,669,000bn cubic feet of natural gas are equivalent to 30 per cent of undiscovered gas reserves." - Rob Safuto via Bookmarklet
Bill Marriott on his blogging process. It's definitely unconventional, but it gets the job done. - Rob Safuto
more power to him, i have zero problems w/ his approach - i do tend to stay mostly at marriott so probably am biased ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
I cannot imagine not knowing how to type. Then again he's Bill Marriott and I'm not, apparently its working for him. - Denton Gentry
agreed, wonder if he meant he lacked touch typing skills or if he really can't grok a qwerty interface? - mike "glemak" dunn
I like the fact that that audio that Mr. Marriott records is attached to the post so I can hear in Marriott's own voice or read the post. I like having choices like that. - Rob Safuto
Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to 3% of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. - Rob Safuto
I was introduced to this tool by a college intern at my company. Watching him demo it for a few minutes I could see how something like this can increase productivity. - Rob Safuto via Bookmarklet
Mini plans to launch an all-electric car on American roads in limited numbers by next summer, and the fast-growing BMW-owned brand is aiming for an overall lineup of as many as six vehicles — double the number of its current offerings. - Rob Safuto
Today we are pleased to announce our first RechargeIT investments in two promising companies tackling the challenge of vehicle electrification. - Rob Safuto
A spate of announced plans to build large solar power facilities throughout the United States seems to indicate that relatively large-scale systems are becoming commonplace. - Rob Safuto
UK-based solar power company G24 Innovations has raised $30 million from specialist investors 4RAE and expects further funding rounds, it said on Tuesday. - Rob Safuto
Florida Municipal Power Agency said Tuesday that it signed a letter of intent with SunEdison for a 20-year power purchase agreement for 10 MW of solar photovoltaic power and expects to finalize the deal this fall. - Rob Safuto
Paul Westerberg (of The Replacements) has released an MP3 album as a single track (43 minutes of music) costing only $0.49. Brilliant! - Rob Safuto via Bookmarklet
The US rush into wind power has enabled the country to pass Germany to become the world’s biggest generator of such energy, according to estimates for the first half of 2008 from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). - Rob Safuto
Three dozen electric utilities and General Motors Corp. agreed to collaborate on smoothing a path for a plug-in electric vehicle that is slated to roll out in about two years. - Rob Safuto
I got signed up on Qik today because I've wanted to see how it will perform in conjunction with my BlackJack II. I don't know anyone over there so I went to see what Scoble was proselytizing about lately. I got lucky and found his latest gem which is some big idea whiteboard rambling about friendfeed comments. - Rob Safuto
